Interesting Unusual Guns

alanint · 03-20-2012, 08:14 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.

03-20-2012, 08:14 AM	#11
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.