Videos tagged with 20x138mm

The Solothurn S18-1000 is a self-loading anti-tank rifle chambered in 20x138mm, featuring an 8-round magazine. Its unique charging mechanism involves a three-turn ratchet crank. The video demonstrates its operation and live fire, highlighting the significant recoil and cycling action in slow motion.

This video explores the 20x138mm belted cartridge case, originally German WWII ordnance used in Flak 30/38 guns. It details how the US captured and tested this ammunition, eventually producing their own '20MM T1' test rounds in 1941 via the Worcester Stamped Metal Company.