Lahti 20mm Anti-Tank Rifle

[45aim]

Lahti 20mm Anti-Tank Rifle

Fires 2,300 grain solid tungsten projectile

 

[Sungun09]

Either thats a really big gun

or a really small guy ..

 

[Offwhite]

Nice target, lol

 

[AJ Dual]

Using a car as a target for a Lathi or Solothourn 20mm is like shooting at Kleenex with a .308.

I'd have gotten some old refridgerators and filled them with concrete...

 

[ACP230]

I was about 10 years too young and $123.50 too broke to get my paws on one of those years ago.
I think the price then, with a few rounds of ammo, was $129.
:banghead:

 

[ABTOMAT]

I'm curious, what's the deal with owning one of those these days? DD or AOW, or nothing at all?

 

[chestnut ridge]

45aim- I thought you wanted to borrow my car just to drive to work.

 

[MrTwigg]

Get one today !

Just found one

http://www.gunsamerica.com/guns/976423812.htm

I was about 10 years too young and $123.50 too broke to get my paws on one of those years ago.
I think the price then, with a few rounds of ammo, was $129.

Wants $10,000.00 woulda been a nice profit if you had bought it for $123.50 !
Too bad there's no pic. He's got some goodies to go with it too.

 

[PromptCritical]

I'm pretty sure they are classified as Destructive Devices. Bore greater than .50 inches and not a "sporting gun".

ETA: "Solid tungsten projectile"? I seriously doubt it. Tungsten is much harder than steel. Firing a solid tungsten bullet would probably remove the rifling after a few dozen shots. Probably has a tungsten core...

 

[Reed1911]

Prompt,

No, Tungsten Carbide is much harder than steel, pure (excluding trace) Tungsten is actually softer than bronze. VERY dense, but not hard at all really.

The 20mm is a hoot, wish I could afford one.

 

[Reed1911]

Oh yeah, and all the ones I shot has brass rings on the tungsten to ride the bore.

 

[MagnumCaliber357]

DID YOU SEE THE SIZE OF THOES ROUNDS

there bigger than th headphones next to them

What grain projectile does that fire?

 

[Jim K]

As I posted elsewhere, those AT rifles are classified as Destructive Devices. They are not Title II (NFA) weapons, and a dealer requires a different FFL, not just an SOT stamp. Dealers are scarce, and I understand some states have no dealers, so anyone wanting to buy one, even if it is legal in that state, is SOL.

Jim

 

[Tony Williams]

I don't know what the modern ammunition is loaded with, but the original Finnish ammo which the gun used in service fired steel projectiles. I have a round in my collection. See the 20x138B below (from the article on anti-tank rifle ammo on my website):

Germany did make some tungsten-cored Hartkern ammo in 20x138B calibre for their KwK 30 and KwK 38 AFV guns, but that wasn't used in the Lahti AFAIK, and it looked quite different anyway. See the pic below, which shows one loaded with a replica projectile (from the Ammo Photo Gallery on my website).

Tony Williams: Military gun and ammunition website and discussion forum

 

[azflyman]

I think I would try to put a round dead center on the end of rear axle just to see if I could knock the rear-end clean out from under the car.

az

 

[MagnumCaliber357]

i wonder what the spped and distance travel is on one of these bad boys the barrel is about 4 FEET if i extrapolate that this is a 5 froot something man......... JEEZE

 

[AtomSphere]

OMG! the box magazine itself looks like a pistol case!

 

[50caliber123]

nice varmint gun. My choice for woodchucks...with tanks!

 

[RON in PA]

I remember when these toys were advertised in "YE OLD Hunter" ads in the American Rifleman, pre-1968.

 

[Harry Tuttle]

Time to Feed the Hogs!

 

[mrmeval]

The element

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

 

[Sawdust]

Time to Feed the Hogs!

LOL, Harry; I'm reading UC right now...

Sawdust

 

[Harry Tuttle]

 

[Tony Williams]

If my eyes do not deceive me, the gun in the above pic isn't a Lahti but a Solothurn S18-1000. Fired the same ammo, though.

Tony Williams: Military gun and ammunition website and discussion forum

 

[LiquidTension]

Cool