Juju Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 Can any of you forum dwellers tell me what the correct color coding would be for a Piat AT bomb? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akd Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GLynn41 Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 now that is an answer 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juju Posted March 13, 2012 Author Share Posted March 13, 2012 Indeedy! Thans akd! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stikkypixie Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 What do these bands mean ? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waycool Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 PIAT ammo info heaven http://www.canadiansoldiers.com/weapons/ammunition/piatlammo.htm 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonS Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 What do these bands mean ? Different colours mean different things, but the /same/ things regardless of ammo nature. The idea is that Private Numbnuts can tell what ammo nature he's handling, even in the middle of winter in a snowstorm after several days without hot food. Blue is training (inert) ammo Black is armour piercing Yellow is HE Light Green is smoke White is illuminating Rainbow means laced with LSD etc. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stikkypixie Posted March 14, 2012 Share Posted March 14, 2012 Different colours mean different things, but the /same/ things regardless of ammo nature. The idea is that Private Numbnuts can tell what ammo nature he's handling, even in the middle of winter in a snowstorm after several days without hot food. Blue is training (inert) ammo Black is armour piercing Yellow is HE Light Green is smoke White is illuminating Rainbow means laced with LSD etc. I assume that there is only one band present on each warhead? It seems from the schematic that there were more than one band on the warhead. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juju Posted March 14, 2012 Author Share Posted March 14, 2012 Yay, I'm well confused now. Does the AT bomb just have a single black band or is it yellow/black/yellow? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonS Posted March 14, 2012 Share Posted March 14, 2012 Does the AT bomb just have a single black band or is it yellow/black/yellow? Yellow, I think, because it is primarily HE. Or, to put that another way it carrys an HE payload, therefore it gets yellow. AP, APC, APCBC, APDS, etc would all be black. (no; I don't know what the colour scheme would be for AP rounds with an HE burster.) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonS Posted March 14, 2012 Share Posted March 14, 2012 I assume that there is only one band present on each warhead? Not necessarily. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juju Posted March 14, 2012 Author Share Posted March 14, 2012 Um, no. Call me an idiot, but I'm still not getting the clear picture. by AT (AntiTank) I actually meant armor piercing. In the end what I'm really after is the color scheme of the round used in the game. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanonier Reichmann Posted March 14, 2012 Share Posted March 14, 2012 Well, you're not the only one confused. According to akd's very descriptive post with the clear cut diagram, the PIAT bomb has a thick green band (where the '808' is written) with a much thinner yellow band above and below it. What the hell does that signify? Regards KR 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonS Posted March 14, 2012 Share Posted March 14, 2012 Dunno. It wouldn't surprise me to find out that the UK used different markings in WWII than they do - as part of NATO - now. It also wouldn't surprise me much if that green band were 'green' because the whle round is base-coated in green. four different ammo natures here: http://visualcollector.com/VisualCollectorLinks/MortarsMines.htm ... or the green was a particular shade of puke-green. ... or whateverthehellyoulike shade of green 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juju Posted March 14, 2012 Author Share Posted March 14, 2012 Nevermind... Didn't pay attention there. Please, do go on. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lt Belenko Posted March 14, 2012 Share Posted March 14, 2012 I saw a big advantage was the no revealing of smoke at point of launch. How far does the spring hurl it before the cartridge kicks in? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergei Posted March 14, 2012 Share Posted March 14, 2012 I saw a big advantage was the no revealing of smoke at point of launch. How far does the spring hurl it before the cartridge kicks in? Nowhere? The spring just detonates the cartridge, which sends the projectile flying. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akd Posted March 14, 2012 Share Posted March 14, 2012 And happens to create some smoke in the process... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergei Posted March 14, 2012 Share Posted March 14, 2012 Although it would kick a lot less dust behind the gunner than a Bazooka backblast. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akd Posted March 14, 2012 Share Posted March 14, 2012 Definitely less firing signature than a rocket or recoilless weapon, but I'm not sure when and where this myth of stealth PIATs arose. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergei Posted March 14, 2012 Share Posted March 14, 2012 I think the bit about the spring loading system is a little deceiving, as it leads people to think that the weapon is silent or smokeless. It's a spigot mortar, not some sort of modern crossbow thing. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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