Mauser 1918 T-Gewehr



"Hey, that's the Mauser 13 mm anti-tank rifle. Also known as the Tankgewehr M1918. Not to mention it's also known as the T-Gewehr too! Well, that's the world's very first anti-tank rifle, and that's how Germans triumphed in pioneering anti-tank warfare before they would get defeated in an armistice. Now this is the granddaddy of anti-tank weapons."

--Su Ji-Hoon, Take Back Walkerville

The Mauser 13 mm anti-tank rifle (German: Tankgewehr M1918, usually abbreviated T-Gewehr ) is the world's first anti-tank rifle—the first rifle designed for the sole purpose of destroying armored targets—and the only anti-tank rifle to see service in World War I. Approximately 15,800 were produced.