this suggestion follows that of the S-18/100
The Lahti L-39 is a Finnish 20 mm anti-tank rifle used during the Second World War. It had excellent accuracy, penetration and range, but its size made transportation difficult. It was nicknamed Norsupyssy Elephant Gun, and as tanks developed armor too thick for the Lahti to penetrate, its uses switched to long range sniping, tank harassment and with the L-39/44 fully automatic variant, employment as an improvised anti-aircraft weapon
Usage
Winter War
During the Winter War (1939–1940) Finland lacked anti-tank weaponry. Only two 20 mm rifles and a few 13.2 mm machine guns made it to the front, where the 13.2 mm machine guns were found to be ineffective and unreliable while the larger 20 mm rifles proved successful against Soviet armor. Because of this, Finland finally settled on the 20 mm design and started production.
The gun was also widely clarification needed used in the “cold Charlie” counter-sniper technique, where the Finns would use mannequins posing as sloppily-covered officers. Soviet snipers would fire upon the mannequins, and the Finns would then return fire at the Soviet snipers with Lahti L-39s.
See also
- Anti-tank rifle
- Boys anti-tank rifle
- Mauser 1918 T-Gewehr
- Panzerbüchse 39
- PTRD-41
- PTRS-41
- Solothurn S-18/100
- Type 97 automatic cannon
- Wz. 35 anti-tank rifle
would looke funny, but cool gun though