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Mauser Tank-Gewehr M1918
NLS Haig - Bullets from a German anti-tank rifle and a British rifle, France, during World War I
A bullet for a British WWI rifle (left) and the Mauser (right)

The Mauser 1918 T-Gewehr was an anti-tank rifle, of German production, used towards the end of World War I. At the Battle of the Somme, the British first used tanks. The Germans were surprised, and had no weapons (rifles) that could be used against tanks. For this reason, they developed one: The Mauser anti-tank rifle was the first rifle that was able to penetrate the larger shell of a tank. It was used towards the end of WWI. It was able to penetrate 20-25mm of tank shell, at a distance of 100 metres (330 ft).

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  • German T-Gewehr anti-tank rifle team of Infanterie-Regiment Nr.124 of 27 Wurttemburg Infanterie-Division, France, late summer-autumn 1918

    Imperial German Army soldiers firing a Mauser 1918 T-Gewehr

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