Interesting Unusual Guns

alanint · 03-20-2012, 09:14 AM

The reason it looked a bit like a rifle was the angle it was filmed at. From behind, with the operator holding the weapon to his shoulder and looking through the sights, it looks like a big rifle. The PIAT must be cocked for the first shot. I have done this in the past and have actually fired non HE rounds through one. Thankfully, the mortar round cocks the launcher for subsequent shots That big spring is a lot of tention to overcome. The projectile is launched with a charge similar to a mortar round. The disadvantage of the weapon is that it essentially has no barrel, but only a tray the round sits in. It therefore has no ballistic coeficient, but simply "lobs" the shell in a more or less predictable arch. True effective range is really 100 yards or less. This is a little close when you are staring down a Koenig's Tiger.

ithacaartist · 03-20-2012, 04:56 PM

This thing reminds me of the Japanese 'Knee Mortar", in its o/a length.

sheepherder · 03-20-2012, 06:22 PM

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Originally Posted by alanint

The PIAT must be cocked for the first shot...Thankfully, the mortar round cocks the launcher for subsequent shots That big spring is a lot of tention to overcome...

How do you c0ck it for the first shot??? (Or first lob)...

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03-20-2012, 09:14 AM	#1
alanint User Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Marco Island, Florida Posts: 4,867 Thanks: 1,685 Thanked 1,917 Times in 1,193 Posts	The reason it looked a bit like a rifle was the angle it was filmed at. From behind, with the operator holding the weapon to his shoulder and looking through the sights, it looks like a big rifle. The PIAT must be cocked for the first shot. I have done this in the past and have actually fired non HE rounds through one. Thankfully, the mortar round cocks the launcher for subsequent shots That big spring is a lot of tention to overcome. The projectile is launched with a charge similar to a mortar round. The disadvantage of the weapon is that it essentially has no barrel, but only a tray the round sits in. It therefore has no ballistic coeficient, but simply "lobs" the shell in a more or less predictable arch. True effective range is really 100 yards or less. This is a little close when you are staring down a Koenig's Tiger.

03-20-2012, 04:56 PM	#2
ithacaartist Twice a Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Atop the highest hill in Schuyler County NY Posts: 3,409 Thanks: 7,583 Thanked 2,657 Times in 1,398 Posts	This thing reminds me of the Japanese 'Knee Mortar", in its o/a length.