1918-2018 – 100 years of the Mauser 13 mm anti-tank and anti-aircraft rifle

Vlim · 07-09-2018, 01:05 PM

In addition to Mauro's presentation of the manual, we were informed that Mauser still had plenty of tank rifle parts following WW2. The receivers were used to construct gas pressure test devices for large caliber ammunition and these were sold to companies and test facilities world wide.

Browning's famous .50 caliber was based on the tank rifle round and at least one arsenal in the US had a Mauser tank rifle action in use for testing ammo.

Interesting to note is that the tank rifle action consists of 3 parts: the receiver connects to a separate chamber part, in which the barrel is screwed. Barrel and chamber are 2 separate parts.

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07-09-2018, 01:05 PM	#2
Vlim Moderator Lifetime LugerForum Patron Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Europe Posts: 5,053 Thanks: 1,036 Thanked 3,991 Times in 1,205 Posts	In addition to Mauro's presentation of the manual, we were informed that Mauser still had plenty of tank rifle parts following WW2. The receivers were used to construct gas pressure test devices for large caliber ammunition and these were sold to companies and test facilities world wide. Browning's famous .50 caliber was based on the tank rifle round and at least one arsenal in the US had a Mauser tank rifle action in use for testing ammo. Interesting to note is that the tank rifle action consists of 3 parts: the receiver connects to a separate chamber part, in which the barrel is screwed. Barrel and chamber are 2 separate parts.