PIAT (redirect from Projector, Infantry, Anti Tank)
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...
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these limits, a new infantry anti-tank weapon was needed, and this ultimately came in the form of the "projector, infantry, anti-tank" or PIAT. By 1942...
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mortar) ML 3-inch mortar (Main mortar) M1 Bazooka Projector, Infantry, Anti-tank (PIAT) Boys anti-tank rifle Ka-Bar knife (Standard issued melee weapon...
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List of Cold War weapons and land equipment of the United Kingdom (section Infantry anti-tank weapons)
(Grenade)". www.militaryfactory.com. Retrieved 2021-09-27. "Projector, Infantry, Anti-Tank [PIAT]". Imperial War Museums. Retrieved 2021-09-27. "M20 Super-Bazooka"...
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Anti-Tank, .55in, Boys "Boys anti-tank rifle" – infantry anti-tank weapon (prewar–1943). Projector, Infantry, Anti-Tank (PIAT) – infantry anti-tank weapon...
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in the European theatre, it was soon replaced by the PIAT (Projector, Infantry, Anti-Tank) in 1943, which first saw service during the Allied invasion...
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(Projector, Infantry, Anti Tank), British Second World War spigot mortar Holman Projector Northover Projector Projector (business) Projector (Dark Tranquillity...
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The Energa anti-tank rifle grenade is a rifle-launched anti-tank grenade that is propelled by a ballistite-filled blank cartridge. The name Energa comes...
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Matilda II (redirect from Infantry Tank II Matilda)
The Infantry Tank Mark II, better known as the Matilda, is a British infantry tank of the Second World War. The design began as the A12 specification in...
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Glossary of military abbreviations (redirect from List of modern infantry-related terms and acronyms)
Probability of Hit Pi – Probability of incapacitation PIAT – Projector, Infantry, Anti Tank PIBD – Point Initiating Base Detonated PID – Positive Identification...
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The Tank, Infantry, Mk III, Valentine was an infantry tank produced in the United Kingdom during World War II. More than 8,000 Valentines were produced...
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The Tank, Infantry, Mk IV (A22) Churchill was a British infantry tank used in the Second World War, best known for its heavy armour, large longitudinal...
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Universal Carrier (redirect from Infantry carrier)
120 Cecil 1992, p. [page needed] TM9-2800 (1943) p44 WW II German Infantry Anti-Tank Weapons: Page 3: Panzerschreck Battistelli, Pier Paolo; Crociani,...
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The Projector, 2.5 inch—more commonly known as the Northover Projector—was an ad hoc anti-tank weapon used by the British Army and Home Guard during the...
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List of Korean War weapons (section Tanks)
5-inch repeating rocket launcher (Limited combat testing only) Projector, Infantry, Anti Tank (Australian troops only, used in the early stages of the war...
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Armoured fighting vehicle (section Infantry tank)
wheeled or tracked. Examples of AFVs are tanks, armoured cars, assault guns, self-propelled artilleries, infantry fighting vehicles (IFV), and armoured personnel...
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II "Super Bazooka" United States Anti-tank rocket launcher 3.5 inch Projector, Infantry, Anti Tank (PIAT) British Empire Anti-tank grenade launcher...
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four Vickers machine guns and an Anti-tank Platoon with ten PIAT (Projector, Infantry, Anti-Tank) anti-tank projectors. On 6 June 1944, the 7th Parachute...
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strong for the Commandos' PIAT (Projector Infantry Anti Tank) weapons, but the Casino was taken with the aid of a Centaur tank. The Commandos achieved both...
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five infantry divisions that was to cross the canal had been equipped with RPG-7 rockets and RPG-43 grenades, and reinforced with an anti-tank guided...
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Livens Projector Newton 6-inch mortar Stokes mortar Vickers 1.57-inch mortar Projectile weapons Leach Trench Catapult Sauterelle West Spring Gun Anti-aircraft...
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included the Boys anti-tank rifle and the 2-inch mortar for indirect fire support. After 1943, the Projector, Infantry, Anti Tank, known as the PIAT...
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BT-7 (category Light tanks of the Soviet Union)
the famous T-34 medium tank, introduced in 1940, which replaced all of the Soviet fast tanks, infantry tanks, and medium tanks then in service. The first...
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Ampulomet (category Anti-tank grenades)
30–. ISBN 978-1-84603-127-4. Gordon L. Rottman (2005). World War II Infantry Anti-Tank Tactics. Osprey Publishing. pp. 47–. ISBN 978-1-84176-842-7. Natzvaladze...
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Tiger I (redirect from Sdkfz tiger tank)
intended to mount a low-velocity 7.5 cm L/24 infantry support gun, a 7.5 cm L/40 dual-purpose anti-tank gun, or a 10.5 cm (4.1 in) L/28 field gun in a...
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37 mm gun M3 (category Anti-tank guns of the United States)
dedicated anti-tank gun fielded by United States forces in numbers. Introduced in 1940, it became the standard anti-tank gun of the U.S. infantry with its...
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Shoulder-fired missile (section Anti-tank)
Protivotankovy Granatomyot), meaning "handheld anti-tank grenade launcher", the Russian term for infantry-carried anti-tank weapons, not only encompassing rocket-systems...
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velocity large calibre guns on infantry and cruiser tanks specifically for use against German tanks. Of the infantry tanks, neither the Churchill nor Valentine...
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No. 73 grenade (redirect from Grenade, Hand, Anti-tank No. 73)
"Thermos", "Woolworth bomb", or "hand percussion grenade", was a British anti-tank grenade used during the Second World War. It got its nickname from the...
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employed the four PIATs (Projector, Infantry, Anti-tank), in their possession. The Egyptian commander of the 10th Infantry Brigade Group, Brigadier General...
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