# About Mauser 1918 T-Gewehr ANTI TANK rifle **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [May 9, 2016, 11:40pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/about-mauser-1918-t-gewehr-anti-tank-rifle/101042 "2016-05-09T23:40:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![L0rdV1ct0r](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/5e9695/32.png) [@L0rdV1ct0r](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/L0rdV1ct0r)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2016, 11:40pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/about-mauser-1918-t-gewehr-anti-tank-rifle/101042/1 "2016-05-09T23:40:00Z")
Anyone know his stats? Will be OHK? Will be able to pierce 22mm of armor like IRL? You will be forced to prone? Here is the weapon in real life [![Video: Mauser T gewehr 1918 13.2mm anti tank rifle being fired.](https://battlefieldforum.co/uploads/default/original/3X/1/6/168f5fd4da441170849a13ccde5ff54503cb5d57.jpeg "Mauser T gewehr 1918 13.2mm anti tank rifle being fired.") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJjx2-XmwW0) ---
**Author:** ![Razeh](https://battlefieldforum.co/user_avatar/battlefieldforum.co/razeh/32/103231_2.png) [@Razeh](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/Razeh)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2016, 1:52am UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/about-mauser-1918-t-gewehr-anti-tank-rifle/101042/2 "2016-05-10T01:52:00Z")
I was so pumped to see this weapon in the trailer. Saw a YouTube video of a guy shooting one of these a few years ago and he fired from a bipod prone. Who knows how it will work, reminds me of a Barrett in the more modern games. Wonder if the British anti tank rifles will make it in? ---
**Author:** ![L0rdV1ct0r](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/5e9695/32.png) [@L0rdV1ct0r](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/L0rdV1ct0r)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2016, 2:29am UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/about-mauser-1918-t-gewehr-anti-tank-rifle/101042/3 "2016-05-10T02:29:00Z")
> [@Razeh](#): > > I was so pumped to see this weapon in the trailer. Saw a YouTube video of a guy shooting one of these a few years ago and he fired from a bipod prone. Who knows how it will work, reminds me of a Barrett in the more modern games. Wonder if the British anti tank rifles will make it in? Yeap. Pretty cool gun. Barrett M82 is semi auto and have a muzzle break. About Boys AT rifle, he doesn’t exist in WW2(designed in 1937) ---
**Author:** ![lvj02](https://battlefieldforum.co/user_avatar/battlefieldforum.co/lvj02/32/102696_2.png) [@lvj02](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/lvj02)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2016, 6:33am UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/about-mauser-1918-t-gewehr-anti-tank-rifle/101042/4 "2016-05-10T06:33:00Z")
The elephant gun with armor piercing bullets was also brought into the war to counter snipe snipers that were hiding behind armor shielding but if this is already in then guess it won’t matter but still hoping that dice is researching every possible gun that can be put I to game like bf4 gun selection there are so many that were used during the war. ---
**Author:** ![MegaloDorian](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/f14d63/32.png) [@MegaloDorian](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/MegaloDorian)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2016, 6:39am UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/about-mauser-1918-t-gewehr-anti-tank-rifle/101042/5 "2016-05-10T06:39:00Z")
The T-Gewehr will hopefully be a gadget, likely for Assault, not a pickup. It’ll probably do significantly less damage to a tank than the SMAW or RPG-7 does to a tank in Battlefield 4, but because of how much faster the 13.2mm bullet is traveling. If anything, its damage against tanks will be more along the lines of the railgun from Final Stand. Now, despite the amount of kinetic energy carried by the round, for the sake of balance, it still shouldn’t be a one-shot kill all the time (hell, many people have survived being shot with the similarly-powered and much more famous .50 BMG round). It can, however, probably do like a massive 90-95 damage at all ranges, but then be a one-hit kill via headshot and chest/heart multipliers (upper-torso and up). Anybody that’s slightly wounded will still likely be picked off from the lower torso and downwards. ---
