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▼ PIAT The PIAT (Projector, Infantry,
Date 1942 Anti-Tank), like the Sten, was
a wartime expedient design
Origin UK that put function before form. ANTI-T
Weight 32lb (14.5kg) It was actually a spigot mortar
Shoulder rest containing Length 39in (99cm) that fired a bomb with a
battery for electrical launch shaped-charge warhead.
Armor penetration 3in (75mm)
at 120 yards (110m)
Trough held bomb
▲ M1A1 “BAZOOKA” The Bazooka was essentially a before launch
Date 1942 tube that launched a solid fuel
rocket with a shaped-charge ANK WEAPONS
Origin US
warhead. It was operated
1
Weight 13 ⁄4lb (6kg) by two men—one who
Length 4 ⁄2ft (1.37m) fired and one who loaded.
1
Caliber 60mm
3
Armor penetration 4 ⁄4in
(120mm) at 150 yards (138m)
Double baffle
muzzle break Supporting
monopod
▼ M1942 FIELD/
Propellant charge ANTI-TANK GUN
contained in body tube Date 1942
Origin Soviet Union
Weight 2 tons (1.73 tonnes)
Shield to
3
protect crew Length 13 ⁄4ft (4.18m)
3
Armor penetration 3 ⁄4in
Breech (98mm) at 545 yards (500m)
Although designed as a divisional
field gun, the M1942 could also
destroy armor with high-explosive
and armor-piercing rounds.

Split trail

Muzzle brake

8.8cm gun
Stabilizing
7.92mm MG-34 machine-
leg (unfolded)
gun for local defense

Sloped frontal ◀ SD. KFZ. 173
Turretless armor JAGDPANTHER
main hull
Date 1944
Origin Germany
Weight 50.7 tons (46 tonnes)
1
Length 32 ⁄2ft (9.9m)
1
Top speed 28 ⁄2mph (46kph)
1
Muzzle Armor penetration 7 ⁄2in
brake (193mm) at 1,094yards (1,000m)
Arguably the finest armored fighting
vehicle of the war, the Jagdpanther
tank destroyer combined mobility,
armor protection, and a devastating
high-velocity main gun.