The Tankgewehr M1918 (transl. Tankgun), also known as the Mauser 13mm anti-tank rifle and T-Gewehr in English, [2][3] is a German anti-tank rifle [4] —the first rifle designed for the sole purpose of destroying armored targets—and the only anti-tank rifle to see service in World War I. Approximately 16,900 were produced.

Feb 7, 2024 · The result was the Tankgewehr M1918, better known as the T-Gewehr, the father of all anti-tank rifles ever since. This monstrous gun was four times heavier than Germany’s standard infantry rifle, and fired a round that was even bigger than the .50 BMG.

Jan 5, 2018 · To assist Mauser, a design officer was set up in Oberndorf am Neckar, and together they worked on developing the rifle which would become known as the Tankgewehr M1918. At this stage in the war, Germany was under increased economic strain and, as …

Jan 25, 2018 · In response to the new Allied armored threat, Waffenfabrik Mauser AG quickly designed and produced a special rifle to fight tanks: the 13.2 mm Tank Abwehr Gewehr M1918, or “T-Gewehr.” The...

T-Gewehr team c.1918 (source) The T-Gewehr was a single shot rifle firing a huge 13.2x92mm TuF (Tank & Aircraft) round. The rifle was fitted with a pistol grip and a forward bipod to support barrel which was just under a metre long.

Jul 14, 2021 · One of those guns is the slightly obscure Mauser Tankgewehr M1918 or "T-Gewehr" for short. In a way, this massive 5-foot, 7-inch, 35-pound, rifle was sort of the great grandfather for modern anti-material rifles like the Barrett .50 BMG.

Apr 1, 2020 · What the Germans needed as much as tanks was something to stop the British and French tanks and this was the Mauser 13.2mm Tank Abwehr Gewehr Model 18 or “Mauser 1918 T-Gewehr.” Known simply...

Apr 6, 2017 · The Mauser 1918 T-Gewehr rifle holds the distinction of being the first gun specifically designed to target tanks. Up until that point, tanks weren’t really a thing, so WWI arms makers had to come up with something original to combat this new threat.

Jul 31, 2019 · Approximately 15,800 examples of the T-Gewehr were delivered from the Waffenfabrik Mauser AG facility at Oberndorf-am-Neckar beginning in early 1918. The rifle type was made operational across specially-formed German Army anti-tank groups by May and placed into combat actions soon after.

The Mauser 13 mm anti-tank rifle (German language: Tankgewehr M1918, usually abbreviated T-Gewehr[3][4]) was the world's first anti-tank rifle,[5] i.e. the first rifle designed for the sole purpose of destroying armored targets and the only anti-tank rifle to see service in World War I...