50 cal anti-tank gun

Shooting a 50 cal behind my house at my neighbor's.

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[pastaraketti]

@nickbaldus That gun is Lahti L-39 and it has nothing to do with Sweden because its a Finnish anti-tank rifle.

[otiswh]

That is not a .50 cal, the Lahti L-39 is chambered in 20mm

[NarowAR07]

@beardo52 yes i agree you are correct.

[beardo52]

@NarowAR07 All of the original 1,000 rifles were in shootable condition, and still in their 20x138B cailber. it wasn't until they were here that conversions were done. These were done to restore a drilled gun to operation, (about half of them were de-watted by drilling a big hole in the receiver) so this was the only thing one could do to get them firing again. Others were converted because of ammo availability, or to resurrect an un papered gun after the 1968 registration amnesty.

[NarowAR07]

@otiswh but i think this one is rechambered to .50 cal as most import to the states from this gun. :(

[beardo52]

@lilblitz Not against modern NATO tanks, but the older cold war tanks this rifle could still cause some damage to the less protected exterior equipment, but there are many better weapons for that these days. But if its all you had, and were willing to get close enough (scary thought) you could do in sights, or cripple the main gun if you could get a good hit on the tube, which is fairly thin towards the end. Today only good for light armor like BTR, LAV, stryker, etc.

[lilblitz]

@beardo52 Thanks for that,so not really any practical application today.

[beardo52]

@lilblitz It was a high velocity 20 mm in real life, and it did its job by breaking armor, send shards of metal into the tank, and after getting through, causing damage to machinery, and casualties among the crew. Mind you that this was 70 + yrs ago when tanks were very thinly armored <25mm These guns were used in the years before the Bazooka etc. were issued, and after for other work.

[lilblitz]

may i ask how it is used to incapacitate a tank?

[zlockoTHEzlocko]

she can feel that

[beardo52]

@atoasttothefallen2 Depends why it was done. about half of the 1,000 guns were drilled up into the chamber, and into the receiver roof from the trunnion .a 3/4 " hole which was plugged, and welded, then another pug was welded over it. not visible from the outside, but preventing the rifle from being restored as the receiver was not strong enough to stand the pressure. The .50BMG conversion will allow the gun to work again, as that is all the thing would then stand.

[atoasttothefallen2]

And who ever converted a lahti into a 50 should be smacked yes smacked like a bitch its a crying shame