ORIGINAL: RUPD3658
ORIGINAL: rtrapasso
ORIGINAL: RUPD3658
I don't know what this is but I want one!
Well, this looks like a 20 mm sniping rifle. Some guys have constructed these, and one guy formed a small company and tried to sell this to the Army. However, on the way to demo it, they stopped for gas, and some yutz managed to leave the weapon loaded and another yutz fired it. It went through the pickup truck and into the gas pumps - exploding a pump, starting a large fire, and destroying the gas station (iirc, they had the gun loaded with an explosive round.)
They fled the scene of the crime, but were arrested shortly thereafter. For some reason, the Army declined to conclude a contract with them![8|][:D]
I was thinking it was some kind of anti-tank rifle. I think the Finns used a 20mm rifle as an ATR.
Lahti Model 39 anti-tank rifle
20 mm ATR
Mag: 10 box
Length overall: 88.2 in (224 cm)
Sight radius: 30.3 in ( 77 cm)
Barrel length: 51.1 in (130 cm)
Weight: 109.1 lbs (49.5 kg) unloaded without magazine
Weight of empty magazine: 7.5 lbs (3.4 kg)
AP round weight: 0.7 lb (0.337 kg)
AP bullet weight: 0.3 lb (0.148 kg)
AP tracer bullet weight: 0.3 lb (0.152 kg)
Charge weight: 37 g
Muzzle velocity: 800 mps
Penetration mm Degrees Distance meters
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30 90 ?
20 60 300
16 60 500
One of the better ATR's, though obsolescent, like all ATR's, before the war even began.
A 20mm sniper rifle......yikes! That would not seem very useful for a mobile sniper. Can't see myself sneaking through the high weeds with a tank gun on my back.
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