The PIAT (Anti-tank weapon)
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PIAT - stood for Projector, Infantry, Anti -Tank weapon and was the main British anti-tank weapon of World War Two.
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A yes the piat....or as my great grandfather called it, "the greatest weapon there ever was.... because it broke my shoulder In training ensuring I didn't actually have to go fight in the war and got me to meet My darling who was a nurse, lovely Girl she was, said I was like a pathetic broken puppy and couldn't bring her self to say no to my date invitation."
Oh god! Thats great!
That's brilliant, I hope it's true!
Now that's what I call fate.
Florence Nightingale Effect
that's some really good luck
I seen someone call it "Point It At Tank" and I thought that was pretty funny lol
hahaha
how did I not think of that
That's accurate.
I've heard that's actually what PIAT stands for
It’s accurate as the PIAT was pretty effective but your shoulder is going to absolutely shatter from a few shots
ah yes, the *EXPLODING CROSSBOW*
Ah yes,the russian version named Pliat
explosive tip crossbow
the cross with no bow
The forbidden pop gun.
Hyper crossbow
Battlefield players: *The PIAT (Anti-infantry weapon)*
Idk y but I just subbed
Correction *Painfull Anti-Infantry weapon.
There is no obstacle that cannot be overcame through the proper application of high explosives.
When you try to shoot them with normal gun...........and there me.....I just blew that house with a rpg.
It does a lot of dmg in company of heroes
“Let’s just aim the mortar straight at them”
-Some Bri'ish dude sippin whiskey and tea
Pretty much how grenade launchers came to exist 🤔
Ironic how the British created a weapon to destroy their own invention-the tank.
Trust nobody, not even yourself.
“Task failed successfully”
R/softwaregore
You know you've made a great invention...when everyone else is copying your design.
Ironic how the british then later relied on the nation they treid to squish in bith world wars!
Italian vs. British manufacturing
FIAT- Fix it again Tony
PIAT-Pierce it again Tommy
LOTUS - Lots Of Trouble, Usually Serious.
FUBAR- Fucked up beyond all recognition
RussianBadger huh?
I imagined these in their respective accents lol
i get the second one
-wevill ask ze questions-
"The gods gave us fire... but blowing stuff up, that was our idea"
Ahoy?
@@DignifiedBird yep
I see you're a man of culture as well.
Huzzah! A man of culture.
Who can deny the thrill of explosion?
Sudden flash giving way to earth-shaking force
an ignition of primal sense
The gods gave us fire - but blowing stuff up?
That was our idea
The Rocket Launcher
*FAILS TO DESTROY TANK*
Don't fail me again admiral PIAT.
Nice space odyssey reference
You have failed me for the last time Admiral...
Nice Star Wars reference
boba fett series sucked so hard :((
America-rocket
Germany-panzer
Britan-a nerf toy
pokeone that fires anti take explosives, your point is?
Burger Muncher
Imagine a Centurion with an upgraded spring firing explosive mega darts, or a Demolisher that fires explosive grenades
It's Nerf or nothing
It's Nerf or nothing 😂😂
Britain - cheap, simple and effective.
"War Thunder is realistic"
*17-pounder gun cannot penetrate T-34*
Reason I don't play silly games like that.
War thunder?
realistic?
You put 2 words in one sentence that cant be put in a fugging text together.
@@regular_being 'oxymoron' you know like 'military intelligence' :-D
The T-34 is made out of stalinium,of course it will be resistant
Realistic =/= _accurate._
Read somewhere that old soldiers used to say firing a PIAT qualified you for the Victoria Cross...that said, it did work, just not as well as advertised
After taking out 7 tanks including 3 Tiger tanks the same officer also held off an armoured brigade when he and his men only had Bren guns then he led them to safety, that was why he was awarded the Victoria Cross. It worked better than advertised. Obviously the PIAT was used when there were no 6 pounder or 17 pounder anti tank guns ready or available.
I notice the PIAT came on top of a list of the most effective infantry weapons followed by the Bren gun.
Because you had to get close enough to the tank that you could be killed by hitting the tank with a PIAT, which since you're already that close wouldn't a Sticky Bomb work better anyway?
@@michaelmckinnon1591 Can you throw a sticky bomb accurately to 100m distance while prone?
@@iPlayOnSpica no but he got close enough to the tank he could have asked the driver to light his cigarette or cigar
@@michaelmckinnon1591 it was effective and accurate out to 100 meters
The PIAT was apparently effective, but it was also not user friendly. I have fired the 3.5 inch "bazooka", and it was accurate, effective, and easy to operate. True, it was a crew served weapon system, but that second man came in very handy when it came to carrying more ammo.
