BOYS ANTI-TANK RIFLE MARK I

The name of this weapon is something of a misnomer since as the authors stress it was never designed to stop tanks - as members of the BEF found to their cost when they tried to do so during the 1940 Battle of France. It was rather produced as a weapon to combat light armoured vehicles - and was intended for the Home Guard to deal with such air- and sea-borne vehicles in the early stages of an invasion. This wartime booklet published in 1944 and illustrated with a dozen photographs is a guide to all aspects of the weapon including its mechanism magazine firing loading and unloading sight-setting aiming firing positions maintenance and cleaning.