**Author:** ![L0rdV1ct0r](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/5e9695/32.png) [@L0rdV1ct0r](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/L0rdV1ct0r)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2016, 7:35am UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/about-mauser-1918-t-gewehr-anti-tank-rifle/101042/6 "2016-05-10T07:35:00Z")
> [@MegaloDorian](#): > > The T-Gewehr will hopefully be a gadget, likely for Assault, not a pickup. It’ll probably do significantly less damage to a tank than the SMAW or RPG-7 does to a tank in Battlefield 4, but because of how much faster the 13.2mm bullet is traveling. If anything, its damage against tanks will be more along the lines of the railgun from Final Stand. > > Now, despite the amount of kinetic energy carried by the round, for the sake of balance, it still shouldn’t be a one-shot kill all the time (hell, many people have survived being shot with the similarly-powered and much more famous .50 BMG round). It can, however, probably do like a massive 90-95 damage at all ranges, but then be a one-hit kill via headshot and chest/heart multipliers (upper-torso and up). Anybody that’s slightly wounded will still likely be picked off from the lower torso and downwards. Will be shotguns in BF1, so if a 12 gauge can kill in one shot, why a 13mm round should not kill? Maybe put a INSANE sway, like Heroes & Generals PTRD-1941(can OHK infantry, but have a insane sway due size) and note : AT rifles are heavy and fires slowly. And yes, i agree that weapons in video games should not be like in reality. In reality even a .22 LR have 60% of chance to incapacitate the enemy with a single shot. ---
**Author:** ![MegaloDorian](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/f14d63/32.png) [@MegaloDorian](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/MegaloDorian)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2016, 8:04am UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/about-mauser-1918-t-gewehr-anti-tank-rifle/101042/7 "2016-05-10T08:04:00Z")
Well, I do believe sniper rifle mechanics definitely need an overhaul. Hell, I’d really love to see base weapon spread (not necessarily spread added per shot), for just about all weapons, being mostly phased out by individual weapon sway (which is less random and more skill-based). As it is in Battlefield 4, weapon sway is only tied to optics and suppression, not the guns themselves. Yeah, the T-Gewehr is definitely a very heavy rifle. Although, if you’re able to one-hit kill somebody with it by shooting them in a toe, people will still likely cry “OP” when they do come across somebody that has mastered the sway mechanic. So, if making it only a one-hit kill from the chest and up (with it doing crippling damage beneath that) secures it as being a gadget rather than a pickup weapon, that’s kind of a small price to pay. After all, you probably don’t want the only man-portable, long range anti-tank weapon(s) to be pickups. Oh, and somebody mentioned elephant guns before? Here’s a fun note. Supposedly, during WW1, somebody used a double-barreled Holland & Holland rifle in .450 Nitro Express to shoot down two planes with each loaded shot, and then they had time to load a third shot to take down a third plane. If that’s real, amazing feat, I must say. I’d love to see that rifle added in commemoration of that certain fellow. . . ---
**Author:** ![JW063](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@JW063](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/JW063)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2016, 10:43am UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/about-mauser-1918-t-gewehr-anti-tank-rifle/101042/8 "2016-05-10T10:43:00Z")
It’s in this vid, along with some others. Search his channel I’m sure you’ll find them all. [![Video: The Guns of the Battlefield 1 Trailer](https://battlefieldforum.co/uploads/default/original/3X/d/5/d517b3de8d82384c5bce9ebcfe49d8e9598eba2a.jpeg "The Guns of the Battlefield 1 Trailer") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEGn45WdDW4) Edit: Took me own advice and had a quick search, they’re old gun fans, good channel for research if that’s what you want. Have a go at the size of the thing at about 18:15 [![Video: Primer 022: German TankGewehr Anti-Tank Rifle Documentary](https://battlefieldforum.co/uploads/default/original/3X/5/b/5ba4a29245d8ed23091f1d601db92d6ec9588fef.jpeg "Primer 022: German TankGewehr Anti-Tank Rifle Documentary") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mWeNNiG9YU) ---
**Author:** ![L0rdV1ct0r](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/5e9695/32.png) [@L0rdV1ct0r](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/L0rdV1ct0r)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2016, 3:58pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/about-mauser-1918-t-gewehr-anti-tank-rifle/101042/9 "2016-05-10T15:58:00Z")
> [@JW063](#): > > It’s in this vid, along with some others. Search his channel I’m sure you’ll find them all. > > [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEGn45WdDW4](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEGn45WdDW4) > > Edit: Took me own advice and had a quick search, they’re old gun fans, good channel for research if that’s what you want. > > Have a go at the size of the thing