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The PIAT: Britains anti-tank weapon of World War II

Door Matthew Moss

Categorie
Wapens
Boeknummer
#321986-XA24
Titel
The PIAT: Britains anti-tank weapon of World War II
Auteur
Moss, Matthew
Boektype
Paperback
Uitgeverij
Oxford : Osprey Publishing
Jaar van uitgave
2020
ISBN10
1472838130
ISBN13
9781472838131
Taal
Engels
Beschrijving
Paperback, illustrations in colour and b/w, 8vo. Weapon 74.
Samenvatting

Designed in 1942, Britain's innovative Projector, Infantry, Anti-Tank (PIAT) provided British and Commonwealth troops with a much-needed means of taking on Germany's formidable Panzers. Replacing the inadequate Boys anti-tank rifle, it was conceived in the top-secret World War II research and development organization known colloquially as 'Churchill's Toyshop', alongside other ingenious weapons such as the sticky bomb, the limpet mine and the time-pencil fuse. Unlike the more famous US bazooka, the PIAT had its roots in something simpler than rocket science. Operated from the shoulder, the PIAT was a spigot mortar which fired a heavy high-explosive bomb, with its main spring soaking up the recoil. The PIAT had a limited effective range. Troops required nerves of steel to get close enough... (Lees verder) to an enemy tank to ensure a direct hit, often approaching to within 50ft of the target, and no fewer than six Victoria Crosses were won during World War II by soldiers operating PIATs. A front-line weapon in every theatre of the conflict in which Commonwealth troops fought, from Europe to the Far East, the PIAT remained in service after 1945, seeing action during the Greek Civil War, the Arab-Israeli conflict and the Korean War. This illustrated study combines detailed research with expert analysis to reveal the full story of the design, development and deployment of this revolutionary weapon.
Pagina's
80
Conditie
Goed
Prijs
€ 10,00

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