Anti-tank Rifle

The emergence of the tank in World War I led to the development of the first infantry weapons to defend against tanks. Anti-tank rifles became commonplace in the inter-war years and in the early campaigns of World War II in Poland and the Battle of France, which saw renewed use in the form of the British .55in Boys anti-tank rifle - also used by the US Marine Corps in the Pacific. Fully illustrated and drawing upon a range of sources, this is the absorbing story of the anti-tank rifle, the infantryman`s anti-armor weapon during the World Wars.