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PIAT: Better than the Panzerfaust?

A talk with Matthew Moss from the @The Armourer's Bench about the (in)famous PIAT (Projector Infantry Anti-Tank) of the British and Commonwealth Forces in the Second World War during the We Have Ways Fest 2022. 00:00 Intro 00:12 Basics & How it works 02:08 Strengths 03:20 Indirect Fire 04:27 Direct vs Indirect Fire 06:06 Bad Reputation 08:24 A bit on Ammo 08:55 Operating 09:50 The Spring: Myth & Reality 11:04 Shoulder Breaker & MG 42 13:02 Organization 14:35 Post-War (WW2) Use 15:42 "Final" Remarks 16:33 Development History 18:17 About Ammo - HEAT »» GET OUR BOOKS «« » Stukabook - Doctrine of the German Dive-Bomber - http://stukabook.com » The Assault Platoon of the Grenadier-Company November 1944 (StG 44) - http://sturmzug.com » Army Regulation Medium Panzer Company 1941 - http://www.hdv470-7.com »» SUPPORT MHV «« » patreon - see videos early (adfree) - https://www.patreon.com/join/mhv » subscribe star - https://www.subscribestar.com/mhv » paypal donation - https://paypal.me/mhvis » YouTube Membership - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCK09g6gYGMvU-0x1VCF1hgA/join »» MERCHANDISE «« » teespring - https://teespring.com/stores/military-history-visualized »» SOURCES «« our brains #PIAT #antitank #ww2

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PaddyOFurniture

This is up there with the Girardoni air rifle and WW1's pusher fighter aircraft on my list of cool 'we don't quite know what we're doing yet' technologies!