Anti-Tank Sniper Rifles?

very heavy. the Barrett M82 is 30 pounds, lighter than the others listed by 5 t0 10 pounds, and that's without a scope added to the WWII types.

But would fine as anti-material rifles. Just lower mobility than having a regular sniper rifle.

Of the WWII rifles, the 8mm Panzerbüchse 39 would be the best, being lighter and having the flattest trajectory
 
fine as anti-material rifles

I was thinking this too, but I don't know how it would go given the simplicity and ruggedness of WW2 gear. AM rifles are good at taking out avionics, fancy sights and other fragile, high cost gear, but that wasn't really thick on the ground in WW2 so might not be worth it.
 
The 20 mm Lahti L-39 was used as a sniper rifle and an anti-sniper weapon by the Finnish Army in the Winter War and Continuation War, especially in 1942-44 I believe when it wasn't as useful against Soviet armor anymore.
 
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One reason that these modern rifles are called 'Anti Materiel' rifles is to get around the St. Petersburg Convention of 1868 that banned explosive rounds of less than 400 grams. Hence the numbers of 37mm guns which carry a round just above this so the Panzerbuchse 39 is one of the few WW2 ones that fit international law.
 
The first .50 caliber sniper rifles were actually M2 Browning machine guns equipped with a telescopic sight. How would larger anti-tank rifles such as the Mauser Tankgewehr M1918, Boys anti-tank rifle, PTRD-41, and PTRS-41 have fared in the role?
the thing is armor piercing rifle ammo exists in 30-06, 303 Brit, 8mm Mauser and 7.62x54R, weapons in these calibers are far more common and liter than these and more than capable in the anti-material and anti-personnel role.
 

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The first .50 caliber sniper rifles were actually M2 Browning machine guns equipped with a telescopic sight. How would larger anti-tank rifles such as the Mauser Tankgewehr M1918, Boys anti-tank rifle, PTRD-41, and PTRS-41 have fared in the role?
AFAIK the Soviets AT rifles were sort of used for that too 'off book'. They weren't supposed to be used for that, but if there was a juicy opportunity like and officer I believe sometimes they were. Of course I might be confusing suggested use for Soviet AT rifle teams in the game Close Combat with how they were used IRL.
 
The first .50 caliber sniper rifles were actually M2 Browning machine guns equipped with a telescopic sight. How would larger anti-tank rifles such as the Mauser Tankgewehr M1918, Boys anti-tank rifle, PTRD-41, and PTRS-41 have fared in the role?

The Boys anti tank rifle was used as a sniping rifle in the Korean war. At first it was just the Boys fitted with a scope then they were rebarrelled in .50BMG. I dont know where the Boys came from but the USMC used them in the Pacific as anti tank and anti materiel rifles so they must have been in an armoury somewhere.
 
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