platoon against light armoured fighting vehicles: penetrating "their armour up to about 500 yards range" and "inflict casualties on their crew, although it may not seriously damage the vehicle itself." A manual on the Boys published for the Home Guard in 1944 gave the expected performance against armour ranging from 0.91 in (22.3 mm) at 100 yards square on to 0.35 in (8.8 mm) at 500 yards hitting at a 40 degree angle. The manual also noted that maximum penetration against other materials was of brick walls and of sandbags. Users : 771 Boys Rifles produced in Canada, sold to the United States. – as 14 mm pst kiv/37, during the Winter War and the Continuation War. – received a large shipment in exchange for 25mm anti-tank guns. Provisonal IRA used it during The Troubles – captured in the North African campaign. – rifles captured after the evacuation of the British Expeditionary Forces in Norway and France were designated 13,9 mm Panzerabwehrbüchse 782 (englisch), abbreviated PzB 782(e), in German service. : Polish Armed Forces in the West – received 3,200 Boys rifles via Lend-Lease. – used by Marine Raiders. Authorized for US Army Rangers in 1943, but not used. During the Korean War, the Marine Corps borrowed some Boys rifles from Canadian troops, strengthened the action and mounted them with scopes. They were used as long-range sniper rifles on an experimental basis, firing double charged .50 BMG ammunition. These rifles had a range of over 2,000 yards. Yugoslav Partisans Vehicle mounting The Boys Rifle was sometimes mounted on vehicles such as the Universal Carrier ("Bren Gun Carrier"), Humber Light Reconnaissance Car and the Morris CS9, Standard Beaverette and Rolls-Royce armoured cars. See also Mauser 1918 T-Gewehr PTRD-41 PTRS-41 Wz. 35 anti-tank rifle Notes References Citations Bibliography External links Anti-tank rifles of the United Kingdom World War II infantry weapons of the United Kingdom Weapons of the Philippine Army Military equipment introduced in the 1930s