Pretty sure an anti-tank rifle isn't particularly effective anymore. Unless you're targeting people behind cover.

Because that's what they'd actually be using, and I doubt even your Anzio 20mm could do anything useful against a modern tank. They changed the name from Anti Tank Rifle to Anti Materiel Rifle for a reason, they're useless against modern tanks.

If you're gonna be taking out tank optics you're gonna pretty much have to be within RPG range anyways, snipers can be proficient at hitting human sized targets at around 1000~ yards or 900~ meters, now we shrink that down to about the size of tank optics (I'd wager around a hockey puck or a dinner plate at best this is also assuming it's not moving.) and I'm gonna at least halve that effective range so around 500~ yards or 450~ meters and you take the RPG-29 which using a FCU and tripod can fire and remain effective up to around ~900 meters. Even using a RPG-7 you can destroy a tank at ranges of 200~ meters Assuming they don't have reactive plate armor. which isn't that much shorter than your 20mm sniper round.

I'm surprised no one has said this yet, but if you're targeting a T-72 with an FIM-92 stinger , you're going to be surprised.
It's a surface to air missile

Shit my bad. I meant the Javelin.

Now in your defence he could always be shooting at an armored car or truck and in which case I suppose there's some purpose to having one but still...

Couldn't an Anti-Tank Rifle totally fuck up a vehicle, though?

turret hydrolics down=totally fucked up
optics down=totally fucked up
1 engine down=totally fucked up (some tanks have twin engines)

other neat things to fuck up may include but are not limited to:
destroy the guns heat shielding (makes the gun warp in unpredictable ways, making it inaccurate)
damage the loading mechanism
damage the ammo rack *this one is especially spectacular to fuck up*
damage the tracks
damage the fuel tanks
damage the fire suppression system
damage the bogies or tortion bars of the suspension


basically there are many fascinating ways to totally fuck up a tank... and most of them dont even include explosions or injuring the crew, simply disabling the vehicle though obviously that`s an option too if you have a big enough gun

You need to have some pretty serious balls, because most tanks rely on up to 3 different weapon platforms, normally 2 of those are very heavy weapons, like 50. cal machine gun and a 120mm cannon.
And there's like 2 to 3 hatches, and plenty of mirrors usable for spotting.

Even if you managed to damage steel tracks, and the suspension, you're in for a world of hurt, because you just catched a beast that can still breathe fire.

while that is true, these rifles have ranges of well over 2km (2000 yards), some over 5.

I`d imagine it`s pretty easy to stay hidden at that kind of range while firing a single round

plus you`re not anchored to the ground, you can simply fuck off after you`ve disabled the enemy, or flank him and fire at the weaker side armor....

so you can target optics and hydraulics 2000 yards away? i dont think so.
A tank is far from an indestructible machine, I know this, i served in a danish leopard2 tank squadron.

Sand is the number 1 track killer though, not att rifles. I've heard of 1 mobility kill in Afghanistan on a challenger tank, and the crew still managed to get it in reverse after 10 RPG hits, and drive to safety.

If I encountered an enemy MBT as part of an infantry company without heavy weapons, I would wait for it to pass instead of engaging and possibly lose.

If i remember correctly, the PTRS-41 is a extremely inaccurate weapon that required the solider to stand just few meters away too actually just hit the tank.

Most of the vehicles used are trucks, BTRs, and BMPs which are all lightly armoured

They're fucking great truck-stoppers, and they'll fuck up an artillery barrel pretty badly if you land a hit.

I think they'd refurbish some old tanks.

But the Ukranians were fighting the Russians, the Russians have fairly decent tanks, it's not like they're fighting ISIS or something.

Do the Russian's want the Ukrainian's cranes?

Totes yo! If you're legit curious as to why Russia invaded Ukraine look at this: www.ritholtz.com/blog/2014/03/10-reasons-why-russia-invaded-ukraine/

I've actually shot both, I certainly do not recommend if you are a little guy, the PTRS is a 14.5x114 and the PKM is a 7.62x54. But if you are then I recommend putting most of your weight on your front foot for the PTRS and more or less the same for the PKM but fire that in short bursts

Literally noone asked you for this info. The conversation was on a completely different topic.
You might as well have went "I'm a vegan guise". Would have induced the same amount of cringe with less effort

if that's you in your profile pic, then I say you should've picked a different hairstyle. Cause it's inducing the same amount of cringe.

Ooohhh no more than the average funny junk user

If you don't know kosuke, you're no average funnyjunk user

huh, thanks I needed the motivation today!

shut up

I enjoyed the info luciafoxx. thank you.

you're welcome

Shhhhh, don't encourage narcisism, we're not a safe space here

Unlike you ever did, luciafoxx actually said something interesting.

I was interested in that myself, maybe you should fuck off.