Does anyone have a PIAT

[anglia2]

My father, now gone, used one in WW2. I remember asking him once what they were like to use. His reply was F***ing nasty. That was about all he ever said about using one in combat. To this day I'm not sure if he meant what it was like to fire it or the circumstances that he used it in. I guess I'll never know.

A2

 

[XRCD011]

SS109, what pray tell could be more pressing then spending time with Sgt Smith VC ? One good thing is you have a picture of him and a PIAT together again, could you post it for us?

 

[sf]

If a soldier has to rely on his last ditch point & shoot anti tank weapon to stop enemy armour, then yes, the situation has gone way beyond SHTF time.

 

[ss109]

SS109, what pray tell could be more pressing then spending time with Sgt Smith VC ? One good thing is you have a picture of him and a PIAT together again, could you post it for us?

50th (WW2) in Ottawa. We did a display with the museum group. And the picture was in the local news paper, I was not there at the time.

 

[sunray]

"...DEWAT PIAT...didn't need to be dewat..." I believe they're considered to be 'destructive devices', Stateside and in the UK. The ATF making laws by regulation. Just a curio here, I think.
PIATs were not 'last ditch' weapons. The Brit answer to the bazooka and Panserfaust(which was a last ditch thing).

 

[nntw]

Always thought of it as one of those "last ditch" weapons the Brits were notorious for, like the sticky bomb anti tank grenade. Crown Surplus in Calgary had one on display in their window for years, complete with a round. Bit of a headshaker the first time I saw it.

Grizz

I take 'last ditch' to mean if the tank's close enough for you to use it, this is YOUR last ditch effort.

My dad was a paratrooper with the First Polish Brigade (under British command); he trained with Brens, Stens, Enfields but I never thought to ask him about PIATs.