| When WW1 ended the Germans
had to disarm its armed forces, and that lead to some interesting stories.
One is that Sweden bought German tanks to arm Sweden, our first tanks here.
In the same time, Sweden bought tools to manufacture the German Mauser
antitank gun m/1918. If we bought it directly from Germany or from some
other source is unknown to me yet. This resulted in a trial model of the
gun named antitank rifle fm/21. It was a direct copy of the German gun.
The ammunition is the same as the German, 13x91R that is a necked and rimmed rifle cartridge. The cartridge was manufactured in Sweden and stamped with the same tool as for a 6,5x55 case. The projectile is a armour piercing construction with a plane steel jacket and steel core. Source: A splendid text named
"The cartridges of the Mauser anti-tank rifle of 1918 and of the T.u.F
M.G. made by M.A.N, written by Manfred Stegmuller.
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