TANK GEWEHR vs MARK IV LANDSHIP SIMULATION | TuF AP 0° & 45° Armour Piercing Simulation

A simulation of the first anti-tank rifle against the British Mark IV tank at close range, with 0° and 45° impact angles. The projectile simulated is the Tank und Flieger Armour-Piercing bullet, with a hardened steel core. The simulation first presents it impacting the vertical front armour of the Mark IV from 50m, as if it was fired up from a trench. The Mark IV was one of the first tanks to ever enter service, in 1917, and was the most numerous British tank of WW1. Its armour protected it against machine gun and rifle bullets, as these were the main threats it faced upon entering service. The Tankgewehr M1918 was the direct counter to the tank, being the first dedicated anti-tank weapon to enter service. It was essentially a scaled up Mauser rifle, chambered for the high-calibre machine gun cartridge. Its armour-piercing projectile gave it sufficient power to deal with tanks at close-to-medium range, depending on the impact angle. For the simulation, a 450BHN steel model was used