The PIAT was actually "crewed" by two to three men. One to lug around the 32lb beast... the others the ammo.
@@jerryjeromehawkins1712; the PIAT and Bazooka were contemporaries, both coming out in 1942, and although I have never fired a PIAT, I think I would rather carry a Bazooka. It only weighed 12.75 pounds and had virtually no recoil.
@@oldgysgt How was the rocket blast in your face on the bazooka?
@@robertsandiford6223; the ones we used had a shield forward of the shooter's face.
The 3.5 was a post war weapon, the original had a lighter warhead and was less effective.
Doesn’t get enough love. The lack of backblast was huge. I’m sure the recoil sucked, but so did the recoil on antitank rifles. I’m sure it sucked to reload, but so did crossbows, and I’m sure soldiers of the Middle Ages who had to use them complained just as loudly.
"Take cover! Bring up the PIAT!"
Only me that gets it? A Bridge Too Far.
@@britishbastard6561. Indeed. Said by Colonel Frost played by Odin himself Anthony Hopkins
Tank : *exist
Anti-tank weapon : i'm about to end this man whole career.
Planes could
If tank didn't exist, then what's the point of the "anti-tank"
PIAT: And I would end the career of your next seven company members... if I didn't have to keep recocking this thing manually.
Lemon MintZ tiger: exists*
Tiger: im about to end this mans hole carreer
Well yes, outstanding move, but it's illegal
The most cancerous explosive in battlefield 5 along with the frag grenade rifle
Nah, the rifle grenade launcher is worse
I love when people just spam it into walls
Oh proning behind cover? No problem *pulls out PIAT*
It destroys your tank faster then an enemy tank can and sometimes you get 4-5 guys running at you with them XD its funny af
Yes sirrrr
I'm a simple man, I see a Simple History notification I click.
Ironic isn't it
I am a simple man, I see cancerous meme cements, I dislike and report for hate speech.
Viesturs Siliņš Go back to 1St grade, learn to spell, then come back to comment. :)
@@MrReee-nr1dc Please be more original. I've seen many variations of this comment all the time.
Pranubot I was making a pun
The piat played a vital role in operation Pegasus. It destroyed an enemy tank and blocked the road and thus saved the paratroopers from armored assaults
Ham and Jam?!
Soldier: "I dont need this video to teach me, ive played enough COD to know what i have to do!"
*360 no scopes headshoots an enemy soldier with an PIAT*
What about the Horten 229, the AK 47, and the De Havilland Mosquito?
Horten Ho 229 is one of the greatest designs of the German Luftwaffe.
Netro Lancer definitely 💪
@@netrolancer1061 it inspired the B1 bomber as far as I know.
they need to do those, theres so many misconceptions around these topics it has to be addressed. example AK-47 unreliable and broke. AK-M, you can drive over it and it will shoot. AK-74 is reliable, but can still be destroyed if you threw it out a window. all to do with the stamped receiver, milled receiver, and reliable stamped receiver transitions
@@foximacentauri7891 B2, and the other propeller version that pre dates the B2 but some idiot decided to scrap them
Can you please do a video on the Fallschirmjäger?
When the the mountains speak Germans
@@lilqueso8190 what? Fallshirmjäger is a paratroopers not mountaineers..
the Gebirgsjäger is the mountaineers
@@zethicc7557 I think he reffered tomonte casino and the Italian campaign in general
Typical War Thunder Player
They’re also mountain troops.
@@jameshartley6161 the word "Fallshirm" in German is actually parachute in English...
A documentary I highly recommend is Jeremy Clarkson Victoria cross heroes. A documentary on the VC and some of its winners and who tends to win them. One story it focuses on is major Robert caine who was Clarkson's father in law. He was at Arnhem in 44 and he was using a piat against tiger tanks ( I think) he destroyed a couple tanks and on one occasion after firing a shot which did nothing. When the smoke cleared he was laying prone on the ground and took out the tracks. Like I say I highly recommend that documentary it's been years since I've watched it
>realistic
>war thunder
pick one
Your profile picture
@@Exodia.57 FEGELEIN!!!
It’s more realistic than most of its competition that’s actually on the radar.
@@Exodia.57 Do more Antics.
Girls und panzer
The BLYAT (Russian Super Weapon)
Stop copying
@@leocaivinaguatorres4374 Copying what? The mighty Russian language?
Shut up.
