Knut Erik Hagen took these photos in March 2004 at the Tojhusmuseet, København (Royal Danish Arsenal museum).
Info sent in by Tuomas Koivurinne: First, your "Unknown anti-tank Rifle" is German M1918 13mm Mauser "Tank-Gewehr" anti-tank rifle. In fact the only one of it`s kind to be introduced during World War I. Unwieldy single-shot Weapon, 167cm long and weighting 17,7 kg (39lbs). Its recoil made firing it a memorable experience. In the 1920s the Czech military was looking for a light machine gun in the same class as the Browning Automatic rifle. Eventually the Praga 1924 was approved. This was originally designed as a belt-fed gun but was only accepted after being re-designed to accept magazines.
Calibre: 7.92x57mm
Length: 116.5cm
Weight: 8.9kg (empty)
Rate of fire: 520 rpm
Info sent in by Tuomas Koivurinne: First, your "Unknown anti-tank Rifle" is German M1918 13mm Mauser "Tank-Gewehr" anti-tank rifle. In fact the only one of it`s kind to be introduced during World War I. Unwieldy single-shot Weapon, 167cm long and weighting 17,7 kg (39lbs). Its recoil made firing it a memorable experience. In the 1920s the Czech military was looking for a light machine gun in the same class as the Browning Automatic rifle. Eventually the Praga 1924 was approved. This was originally designed as a belt-fed gun but was only accepted after being re-designed to accept magazines.
Calibre: 7.92x57mm
Length: 116.5cm
Weight: 8.9kg (empty)
Rate of fire: 520 rpm
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