What is an anti tank machine gun?
Comment on May 13, 1985
FiniteBanjo@lemmy.today 6 months agoNah, police weren’t adequately trained to handle something on this scale. Something had to be done, but not by police with satchel charges and an anti-tank machinegun.
5gruel@lemmy.world 6 months ago
RalfWausE@discuss.tchncs.de 6 months ago
In WWI there were attempts to bring down early tanks with heavy machine guns (the armor was not that thick back then)… but i am not sure if this is an official category.
weebkent@ani.social 6 months ago
ehhhh, I assume the guy meant an anti-material rifle? or some sort of autocannon if it actually is like a machinegun because anti-tank rifles are very antiquated and not a thing anymore, at least as a modern term for these weapons. That kind of thing got phased out since world war 2.
vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
My best guess is that they meant an M2 browning and just knew they were mounted on some tanks, then assumed they were meant for tanks. They were meant for AP and AA use if im not misremembering.
FiniteBanjo@lemmy.today 6 months ago
A big gun with big bullets that shoots really fast. Fuck if I know the model, but the police had and used it in this event.
FangedWyvern42@lemmy.world 6 months ago
What?
FiniteBanjo@lemmy.today 6 months ago
Yeah the city police had and used it. Crazy, right?