Talk:Anti-materiel rifle

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Material (spelling)[edit]

It looks to me as if the more common spelling here is the anglicised "anti-material" rather than "anti-materiel" (seemingly supported by a quick google search). I have moved the page and changed some linked articles. Any objections to this? I'm no military specialist but the spelling looked unusual. Greg 14:13, 1 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It should be anti-materiel, the "e" takes an accent (grave?). Never trust google for spelling (confomrity of ignorant masses), use dictionaries. GraemeLeggett 15:24, 1 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Materiel is the technically correct spelling. Straight from my Webster's New World Dictionary:

Materiel n. 1. Materials and tools necessary to any work, enterprise, etc.; specif., weapons, equipment supplies, etc. of armed forces: distinguished from personnel 2. Weapons and equipment of armed forces in combat

Material n. 1. What a thing is, or may be, made of; elements, parts, or constituents. [raw material] 2. Ideas, notes, sketches, etc., that may be worked up or elaborated; data 3. cloth or other fabric 4. Implements, articles, etc. needed to make or do something [writing materials] --D.E. Watters 15:36, 1 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Looks like you're right -- "materiel" itself seems to be an anglicisation of "matériel" but if the former is more common we should stick with that.Greg 15:47, 1 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

History section[edit]

Why isn't there one? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.9.221.35 (talk) 21:54, 9 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Aimo Lahti[edit]

https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lahti_L-39 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.249.202.148 (talk) 01:21, 13 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

civilian[edit]

Anzio_20mm_rifle has an aericle — Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.95.7.100 (talk) 02:14, 17 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Boys as an improvement to the Lee Enfield.[edit]

There's now some edit-warring going on, as to whether the Boys was developed to replace the British .303 or the US .30-06 rounds. However both of these are nonsense - there is no development history from the SMLE to the Boys. If anything, the Boys is a British reaction to continental Europe and the use of 12–15mm rifles specifically as anti-tankette rounds. Its origins are with the T-Gewehr and the Lahti, not the SMLE. Andy Dingley (talk) 10:18, 20 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]