Talk:PIAT
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will find the wo number of the report later. but the rounds that found the piat penetrating 102mm of armour only fired 75% of the time. The fuses used in combat fired about 90% of the time. as the figures were by the 50% penetration army limit, the 102mm probably does the piat a little discredit. - rich tea man.
THe units (lbs & kgs & etc) should be more unified. Try to stick to one system. The article jumps between metric and imperial a lot. ~ a reader
[edit] Penetration and distance
Is it just me or does the last part in the text "In general use the PIAT had a rated range of about 100 m, but that was considered the extreme and it was typically fired at much shorter ranges. The three pound (1.4 kg) HEAT warhead was able to penetrate about 55 mm of armor at 100 m." imply that range got anything to do with how much armor it could penetrate? Since the PIAT was a shapecharged weapon it didn't matter if it hit the target at 10 or 1000meters (assuming it could). It was still be able to penetrate just as much.
