It had an increased propelling charge and a steel core bullet. The next development was a special armour-piercing bullet, the K bullet (in German Patrone SmK Kurz 7.92 mm), which could also be fired from the regular infantry rifle. This used the same cartridge and bullet as the regular round, but the bullet was reversed and an increased propelling charge was used. The first attempt at boosting penetrating power was the so-called ' reversed bullet'. Though somewhat effective, these actions were obviously very hazardous to any desperate mortar crew for a number of reasons. In the direct fire mode, this weapon was manhandled by German infantry over the front of a trench wall and fired at low angles by eye at approaching enemy vehicles.
Though tanks and armoured cars were vulnerable to artillery, mortars, and grenades, infantry was at a significant disadvantage when facing armoured fighting vehicles since they had no effective direct fire weapon, with the exception of the ubiquitous trench mortar, improvised on the spot. Most armoured cars were similarly invulnerable, but troops rarely faced armoured cars, as they could not navigate the landscape of trench warfare very well. The first tanks, beginning with the British Mark I launched against the German trenches in World War I, were nearly impregnable to ordinary rifle fire. Mauser 1918 T-Gewehr 13.2x92mm anti-tank rifle at the Musée de l'Armée in Paris.
The anti-tank rifle followed the same route: a large bullet with a high velocity and the ability to penetrate armour. These had appeared in the 19th century for big-game hunting. The introduction of armoured cars and tanks resulted in the development of the first anti-tank weapons, among the first of which were high-powered rifles. It wasn't until soldiers met armored vehicles that the conflict of infantry firearms and armour began. The tug of war between armour and projectiles had been developing for a long while among naval vessels, since the advent of the Ironclad.
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