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The PIAT was designed in 1942 in response to the British Army's need for a more effective infantry anti-tank weapon and entered service in 1943. The PIAT was based on the spigot mortar system, and projected (launched) a 2.5 pound (1.1 kg) shaped charge bomb using a cartridge in the tail of the projectile. [5]
Diagram of PIAT ammunition. HEAT warheads were developed during World War II, from extensive research and development into shaped charge warheads. Shaped charge warheads were promoted internationally by the Swiss inventor Henry Mohaupt, who exhibited the weapon before World War II. Before 1939, Mohaupt demonstrated his invention to British and ...
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The Army revealed that a 40 mm precursor shaped-charge warhead was fitted on the tip of the TOW-2 and TOW-2A collapsible probe. [60] Usually, the front charge is somewhat smaller than the rear one, as it is intended primarily to disrupt ERA boxes or tiles. Examples of tandem warheads are US patents 7363862 [61] and US 5561261. [62]
The warhead was accelerated to a speed of 28 m/s (92 ft/s), had a range of about 30 m (98 ft) and an armour penetration of up to 140 mm (5 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) of plain steel. Soon a crude aiming device similar to the one used by the Panzerfaust was added to the design; it was fixed at a range of 30 m (98 ft).
The rocket propels the 66 mm (2.6 in) warhead forward without significant recoil. As the warhead emerges from the launcher, six fins spring out from the base of the rocket tube, stabilizing the warhead's flight. The early LAW warhead, developed from the M31 HEAT rifle grenade warhead, uses a simple piezoelectric fuze system. On impact with the ...
Man-portable anti-tank systems (MANPATS or MPATS) are traditionally portable shoulder-launched projectile systems firing heavy shell-type projectiles (although throwing and lunge weapons have existed), typically designed to combat protected targets, such as armoured vehicles, field fortifications and at times even low-flying aircraft (especially helicopters).
Warhead calibre Notes Rocket launchers MARA: CITEFA / Fray Luis Beltrán munition factory Argentina Disposable 2005 78 mm [1] PF-89: Norinco (China North Industries Corporation) China Disposable 1993 80 mm 5 warheads (HEAT, incendiary, HESH, HEAT tandem, HEAT/thermobaric tandem) [2] [3] Panzerfaust 3: Dynamit Nobel AG Germany Reusable 1997 110 mm