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funnily enough, a 20mm anti-tank rifle _was_ used in a crime back in 1965, to bust open a vault at a Brinks facility.
by ptomato 4y ago
funnily enough, a 20mm anti-tank rifle _was_ used in a crime back in 1965, to bust open a vault at a Brinks facility.
- jaclaz 4y agoIt was also functional to the plot of the movie Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (1974): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thunderbolt_and_Lightfoot https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thunderbolt_and_Lightfoot very likely the 1965 Brinks vault robbery inspired the screenplay, but in the movie it was an anti-aircraft 20 mm: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oerlikon_20_mm_cannon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oerlikon_20_mm_cannon