P.i.a.t.

**Peter Laidler** · 11-30-2013 06:03 PM

|It wasn't difficult to cock at all. It became a bit of an urban myth. Like the boys rifle - and the No5 rifle.

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**kosmolinekid** · 12-01-2013 02:23 AM

Still kicked like a Mule though right ? I heard some guy in Normandy took some Tanks out firing it from the hip. I think he got the Victoria Cross for doing it . Some say he got the Cross for just shooting it !

**Peter Laidler** · 12-01-2013 06:40 AM

Recoil....... Another urban myth - in a sense. The bomb fired off the spigot part and the blast re-cocked the PIAT. So the massive return spring being compressed absorbed/cushioned the vast majority of this impact.

**Luis Bren** · 12-01-2013 07:08 AM

Hi Fellows

A collector that is registered in the HMVF forum, has an original PIAT and took interest in my idea and is taking exact measurements of its dimensions.

Now I must find the materials to build it!

Regards

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