Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd., various others.
Produced
August 1942[1]
No. built
115,000[2]
Specifications
Mass
32 lb (15 kg)[2]
Length
39 in (0.99 m)[2]
Calibre
83 mm (3.3 in)
Action
Spigot mortar
Muzzle velocity
250 ft/s (76 m/s)[2]
Effective firing range
115 yd (105 m)[3]
Maximum firing range
350 yd (320 m)[3]
Sights
Aperture sight
Filling
Shaped charge[4]
Detonation mechanism
Impact
The Projector, Infantry, Anti Tank (PIAT) Mk I was a British man-portable anti-tank weapon developed during the Second World War. The PIAT was designed in 1942 in response to the British Army's need for a more effective infantry anti-tank weapon and entered service in 1943.
The PIAT was based on the spigot mortar system, and projected (launched) a 2.5 pound (1.1 kg) shaped charge bomb using a cartridge in the tail of the projectile.[5] It possessed an effective range of approximately 115 yards (105 m)[3] in a direct fire anti-tank role, and 350 yards (320 m)[3] in an indirect fire role. The PIAT had several advantages over other infantry anti-tank weapons of the period: it had greatly increased penetration power over the previous anti-tank rifles, it had no back-blast which might reveal the position of the user or accidentally injure friendly soldiers around the user, and it was simple in construction. However, the device also had some disadvantages: powerful recoil, a difficulty in cocking the weapon, and early problems with ammunition reliability.
The PIAT was first used during the Tunisian campaign in 1943, and remained in use with British and other Commonwealth forces until the early 1950s. PIATs were supplied to or obtained by other nations and forces, including the Soviet Union (through Lend Lease), the French resistance, the Polish Underground, and the Israeli Haganah (which used PIATs during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War). Six members of the British and other Commonwealth armed forces received Victoria Crosses for their use of the PIAT in combat.[6]
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^ abcdSmall Arms Training P.I.A.T, The War Office, Army Council, June 1943, p. 1.
^French, p. 89
^Ladd, James (1 January 1979). Commandos and Rangers of World War II. p. 241. ISBN 9781131235172.
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