Ooh I read it in a book the *ALMIGHTY BLYAT* the Blyat launches nuclear vodka missiles that can even pentrate to the Tiger II Armor Even the Abrams which is the modern tank that the american uses and the Blyat is so powerful even Rasputin,Putin,and Stalin is scared of it.
You say cyka blyat to fire 😂😂😂😂😂
Not because of tank killer,
How the bloody someone could fire the PIAT twice.
That wins A medal.
you should look up VC Robert Henry Cain
@@Captain_Yorkie1
They say it was a Tiger in the citation and it was a Stug III. Wow, Talk about war prooaganda.
I got to hold one of these yesterday. It was on sale for $1,800. Very good condition to the point it had some paint still. Was awesome to finally see one outside of video games, videos, TV, documentaries, pictures, and movies.
Woaw, the new panzer 4 looks incredible ! Your animations become better and better, keep it up ^^
As a Missileman. It’s good to know the roots of my weapon system and how far it’s come. From the PIAT to the Javelin and TOW missile.
How about the welrod for the next video ? It sure has am interresting history
Video about a british weapon voiced with a proper british accent.
*perfect!*
I suggest watching Squire, old boy, it's ripping good fun, eh what.
@@danielb7117 long time subscribed to squire already hahaha
@@h.cedric8157 ah jolly good, old sport.
Great British Engineering! 🇬🇧
The PIAT is Piatiful at killing tanks
Fancy seeing you here.
although often maligned in Canadians Under Fire: Infantry Effectiveness in the Second World War (2009) by Robert Engen. They do a good analysis of all standard commonwealth infantry equipment It's full of great info and tactical analysis.
He examined the Battlefield Experience questionnaires of the over 150 Canadian officers who participated.
PIAT on page 122:
"The PIAT was listed in seventy-four surveys as being 'outstandingly effective' far more than any other weapon. Its effectiveness was due not only to its tank-killing role, but also to the fact that its high-explosive bomb could be put to unconventional good use against 'soft' infantry targets, either in direct or indirect roles, making it a good source of suppressing fire. Furthermore, only three officers listed the PIAT as being an 'ineffective' weapon."
The PIAT was even more highly thought of than the Bren, which was second at 54 surveys…which surprised me.
when looking at the combat records they indicate that like any Man Portable Anti-Tank system it had flaws but it was actually significantly more effective than it's contemporise although as a design it was probably an evolutionary dead end and it wasn't as upgradable as rocket based systems..
Nice one grandpa
@@jonsouth1545 makes sense to me. British and Commonwealth soldiers just liked to grumble a bit when assigned to carry heavy, awkward things. It was still quite effective and well thought of.
"The whole _cocking_ process" - many of it's users must have expressed something like that.
The best anti tank weapon when i play british in company of heroes series.
It's a grenade launcher in that game for some reason
ah, yes, I remember, the British inf blob of doom.
Yep. It can be used behind obstacles so you can silent-kill enemy tanks 😂
@@adivtayudhatama3926 haha behind hedges and walls, pretty good strategy!
"Ready the PIAT!"
Another perk of the PIAT, it didn’t give your position away while firing.
Simple History I have been watching your videos since the beginning I really enjoy it and watch every video u upload keep up the good work
this is PAIT. it can deal pain for panzer
Very cool vid, I like to watch these for my ww2 animations. The piat can also be used somewhat as a mortar, since the gun is almost like a launcher.
Good video, easy to follow and understand, another YT channel did a video and made it sound like, at least to me, that the PIAT projectile was ONLY spring launched/powered, and had no propellent charge, but your video cleared that up for me. Thanks.
Can you like, take all the videos the infographics show botches and redo them? Their images of ships and aircraft are absolutely horrific and inaccurate
Very true or tell them
how
Or just don't because nothing can save the dumpster fire that is modern Infographics show.
@@timothyflisk3439 well i like to watch the versus and challenge's tho
@@timothytimothy4854 same
Awesome! Could we get a video on the continuation war?
*PIAT Works On All Tanks*
My Idea: Lets Use This For WW3
Update: *Super Bazooka* Expensive, *PIAT* Very Cheap With The Same Power As Super Bazooka
Panzer Crews : *This cannot destroy the Königstier.*
British Paratroopers : *PIAT go brrr*
always loving new uploads
Another Simple History Video.
By the way, another great video.
I just got killed by that when I was playing Battlefield 5 lmao
@Fexous Flex Vids me
@Fexous Flex Vids a lot of players worldwide
@Fexous Flex Vids spergs
@Sully's Televisiom I play bf 1
I enjoy reviewing history and talk about history and you gave me new information from the past so thanks for the information
THE FIAT the best and reliable car ever.
