well I guess Smuck needs to upgrade his training.
is that the Boys AT rifle? I knew it was used in the British & Commonwealth armies. Did the US Army ever use it, or did they just use the 37mm AT gun and rifle grenades?
Quote from: endfire79 on December 06, 2013, 03:54:18 PM
is that the Boys AT rifle? I knew it was used in the British & Commonwealth armies. Did the US Army ever use it, or did they just use the 37mm AT gun and rifle grenades?
It's the Boys ATR. The training film is for the Canadian Army.
I have a whole collection of these films from Disney made during WWII. Interesting view on the times.
If you're amused by the Boyes Rifle. Look up the Bates Bottle Thrower.
There used to be one on display at the Bovington Armor Museum.
Quote from: besilarius on December 06, 2013, 08:31:00 PM
If you're amused by the Boyes Rifle. Look up the Bates Bottle Thrower.
There used to be one on display at the Bovington Armor Museum.
Well, you have to admit that the PIAT is fundamentally a pretty bizarre piece of kit as well. If it wasn't so prominently used by Col. Frost's boys on the north end of Arnhem Bridge it would have been delegated to the weird&wacky a long time ago.
It's only weird if it doesn't work.
Good point.
There were a few weird ad-hoc designs that sprung up around 1940 after France fell. Desperate times, desperate measures.
Quote from: endfire79 on December 07, 2013, 05:46:13 PM
There were a few weird ad-hoc designs that sprung up around 1940 after France fell. Desperate times, desperate measures.
Yes, but a spring-loaded AT missile? That's just downright steampunky.
Those spigot mortars & black powder projectors weren't too snazzy either :)
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