PIAT....
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Benevolens Magister
Good description of the old PIAT.
Got to fire one on a specialised weapons course many moons ago. Had to be a Charles Atlas to cock the darned thing, and I swear to this day I still suffer with discomfort from the bl**dy recoil !
But it did put a hole through the sheet of 3 inch armour I aimed at !
Got to fire one on a specialised weapons course many moons ago. Had to be a Charles Atlas to cock the darned thing, and I swear to this day I still suffer with discomfort from the bl**dy recoil !
But it did put a hole through the sheet of 3 inch armour I aimed at !
mikewint
Captain
I could not even imagine actually using one of these. 200lbs just to cock and then a mule kick!!! Definitely steel cojones!!
I might've joined the sick parade on PIAT training day ! 
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Benevolens Magister
If anybody asks me to fire a 'Charlie G' again (Karl Gustav AT weapon), I'll definitely go sick !!
Now a 66mm is OK - nice, demure 'whoosh', the throw the tube away !
Now a 66mm is OK - nice, demure 'whoosh', the throw the tube away !
mikewint
Captain
I remember when they told me that it was a recoilless rifle
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Benevolens Magister
What, you actually believed an officer ??!!
mikewint
Captain
I was young....I believed...nobody told me my weapons/equipment were made by the lowest bidder. "Boy, this AR is such a precision weapon it NEVER needs to be cleaned!"
Jimbob
Airman 1st Class
No Sh@#..
The Basket
Senior Master Sergeant
- 3,712
- Jun 27, 2007
Piat for all its Heath Robinson contraption look actually did work. Apart from the fact you had to be pretty much close to the tank you were firing on.
So that's not good.
The big anti tank rifles were the favourite early doors but as armour got thicker then only a shaped charge would do. The Piat was not about kinetic energy so it did as much damage at any range. But firing one while staring down a panzer is a job for someone else.
So that's not good.
The big anti tank rifles were the favourite early doors but as armour got thicker then only a shaped charge would do. The Piat was not about kinetic energy so it did as much damage at any range. But firing one while staring down a panzer is a job for someone else.
Shortround6
Major General
I believe Ian V Hogg tells a story about a British trooper who dashed into the open and knocked out two TIger tanks firing a PIAT from the hip.
For this he received the Victoria cross. Hogg's ending to the story is that the rank and file troops believed he deserved the Victoria Cross for firing the PIAT from the hip. The Tigers were only a secondary and minor consideration
For this he received the Victoria cross. Hogg's ending to the story is that the rank and file troops believed he deserved the Victoria Cross for firing the PIAT from the hip. The Tigers were only a secondary and minor consideration
The Basket
Senior Master Sergeant
- 3,712
- Jun 27, 2007
It is still better than the Japanese anti tank weapon.
Which is a satchel charges and a suicide run.
Which is a satchel charges and a suicide run.