I mean piat.
4 views, 50 likes, 4 comments. I didn’t know that four people could do that much ?
I only sore such raw strength once before.
Lol
0:44 His eye...
I think that's his glasses
Just imagine putting a magazine on the “trough” part
They did. Experimental model, never put into production.
I love how they do weapons from the battlefield series
He forgot to mention that you need to spam it while throwing your AT mines on the tank then throwing an Anti-Tank bundle grenade.
Great video as always!
Would it be possible to do a video about partisans?
subbed since your Dunkirk video! love this channel!
PIAT:I’m the best anti-tank weapon of WW2.
Panzerschreck:Hold my beer.
Indeed a bazooka copy.
Stolen.
Piat rhymes with blyat. They’re OUR weapons, comrades
Kim Jong-un
go fix your nukes fam
When you finally make a working intercontinental ballistic missile, launch it on Fortnite servers
Already commented this joke dude
Weird flex but ok
Welk duhhhh
Kommandant: anz! Get ze PanzerFaust!
Hanz: Sorry sir were out of PanzerFaust.
Kommandant: Get ze Piat!
Hanz: What's Piat?
Kommandant: Just get it!
Hanz: Nein! I'm British mate...
"Ya know what PIAT stands for? Fix it again Tony."
"That's a FIAT Dale."
"Fix... It... Again... Tony..."
Dang you guys have exploded, congrats I subbed at 28k
But the real question is
*Can it beat the StuG life?*
@@supmodel so what? Leave em alone
@@samuel19085 again, so what? Also you can't say anything, you have a game character as your pfp
@@samuel19085 gamers are just toxic people. What are you? Some irrelevant guy or girl who names himself after a video game character on the internet because he has no original ideas, judging people he never met.
Мда... Иза моего комментария в ответах началась перепалка :-/
*Круто!*
No one can defeat the
*stug life*
Every time I see this thing I get flashbacks of me being killed repeatedly by the PIAT in BFV...
They never stop
Piat is fine.. but the rifle frag grenade is another story... lol
I hate people that sit near a support or a resupply and just spam the PIAT
even common as the hellrieger in bf1?
i like that the subtitles show a different word each time he says "PIAT"
So i am sitting here playing games on my Playstation while listening to this show and the internet cuts out on my phone and all i hear is : ''british were equiped with the boys''
'Me, the boys and the British infantry at 2AM looking for Germans.'
can you please make a video explaining how modern/ww2 tanks rounds work and penetrate like aphe or heat rounds, you could animate how it pens and stuff
It was an incredible tank killer. Because of the extremely sophisticated shaped charge (similar to modern bunker busting cruise missiles) the PIAT was by far the most effect anti-tank weapon of its time, vastly more lethal than anything the Russians, Germans or Americans could field. What is more, it could (and often did) take out a Tiger Tank - something that was far beyond the ability of its rivals.
Kill ratio was excellent because most kills were scored from less than 25 meters and no back blast or muzzle flash so ideal for firing undetected. Sergeant Major Thornton at Pegasus Bridge turned back a column of German Panzer's with a PIAT. Major Robert Henry Cain, won a Victoria Cross for knocking out 6 tanks (4 of which were essentially invincible Tiger tanks) using a PIAT initially. As I remember it, he hid in shop doorways and stepped out to hit the Tigers from point blank as they drove by.
During the D Day landings the PIAT knocked out 7% of German tanks - compared to 6% for rockets fired by aircraft. The PIAT remained in service until Korea and was used effectively by the Israelis in the Arab war.
The Canadians ranked it as the best weapon with the Bren at a close second. Like many classic British weapons of the time (e.g. the STEN) they could be made in vast quantities cheaply so production could easily be scaled up and the PIAT didn't require any replacement parts due to wear from the blast.
NIce! Please make more.
Now we need a whole video about the panzerfaust!
Russian: Blyat
Brittish: Piat
Me: *thinking about my stupidity*
leiser mörder yes yes comrades this is the effects of vodka
"Use the PIAT only if you have to mate."
-an unidentified Sapper, 1944
I appreciate this
If you have to use it, it is a bloody good tank killer and when there are no 6 pounder or 17 pounder anti tank guns the PIAT will do a good job.
Panzer: Goes rolling down the street PIAT: I’m about to end this man’s whole career
What is it like inside the tank any second you know you could die a slow and pain full death
According my grandfather, the PIAT had "more kick than an Arsenal centre-forward". No wonder his group would look for bazookas, panzerfausts or panzerschrecks
In Croatian province Dalmacija, PIAT means “plate”.
