![]() They wrapped the whole thing in a belt like a proper British magnum elephant round, and designed the rifle around it. 50 caliber case and necking it up to accept a. ![]() If this caliber was a 10 on a scale of one to10, Captain Boys wanted 11 and set about getting by taking a. The vaunted “fifty-cal” could penetrate 0.76-inches of armor at 100-yards. 50-caliber (now 12.7x99mm NATO) showed more promise. 303 and 30-06 proved that even hardened armor piercing versions were too weak. 55 roundĬaptain Boys (not Boyes!), an engineer at the Enfield works, began work on a bolt-action large bore rifle that would be capable of making Swiss cheese out of the tanks of the day, while still remaining light enough for a solitary soldier to carry on the battlefield. Captain HC Boys of the British Army set about to come up with one. However, by 1918, it was apparent that a large, purpose-built rifle capable of shooting it out with an armored beast would be needed. To defeat the tank, the anti-tank gun was invented.įirst, these were just big game “elephant guns” pressed into service. ![]() To defeat these trenches, the tank was invented. With each set of lines fortified and bristling with water-cooled machine guns that could spew out 600-rounds per minute, it was certain death for infantry to attack across No Man’s Land. The trenches of the Western Front in World War 1 changed warfare forever. ![]()
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