at about 18:15 > > [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=\_mWeNNiG9YU](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mWeNNiG9YU) Nice video. Here is another about Mauser 1918 AT rifle [![Video: 1918 Mauser Tank Gewehr](https://battlefieldforum.co/uploads/default/original/3X/7/7/77ea1178f1fa046576f030d47c6a1e70dd42e70d.jpeg "1918 Mauser Tank Gewehr") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ko9A3ZbN8ZU) @MegaloDorian Yes, if you learn how control the sway, you can kill everything with this mechanic. But this is what happens with full auto. If you can control the spread and recoil, you can kill enemies in a half of second with full autos. Here is how PTRD-1941 anti tank rifle is in another game [![Video: Heroes & Generals - PTRD-1941 anti tank rifle montage HD 1080p](https://battlefieldforum.co/uploads/default/original/3X/8/4/84d38c0fa06b6e54f4901a2ae986686bd239d295.jpeg "Heroes & Generals - PTRD-1941 anti tank rifle montage HD 1080p") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XF8-6imHSng) I know, vehicle X infantry in BF isn’t like H&G, in H&G is possible to have a 3 tankers VS only infantry, so vehicles should be weaker in that situation. In BF, Mauser 1918 T-Gewehr ANTI TANK rifle will probably need 8 shots do destroy a tank. ---
**Author:** ![JW063](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@JW063](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/JW063)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2016, 8:36pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/about-mauser-1918-t-gewehr-anti-tank-rifle/101042/10 "2016-05-10T20:36:00Z")
I actually am that boring I watched the whole 40 mins of the gun nuts video. He points out it was used not so much as to destroy the tank, but to penetrate and kill the driver, gunners and even destroy the guns. I wouldn’t be surprised, and in fact I hope, that’s the sort of mechanic it’ll be used for in game. It might take a dozen or more shots to completely disable that massive British 8 man (or 4,6,8 whatever they use in the game) Tank, but you can pick off the driver/gunners with a good enough shot and then the remaining tank crew have to adjust on the fly. ---
**Author:** ![State0fFear](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/e56c9b/32.png) [@State0fFear](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/State0fFear)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2016, 9:26pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/about-mauser-1918-t-gewehr-anti-tank-rifle/101042/11 "2016-05-10T21:26:00Z")
I bet it will be just like the big .50s in bf4. Ohk to infantry, slow and lots of sway with ought the bipod, does maybe 10-25% hp of a tank depending on location, oh and iron sights only ---
**Author:** ![Avarik](https://battlefieldforum.co/user_avatar/battlefieldforum.co/avarik/32/101251_2.png) [@Avarik](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/Avarik)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2016, 9:35pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/about-mauser-1918-t-gewehr-anti-tank-rifle/101042/12 "2016-05-10T21:35:00Z")
> [@MegaloDorian](#): > > Now, despite the amount of kinetic energy carried by the round, for the sake of balance, it still shouldn’t be a one-shot kill all the time (hell, many people have survived being shot with the similarly-powered and much more famous .50 BMG round). It can, however, probably do like a massive 90-95 damage at all ranges, but then be a one-hit kill via headshot and chest/heart multipliers (upper-torso and up). Anybody that’s slightly wounded will still likely be picked off from the lower torso and downwards. For the sake of balance I’d probably agree that as long as you don’t get hit in the torso or head, anti tank rifles shouldn’t be a one shot kill…but from a realistic point of view, I doubt anyone would survive a shot from those things without losing a limb…I’m sure there were rare cases, but any bullet above 8mm can leave some nasty wounds. ---
**Author:** ![JW063](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@JW063](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/JW063)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2016, 9:38pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/about-mauser-1918-t-gewehr-anti-tank-rifle/101042/13 "2016-05-10T21:38:00Z")
The gun nut points out they didn’t have much range. Hope that mechanic holds true for the game otherwise we’ll see a lot of campers sitting on hills using the thing as a purely sniper rifle rather than it’s intended use. ---
**Author:** ![Avarik](https://battlefieldforum.co/user_avatar/battlefieldforum.co/avarik/32/101251_2.png) [@Avarik](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/Avarik)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2016, 9:41pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/about-mauser-1918-t-gewehr-anti-tank-rifle/101042/14 "2016-05-10T21:41:00Z")
> [@JW063](#): > > The gun nut points out they didn’t have much range. Hope that mechanic holds true for the game otherwise we’ll see a lot of campers sitting on hills using the thing as a purely sniper rifle rather than it’s intended use. That would still be tough without a proper scope. (\*´・ω・)/` ---
