Tank Buster- Mauser Anti-Tank Rifle WW1

[Ballsofice154]

One of the perks of being a volunteer with a tiny all volunteer run military museum here in Brandon is I get to play with some fun stuff so without further ado pictures of one artifact that draws the most attention:

BIG BOOM!

Captured by the Canadians.. I'm in the process of finding which Infantry Battalion captured it.

13mm Cartridge specifications.

and shameless plug time visit the museums website: 12mbdragoons.com

 

[zuke]

Gonna have a peek at your site in a little bit.
That's a necked down 13mm by the way

 

[Ballsofice154]

Gonna have a peek at your site in a little bit.
That's a necked down 13mm by the way

thanks zuke for the reminder I had a page on the 13mm cartridge.

 

[BlackBrant]

That`s very interesting ,thanks for posting.I too shall look at your website ,and would love to come visit next time I`m out that way......next June.

Cheers

Paul T

 

[jbmauser]

Those are pretty cool. Thanks for sharing the pics.

 

[NavyShooter]

I have one of those cartridges on my display shelf.

Fascinating.

 

[D-BOMB]

Awesome!

 

[Coyote Ugly]

Thanks for posting!

 

[crazy insane]

Did they not keep the bipod?

 

[reid134]

That is an awesome rifle

 

[Ballsofice154]

Did they not keep the bipod?

I asked the former curator about the missing bipod he said if there was one the museum did not get it.

But supposedly the MG08/15 bipod will fit and work on it. I have no idea if it will but one way to find out...

 

[wheaty]

You can use an MG 08/15 bipod on it.... Not totally correct but they were used.
The AT rifle normally used a bipod with round legs instead of the rectangular ones.
You will find some round leg bipods some later 08/15's

 

[John303]

I "played" with one of those many years ago at Elwood Epps' when he was in Clinton Ontario.
It belonged to one of the smiths with whom I was acquainted, wonder where he and it are now?
--- John

 

[Colin]

I got to handle one as well, big effin gun and would not want to shoot it!

 

[CanadianAR]

I would love to own and shoot that thing!!!

 

[Santoneski]

They have one of these or something similar in the goderich museum. I'll post pics tomorrow I have a few. It a was a battlefeild trophy donated to the museum.

 

[can14]

Allen Lever brought one from Europe in the 1990's and sold it

 

[Alonzo]

There was reference to one of these being captured and used by a Canadian Battalion.
We have one of these in the Regimental Museum, not sure of it's lineage though.
Somewhere in my video collection I have footage of one being fired. Impressive.
Thanks for sharing

 

[Mk VII]

It's fairly common for the bipod to be missing.

 

[buzzmagoo]

If I may ,the ammo for this rifle, was it only armor piercing? I to had a chance to handle one of these rifles a few year back. The size and weight were impressive it had to be a chore to drag through the muck and myer and to keep it clean enough to fire it.

BIG BOOM!

Captured by the Canadians.. I'm in the process of finding which Infantry Battalion captured it.

13mm Cartridge specifications.

and shameless plug time visit the museums website: 12mbdragoons.com[/QUOTE]