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.

Jan 5, 2018 · The Tankgewehr (tank gun) was the first anti-tank rifle, developed in Germany during World War I to defeat the new British tanks.

Sep 10, 2018 · The Tankgewehr (tank-rifle) is the world’s first anti-tank rifle developed by the Germans in 1918. This arm was specifically designed to combat the onslaught of Allied armor on the...

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.”...

Jul 29, 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...

Jul 14, 2021 · The Tankgewehr M1918 is a beast of a gun that was originally used as an anti-tank weapon by the Germans during World War II.

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.

In November 1917, Mauser was tasked with developing this future weapon, which eventually became known as the Mauser Tankgewehr M1918 or T-Gewehr. A powerful armor-piercing ammunition served as the basis for this revolutionary anti-tank gun.

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...

The 13.2 × 92 mm SR, also known as Mauser 13.2 mm TuF (German: Tank und Flieger; literally "tank and aircraft", historical military designation), is a semi-rimmed rifle and machine gun cartridge developed by the German Empire for anti-tank and anti-aircraft use which was introduced during World War I.