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Pack It Up (And Go) - UFO

Tactical training emphasized that it was best used with surprise and concealment on the side of the PIAT team, and where possible enemy armoured vehicles should be engaged from the flank or rear.[25] Due to the short engagement distances and the power of the bomb, the crew could be in the bomb...

Run With The Pack - Bad Company

Louis I have posted more detail on the PIAT in the Arnhem diodrama thread.

Design In firing, the pin moves forward into the round, the round is fired pushing the rod back against the spring and cocking it again. The PIAT was 39 inches (0.99 m) long and weighed 32 pounds (15 kg), with an effective direct fire range of approximately 115 yards (105 m) and a maximum...

Louis, a response to your comment on the K&C thread about the PIAT. Recommend ref: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PIAT 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 in 1942 in response to...

The Long Run - Eagles

A 'moaning minnie' (Nebelwerfer) is almost ready to fire .....

Scratch one STUH, now, where is the next one .....

'til The River Runs Dry - Thunder

As bad as it was for the paras and XXX Corps, the Germans were very short of equipment but were still trying to react ..... e.g. Wehrmacht .... e.g. Luftwaffe ....

Slow Marching Band - Jethro Tull

Not slacking today Louis ...... 'Hmmm, where are the beggars?

But there is always the artillery ...... e.g. Polish 4.2 in mortar crew ..... Ref: From Wikipedia The Ordnance ML 4.2-inch mortar was a heavy mortar used by the British Army during and after World War II. The 4.2 in (110 mm) mortar was a smooth-bore weapon of the Stokes pattern and was...

I agree ..... here he visits some US paras ....

Black And Tan Fantasy - Duke Ellington

XXX Corps on a NW Europe September day, not a day for good air support ......

However, Eisenhower seemed to have been very effective.

Rock 'N' Roll Fantasy - Bad Company

Now then Louis, don't be shy - I know you were a real fan of Monty. Although someone recently posted that he would not have stopped Rommel in Egypt if Patton hadn't have been there. Rommel was in retreat before Patton even landed. One of his 'friends' did write that Monty was as quick as a...