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To: Sasparilla
"Googled PIAT."

Scene from "A Bridge Too Far" (the defense of Arnhem).

28 posted on 07/06/2017 8:14:32 AM PDT by BlueLancer (Ex Scientia Tridens)
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To: BlueLancer

PIAT had no backblast. It was supposed to re-set itself, but didn’t always do so. They took out a Panzer IV with one at Arnhem. 50 yards was about its reach.


30 posted on 07/06/2017 5:15:59 PM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives)
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