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| rdfs:label | - Boys Anti-Tank Rifle
- Boys anti-tank rifle
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| rdfs:comment | - Although the French did not produce their own anti-tank rifle, during the Battle for France, the French acquired the British Boys bolt-action anti-tank rifle. Czechoslovak soldier, Vaclav Jezek managed to find a rifle of a dead French soldier, and was able to put it to good use, taking out Panzer I's, II's, and armoured cars. He later used it as a sniper rifle hitting targets as far out as between one and half to two km away.
- The Boys Anti-Tank Rifle was an AT rifle used by Great Britain during World War II.
- The Boys Anti-Tank Rifle was, as the name suggests, a British anti-tank rifle, named for Captain H.C.Boys (head of the design team developing the rifle), who died a few days prior to the rifle's approval for service in November 1937. Commonly refered to simply as the "Boys Rifle", the rifle was originally named the Stanchion until the death of Boys, as a mark of respect.
- There were three main versions of the Boys, an early model (Mark I) which had a circular muzzle brake and T-shaped monopod, built primarily at BSA in England, a later model (Mk I*) built primarily at Jonathan Inglis in Toronto Canada, that had a square muzzle brake and a V shaped bipod, and a third model made for airborne forces with a 30-inch (762 mm) barrel and no muzzle brake. There were also different cartridges, with a later version offering better penetration.
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| Name | - Boys Anti-Tank Rifle
- Boys Anti-tank Rifle
- Boys Anti-tank rifle
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| Caption | - Boys anti-tank rifle Mk I
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| usedby | - Great Britain, Australia, Canada, China, Democratic Republic of Congo, Finland, France, Nazi Germany, Ireland, Luxembourg, New Zealand, Philippines, Soviet Union, United States
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| Magazine | - 5
- Overhead mounted five round box
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| abstract | - Although the French did not produce their own anti-tank rifle, during the Battle for France, the French acquired the British Boys bolt-action anti-tank rifle. Czechoslovak soldier, Vaclav Jezek managed to find a rifle of a dead French soldier, and was able to put it to good use, taking out Panzer I's, II's, and armoured cars. He later used it as a sniper rifle hitting targets as far out as between one and half to two km away.
- The Boys Anti-Tank Rifle was an AT rifle used by Great Britain during World War II.
- There were three main versions of the Boys, an early model (Mark I) which had a circular muzzle brake and T-shaped monopod, built primarily at BSA in England, a later model (Mk I*) built primarily at Jonathan Inglis in Toronto Canada, that had a square muzzle brake and a V shaped bipod, and a third model made for airborne forces with a 30-inch (762 mm) barrel and no muzzle brake. There were also different cartridges, with a later version offering better penetration. Although adequate against light tanks in the early part of the war, the Boys was ineffective against heavier armour and was phased out in favour of the PIAT mid-war.
- The Boys Anti-Tank Rifle was, as the name suggests, a British anti-tank rifle, named for Captain H.C.Boys (head of the design team developing the rifle), who died a few days prior to the rifle's approval for service in November 1937. Commonly refered to simply as the "Boys Rifle", the rifle was originally named the Stanchion until the death of Boys, as a mark of respect.
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