PIAT
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The Projector, Infantry, Anti Tank 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 mo
PIAT at the Army Flying Museum
PIAT and ammunition case at the Canadian War Museum
1945 diagram of a PIAT bomb
A round on museum display
Bazooka
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The bazooka is a man-portable recoilless anti-tank rocket launcher weapon, widely deployed by the United States Army, especially during World War II. Also referred to as the "stovepipe", the innovativ
PIAT
…about 1 kg (2 lb 3 oz) and about 0.6 m (2.0 ft) shorter than its predecessor, the Boys anti-tank rifle, although it was heavier than the 18 lb (8.2 kg) bazooka. To prepare the weapon for firing the spigot mechanism, which was operated by a large spring, had to be cocked, and to do this was a difficult and…
M1 Bazooka
A prototype of the world's first "tube-type rocket-propelled grenade launcher", the grip part of the "Original Bazooka" is marked "May 1942" and is signed by the development team including Hickman, Skinner, and Uhl
An M1 Bazooka with M6A1 and M6A3 rockets
American soldier with an M1A1 Bazooka on August 23, 1944, near Fontainebleau, France