1918 Mauser Tank Gewehr

Josh Sinsapaugh · Tue Feb 21, 2006 1:12 pm

I' trying to stat this out Palladium-wise, and need some help and opinions.

The 1918 Mauser Tank Gewehr was an anti-tank rifle developed at the end of the First World War. The weapon is fairly large (167 cm long, weighs 39 lbs) and fires 13.3 mm rounds, and is obviously meant to be an anti-armor weapon.

Thoughts?

~ Josh

Grey Death · Unread post by **Grey Death** » Tue Feb 21, 2006 2:16 pm

One of my favorites. I would say that the damage would be comperable to a .50 cal. (single shot of course). Caliber wise they are close. 12.7mm compared to 13.3mm. For palladium damage purposes they are close enough. Remember tank armor in WWI wasn't as strong as in most WWII tanks. The Mauser as well as most AT rifles produced from WWI onward were obsolete by WWII. As a matter of fact there was an AT rifle used by the german army (the name of which escapes me at the moment) which they realised not longer penetrated armor. So they converted them to launch grenades. Sorry getting a little off track. But hope that helps. By the way the national firearms museum in Fairfax, Virginia has a 1918. Its way more impressive in person. If you've never been, its a must. Lots of interesting firearms.

Jefffar · Unread post by **Jefffar** » Tue Feb 21, 2006 5:26 pm

Yeah, the .50 is a fair benchmark for damage, though if I remember correctly, this gun didn't have all that great a range (but then again since it was designed to engage rolling barns at point blank, it didn't need it).

Incidently, the .50 was designed as an anti-tank weapon as well. It's just that the crazy yanks made it a machinegun first and didn't get around to usign it in a rifle until the late 1970s/early 1980s.