C&R · III · 220
PIAT (Projector, Infantry, Anti-tank)
Section III: removed from the NFA, curio or relic under the GCA
Previously C&R · IV · 023 (Section IV until the April 2025 edition)
Official wording
ATF P 5300.11 · APRIL 2025 EDITION · SECTION III · VERBATIM · PDF P. 23 ↗
British, PIAT (Projector, Infantry, Anti-tank).
What this entry requires
- INFOATF states no date; production was about 1942–1945.
Editorial facts · Our research
Source
- Official wording
- ATF P 5300.11, April 2025 edition · Section III · PDF p. 23 ↗ · ATF original ↗
- Entries
- 1 line
- Verbatim check
- Checked against the PDF text before every release
- Editorial facts
- Confidence: Medium · Last revised 18 October 2026 (Evidence pass) · How we rate confidence
- References
- 1. Wikipedia, “PIAT” ↗, maker: infobox manufacturer Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd., various others.
- 2. Wikipedia, “PIAT” ↗, action: infobox action: spigot mortar (no conventional barrel).
- 3. Wikipedia, “PIAT” ↗, years (estimate: partly supports it)
- Fact tags
- ATF the ATF wording states it.
- REF ¹ an outside reference supports it; the number points to the list of references.
- ESTIMATE an approximate or indirect reading, for example the production range of the base model.
- NO CITATION we haven’t attached a reference for this fact; it’s our editorial reading, not ATF’s.
- Source checked
- 20 October 2026: ATF’s page still lists the April 2025 edition
- Corrections
- 1 change · see below
Correction history
- Evidence passEditorial confidence: High → Medium. Re-rated after its references were re-checked and some details couldn't be confirmed.
Historical context
Image: Wikimedia Commons, “PIAT cropped.jpg” by Ranger Steve, CC BY 3.0. Retrieved October 2026.
Summary: Wikipedia, “PIAT”. Text CC BY-SA 4.0.
FROM WIKIPEDIA
The Projector, Infantry, Anti Tank (PIAT) Mk I was a British man-portable anti-tank weapon developed during the Second World War. 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.
