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How a 2,500-Pound British “Toy” Gun One-Shot Germany’s 100-Ton Tiger Kings at 1,000 Yards




The British 6-pounder wasn’t the biggest anti-tank gun of World War II — but it was one of the smartest. Lightweight, fast to deploy, and armed with the revolutionary APDS tungsten sabot round, this compact 57 mm gun proved that velocity and precision could overcome heavy armor.

By 1944, the 6-pounder was punching straight through the front plates of Tiger IIs at over 1,000 yards. The secret was a high-density tungsten core fired at nearly 4,000 feet per second — a projectile so fast it left its aluminum sabot in mid-air and hit like a steel dart traveling with the force of pure mathematics.

Crews could drag the gun across muddy fields by hand, hide it behind hedgerows, and fire 15 aimed shots per minute. In Normandy, Caumont, and throughout the Western Front, the 6-pounder proved that brains and engineering could defeat brute armor.

This is the story of how a small gun changed the battlefield — and humbled the most feared tanks of the war.
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