**Author:** ![JW063](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@JW063](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/JW063)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2016, 9:44pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/about-mauser-1918-t-gewehr-anti-tank-rifle/101042/15 "2016-05-10T21:44:00Z")
True… What’s that on the end of your sentence? Looks like a “ahem” sack. Did you just T-Bag me on a forum? ---
**Author:** ![Rev0verDrive](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/7993a0/32.png) [@Rev0verDrive](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/Rev0verDrive)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2016, 10:02pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/about-mauser-1918-t-gewehr-anti-tank-rifle/101042/16 "2016-05-10T22:02:00Z")
Gotta agree with Avarick on this one. a 13mm round is going to leave a mighty big hole in whatever flesh it hits. Top: 7.9 Mauser Bottom: 13mm Anti-tank for the T-Gewehr ![](https://battlefieldforum.co/uploads/default/original/3X/9/4/94faa47f190b45dcd5204642c3c6734c60f49015.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Avarik](https://battlefieldforum.co/user_avatar/battlefieldforum.co/avarik/32/101251_2.png) [@Avarik](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/Avarik)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2016, 10:04pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/about-mauser-1918-t-gewehr-anti-tank-rifle/101042/17 "2016-05-10T22:04:00Z")
> [@JW063](#): > > True… > > What’s that on the end of your sentence? Looks like a “ahem” sack. Did you just T-Bag me on a forum? Nope, just my personalized emote. You see, my other name is the Wizard of Nom. (\*´・ω・)/` ---
**Author:** ![L0rdV1ct0r](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/5e9695/32.png) [@L0rdV1ct0r](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/L0rdV1ct0r)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2016, 11:14pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/about-mauser-1918-t-gewehr-anti-tank-rifle/101042/18 "2016-05-10T23:14:00Z")
> [@JW063](#): > > I actually am that boring I watched the whole 40 mins of the gun nuts video. He points out it was used not so much as to destroy the tank, but to penetrate and kill the driver, gunners and even destroy the guns. > > I wouldn’t be surprised, and in fact I hope, that’s the sort of mechanic it’ll be used for in game. It might take a dozen or more shots to completely disable that massive British 8 man (or 4,6,8 whatever they use in the game) Tank, but you can pick off the driver/gunners with a good enough shot and then the remaining tank crew have to adjust on the fly. If they add modular damage(right track, left track, tower, frontal hull, engine, etc), will be amazing. AMR still used in modern conflicts against APC, helicopters and other vehicles. 14.5x114mm can pierce 40mm of RHA armor. Same penetration as a STUART 37mm cannon, isn’t effective against heavy armored targets, but still can damage tracks and sensors. In middle east, there are some homemade 14.5x114mm guns such as Zagros rifle > [@JW063](#): > > The gun nut points out they didn’t have much range. Hope that mechanic holds true for the game otherwise we’ll see a lot of campers sitting on hills using the thing as a purely sniper rifle rather than it’s intended use. BF1 maps will be smaller and AT rifles should have no scopes and a “drunk sway” to prevent this problem. ---
**Author:** ![Rev0verDrive](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/7993a0/32.png) [@Rev0verDrive](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/Rev0verDrive)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2016, 11:23pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/about-mauser-1918-t-gewehr-anti-tank-rifle/101042/19 "2016-05-10T23:23:00Z")
> [@L0rdV1ct0r](#): > > BF1 maps will be smaller What gives you that impression? ---
**Author:** ![TheBlackDog14](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/5fc32e/32.png) [@TheBlackDog14](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/TheBlackDog14)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2016, 11:43pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/about-mauser-1918-t-gewehr-anti-tank-rifle/101042/20 "2016-05-10T23:43:00Z")
It would have to be a OHK on infantry. I remember when the developers said they wouldn’t put the Barret .50 Cal in Battlefield 4 because it would either be overpowered or unrealistic. [Next page](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/about-mauser-1918-t-gewehr-anti-tank-rifle/101042.md?page=2)