However, unlike many of its counterparts, it was fed from a top loading magazine with the spent cases being ejected down. 50 BMG cartridge but, after initial trials, the bullet was increased to a. The team looked at the Polish Karabin przeciwpancerny wzór 35 anti-tank rifle and used its design as inspiration for their own project.įrom this influence they built, like many other anti-tank rifles of the time, a large-scale bolt action rifle. Boys, Assistant Superintendent of Design at the Royal Small Arms Factory, Enfield. In 1934, the Small Arms Committee started a programme for an anti-tank rifle to be used at platoon level with the ability to penetrate 16mm of armor at 100 yards (91 meters). However, due to the lack of a German tank threat, with those that did appear easily dealt with by artillery or other means, no further development past prototype stage was taken. The British Army had shown interest in an anti-tank rifle during the First World War, mainly that designed by famous gun designer Philip Thomas Godsal.
Out of this necessity came the Rifle, Anti-Tank. While the artillery got the 2 pounder, a cheaper, lighter alternative was needed for the Infantry to help deal with tanks and other armored vehicles.
The Boys Anti-Tank Rifle was part of Britain’s interwar development of weapons designed to take on tanks.
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