History of the Lahti L-39

[The Heretic]

https://www.warhistoryonline.com/guns/lahti-l-39-anti-tank-weapon-elephant-gun.html?fbclid=IwAR1nGXHL25BDa9s58HAbt-EdqYGL4SwFgGbvGmeMzx9iBc0tDrx0xM3NvgE&chrome=1

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[po18guy]

Very inspirational! I wonder...

 

[Ruger Rich]

https://www.warhistoryonline.com/guns/lahti-l-39-anti-tank-weapon-elephant-gun.html?fbclid=IwAR1nGXHL25BDa9s58HAbt-EdqYGL4SwFgGbvGmeMzx9iBc0tDrx0xM3NvgE&chrome=1

Good read and interesting, thanks.

 

[gmerkt]

When I was a teenager in the 1960's I used to see print ads for 20mm AT weapons. Which, as destructive devices, have been controlled since 1934. I think. But some of the "American Rifleman" back page advertisers, like Hunters Lodge, I believe used to offer them for sale. You can still own one, with paperwork, but they have gotten so expensive that few can now afford them. One that used to be available as a surplus arm was the Solothurn, made in Switz. for the Germans (by a German-owned company). It wasn't too long into WW2 that it was found that 20mm AT weapons weren't all that much use against their intended targets. Due to continual advances in armored vehicle development. Worse, the 8mm German Panzerbuchse.

 

[Camelfilter]

 

[Nocaster]

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That's what I immediately thought of. Even though Henry Bowman preferred the Solothurn