Ref.: DRAG-75032
S-18/100 Anti-Tank Rifle For those not totally familiar with this weapon, it was a 20mm semiautomatic anti-tank rifle used by both Germany and Switzerland during WWII. The Swiss company Solothurn was owned by Rheinmetall, who used it to manufacture weapons for Germany as the military reequipped despite arms limitations in place at the time. The disadvantage of the S-18/100 was its size (nearly 2m long) and weight (42kg), as well as the large 20x105mm ammunition rounds that produced powerful recoil forces. The rifle was fed from either a five-round or ten-round magazine. Muzzle velocity was 750m/s, and it could penetrate 30mm of armor at a range of 200m. In the German military it was known as the 2cm Tankbu"chse S-18. However, it was rare in German service and wasn’t often photographed, as preferred anti-tank rifles were typically smaller-caliber weapons.