Talking about anti-material guns and traditional sniper rifles

Anti-material gun, generally caliber in 20mm or 12.7mm, there are a small number of 14.5mm or 18mm. it is a special large-caliber sniper rifle. The main combat object is the enemy's armored vehicles, aircraft, bunkers, ships and other high-value targets with a certain degree of protection, can also be used to kill the enemy combatants at a distance. Generally it is equipped with bullets with burning and armor-piercing ability, shooting effective distance is generally more than 1000 m. It is not as a common infantry weapons configured in the combat sequence, but as a reinforcement of the special use of weapons.

And the traditional sniper rifle, mainly used to hunt high-value personnel targets, such as machine gun shooters, commanders, chariot drivers and so on. Caliber in 7.62mm, the largest have 12.7mm. its weight is relatively light compared to the former, equipped with special precision ammunition, the maximum effective combat distance in 600-1200 meters, is one of the main combat arms of infantry troops.