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Originally Posted by unkated
No, I don't have any information beyond what is listed here. I had not heard of the weapon three days ago.
I recall reading from multiple sources that the US developed the .50 cal MG based on the anti-tank properties of the 13.2mm TuF cartridge used in the 1918 T-Gewehr, the first anti-tank rifle (and the reason that the US did not develop an anti-tank rifle during the interwar period). I find this weapon, which the allies discovered at the end of WW1, lends some more credence to that possibility.
Uncle Ted
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Damn
Ah well, thank you anyway.
In regards to the .50 BMG round, I too had read that it was originally developed as an anti-tank round but it's only with The Dark's question about the MG18 TuF that I'd seen any reference to outside influences on its creation.
I sometimes find that all these little bits of information about the creation, deployment, usage, problems, good points etc. etc. are more interesting to me than the actual weapon itself, (hence my curiosity in regard to the original post).