"It was very cheap" 60 AMMUNITIONS, 60.
Great weapon for street fighting at it could be used to knock holes in walls to allow troops to get into buildings. And with no back blast it could be used inside a building to put a hole through to access the next building in a row of houses.
If you want further information on how the PIAT was used, one of the Jeremy Clarkson War Stories episode about the Victoria Cross features a story about how his father in law got his, which involved the use of this weapon.
PIAT: Pitifully Inadequate Atrocious Thing.
Dictionary Professional
PIAT: I am the best anti-tank weapon
panzerfaust:hold my beer
@Mr. Gerry are u kidding me?
@Mr. Gerry the spitfite was good but the German technology was better
@@marcomenabue7717 but then you have in my opinion the most beautiful aircraft ever made the Lancaster Bomber. Armed to the teeth with Machine guns and bombs.
@@mattwordsworth9825 dude the stuka was good and the heinkel too. The Lancaster Is worse than the americans bombers and the fokkenwolf was an incredible aircraft that was capable of being a true rival of the spit, even Better than the bf 109. Also go and see the tanks,light weapons,artillery and more. The radar was an intelligent invention but the German engeneering was,and Is,better
Edit:im italian, not german
@@mattwordsworth9825 actually the raf had more blenheims and they sucked
Panzerfaust is not a Rocket launcher, it is a recoilless rifle as it does not have rocket motor.
In BFV, there is a marker on your minimap to show where the round will hit. I just wanted to let all you gamers out there know. :)
If you get the chance, watch the documentary The Victoria Cross: For Valour.
It tells the story of major Robert Henry Cain, a lot of which is him being a madman with a post while trying to hold arnhem.
Nice video and I was wondering if you guys could do a video about to Persian empire? 👌
Simple History : piat is very heavy
DICE : with it you can carry an assault rifle, a pistol, a lunge mine, and a grenade
I love how you load it much like a crossbow.
Hey, one day you guys have to do the Mosin Nagant,
The Mosin Nagant was nicknamed the garbage rifle for a reason.
Battlehardenfrog Battlehardenfrog But it’s uhh famous that’s worth something right and I’m fairly sure it has a interesting history
@@ABritishPakistani Good point
@@smitty4620 still beat the Nazi's with it, and the Tsar, and it's the oldest rifle still in use today , and it was even found in the hands of the Viet cong by US GI's....garbage rifle my eye.
@@duncangraczyk7287 vassilij intensifies
The amount of times me or someone on my team accidentally shot one of these indoors on day of infamy. Good times
Indy niedel+Simple history
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A very kind account of this weapon. Some are not so generous. I sure it was very effective at stopping tanks at close range from a concealed position.
Charles Rablin It worked just not as well as advertised, but no weapon works in the real world like it does on paper
Not surprised the British made an anti-tank weapon, though. At least the Americans also had anti-tank weapons
Back then the British rellies boy anti tank rifle and anti tank grenades but the German tank gradually improve with better armour and armaments thus making the British boy anti tank rifle and some anti tank grenade less effective and they needed anti tank weapon asap thus piat was born.
The Bazooka had more than it's share of problems not the least being if you used it and were lucky enough to hit anything you were probably dead in a few seconds.
0:58 the first version the fallout fatman
Ah yes, the PIAT, better known as "Pull it again, Tony!"
>Kangaroo with three PIAT teams and a Lieutenant in it approaches your COH base
German tanks: "Why do I hear boss music?"
It’s funny how you used the Desmond doss character in the thumb nail
The irony
WHAT. how come I never seen this weapon before i never new this weapon existed 😮
Caoimhin O read that again but slowly
WW2 anti-tank weapons
America: rocket-propelled-missile launcher
Britain: really big grenade launcher
Germany: copies both Britain and America
Russia: hordes of conscripts
First learned about this pogo rocket launcher from an episode of Sons of Guns, great video
Ironically this video was uploaded as i unlocked the PIAT in Battlefield V
spykitty358 that’s not the definition of irony bud
*coincidentally*
Coincidence ??? I THINK NOT
4:16 that guy is mega suicidal
You forgot the superior rate of fire the PIAT had over the American Bazooka or German PanzerShrek. Being how it was loaded, and how it had a semi automatic charging system it was possible to rapid fire the PIAT as fast as a gunner and loader could aim and drop rounds into the shoot.
Hey I can't believe warthunder sponsored one of my favorite channel wow I've been playing warthunder so many times!