Chechen home-made guns...

[SDC]

The thread on the Russian less-than-lethal pistols made me think of this page I saw a while ago; http://englishrussia.com/?p=965
These are pictures of a bunch of the things that have been seized during the Chechen war, ranging from re-stocked Mosins and sawed-off shotgun pistols, to home-made submachine guns (called the "Borz", or "Wolf"), and even a few captured items like a DShK 38/46. The one that I would be REALLY nervous about shooting appears to be a home-made anti-material rifle for the 12.7 or 14.5 cartridge.

 

[Onmilo]

That rifle isn't homemade.
It is a Russian anti-tank rifle from world war two era.

They didn't last long because they were all but useless against Panzer tanks and the gun recoils worse than an angry mule kicks.

 

[SDC]

You're thinking of the PTRD, but the above isn't a PTRD; if it's in 14.5mm, it may use a PTRD barrel. See http://www.rt66.com/~korteng/SmallArms/antitank.htm The front sight makes me think it may use a DShK barrel, meaning it would be in 12.7 calibre.

 

[Dr. Peter Venkman]

I've met Bubba, and he lives in Chechnya.

 

[G_Lyons]

forget scope bite, the whole freakin gun will bite

 

[Ohio Rifleman]

They didn't last long because they were all but useless against Panzer tanks and the gun recoils worse than an angry mule kicks.

It seems like the whole concept of an Anti-Tank rifle died pretty quickly. I suppose because they had to be ridiculously huge, heavy and the recoil is horrendous.

Also, probably because they were replaced by the much more effective weapons like the bazooka.

 

[Flak_Jakett]

Actually the anti-tank rifle is alive and well. In fact we have them in our own military. We call it the Carl G. I've had the pleasure of shooting one a couple times. It is an 84mm recoiless rifle.

Check it out.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Gustav_recoilless_rifle

 

[DontBurnMyFlag]

http://www.strategypage.com/military_photos/200481522.aspx

xm109 25mm rifle. maybe the concept isnt entirely lost

 

[PercyShelley]

A hand made, from scratch anti materiel rifle?

That's got me impressed.