12.7 Anti-materiel Rifle [13+]

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Anti-materiel rifles are similar in form and appearance to modern sniper rifles and can often serve in that role, though they are usually chambered for cartridges more powerful than is normally required for neutralizing an enemy combatant and can operate at a greater range. In general, anti-materiel rifles are chambered for 12.7x99mm NATO (.50 BMG), 12.7x108mm Russian or even 14.5x114mm Russian and 20mm cartridges. The large cartridges are required to be able to fire projectiles containing usable payloads like explosives, armour-piercing cores, incendiaries, or combinations of these, as found in the Raufoss Mk211 projectile. Due to the considerable size and weight of anti-materiel rifles and other support equipment, sniper cells operating in 2- or 3-man teams or even more team members become a necessity. Sometimes snipers use anti-materiel rifles for shooting at human targets at longer ranges.