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The Projector Infantry Anti Tank or PIAT was a British anti-tank weapon that was used in different conflicts. It was designed in 1942 by Major Millis Jefferis and over 115.000 were built. --------------------------------------------- It weighed 15 kg and was 99 cm long. It fired a hollow charge that is effective up to 110 m with a muzzle velocity of 76 m/s. --------------------------------------------- Follow @europeanmilitaryhistory for more awesome posts! Go follow the crew: @maxxy04_history @worldwidearmies @ww1__ww2_history @warmonk1945 @wellington_history @historiamaximas @world_history101 #army #military #deutschland #wehrmacht #britain #britisharmy #france #piat #bazooma #at #antitank #rifle #panzer #europe #ww2 #wwii #wo2 #wk2 #ww2pictures #ww2inpictures #worldwar2 #worldwartwo #worldwar #weapon #bazooka #war #trench #notorious #historiansunion

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Today’s artifact from the National Historical Arms Museum’s inventory is the Projector Infantry Anti Tank Mk 1 or PIAT. During WW2, British troops were in need of a more effective anti tank platform than the Boys Anti Tank Rifle. The PIAT was designed by Major Millis Jefferis and entered production in 1942. The PIAT fires a hollow charge projectile, which means that a metal projectile was imbedded in an explosive warhead. Upon impact, the projectile would penetrate the armour creating a shockwave and shrapnel to enter the target doing significant damage to the interior. The launcher itself was manufactured of thin sheet metal, which made it vulnerable to dents on the battlefield and which resulted in the weapon to be inoperable. Another downside was that it took a lot of work and muscle to cock the PIAT for its first round. It could not be done from the prone position, which meant that the operator would have to break cover. However, once the PIAT fired its first round, it would automatically recock for follow up shots. The PIAT round was able to penetrate 4 inches of steel at a range of about 100 yards. It had not much recoil or back blast, which wouldn’t give away the operator’s position. The PIAT remained in British and Commonwealth service until the early 1950’s, when it was replaced by the M20 Bazooka and by the ENERGA muzzle mounted anti tank grenade which could be fired from the FAL (Canadian C1) rifle. The PIAT, because every artifact has a story. @nationalhistoricalarmsmuseum #coolguns #militaryhistory #military #pewpew #2a #historicalfirearms #gunpics #veterans #guns #firearms #history #gunfacts #gun #gunlife #canada #gunlovers #piat #antitank #ww2 #british #canadian #commonwealth #antiarmour #bazooka #hollowcharge #explosive #grenade

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L/Cpl. James Thrasher of The Westminster Regiment (Motor) stands on a German self-propelled 88mm gun that he disabled using the PIAT anti-tank weapon that he is holding. Near Pontecorvo, Italy. May 26, 1944. Photographer: Strathy E.E. Smith _ James Alton Thrasher was born on September 8, 1917 in Beachburg, Ontario. He was the son of James Bingham Thrasher and Margaret Edith Hill Thrasher and had two brothers and three sisters. His father passed away when James was 23, one of his sisters died less then a year later. James grew up living in various communities throughout Ontario. He left high school at the age of 16 and attended Fort William Collegiate Institute for a year, then from 1939-1941 he took a 2 year course from the Hemphill School of Engineering and earned his diesel engineering certificate. He worked for several years helping to construct bridges, ect. for the Canadian National Railway and was working as a drillers helper at the North Vancouver Ship Repairs Ltd. shipyard when he enlisted in the Canadian Army on January 21, 1943. He had previously taken 30 days military training back in late 1940 for his NRMA service. James trained and was stationed in Canada until August 26, 1943 when he boarded a ship for the UK. He was assigned to the Westminster Regiment (Motor) and on November 14 he sailed for Italy. He would spend the next 13 months fighting there. L/Cpl. Thrasher was wounded in action September 4, 1944 but remained on active duty, he became an acting Sergeant later that month. During the fighting for the Senio line, on December 11, 1944 near the village of Villanova, Sgt. James Thrasher was killed in action during a fierce German counterattack. He was 27 years old. Eight days later his mother recieved the dreaded telegram. According to a letter in his military records, it appears he also  left behind a fiancée. James was buried the day after his death in a temporary cemetery near Ravenna and was later reinterred to his final resting place in the Ravenna War Cemetery, plot VI.E.16.

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