Rocket Launchers and Mortars in the New Brunswick Military History Museum

Rocket Launchers and Mortars in the New Brunswick Military History Museum

 (Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4234726)

RMC cadets training in Camp Borden with a 3.5-inch M20 Anti-Tank Rocket Launcher.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4234720)

RMC cadets training in Camp Borden with a 3.5-inch M20 Anti-Tank Rocket Launcher, ca 1965.

USA, 3.5-inch M20 Anti-Tank Rocket Launcher.

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German 8.8-cm RPzB 43 Panzerschreck reusable anti-tank rocket launcher.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3228409)

Private R. Neel and Sergeant R.B. Swain of The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada examining a German 8.8-cm RPzB 43 Panzerschreck reusable anti-tank rocket launcher, Hochwald, Germany, 5 Mar 1945.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3529264)

Private R. Langlois of the 2nd Canadian Infantry Division examining a collection of captured German weapons, which include a number of 8.8-cm RPzB 43 Panzerschreck reusable anti-tank rocket launchers near the Hochwald, Germany, 3 March 1945.

 (Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3229941)

Corporal E.H. Pruner of The Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment, carrying a PIAT anti-tank weapon and a Thompson sub-machine gun with a short box magazine, Motta, Italy, 2 October 1943.

 (Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3208268)

Sgt. D. Wilson, Pte. J. Brunelle, Pte. A. Munro, all of Highland Light Infantry battalion, on Piat training, during landing and advancing inland exercise, 13 April 1942. The NBMHM holds as PIAT round and is looking to acquire a PIAT for the collection.

The Projector, Infantry, Anti Tank (PIAT) Mk I was a British man-portable anti-tank weapon designed in 1942 in response to the need for a more effective infantry anti-tank weapon and entered service in 1943.

The PIAT projected (launched) a 2.5 pound (1.1 kg) shaped charged bomb using a cartridge in the tail of the projectile. It possessed an effective range of approximately 115 yards (105 m)[3] in a direct fire anti-tank role, and 350 yards (320 m) in an ole. The PIAT had several advantages over other infantry anti-tank weapons of the period: it had greatly increased penetration power over the previous anti-tank rifles, it had no back-blast which might reveal the position of the user or accidentally injure friendly soldiers around the user, and it was simple in construction. However, the device also had some disadvantages: powerful recoil, a difficulty in cocking the weapon, and early problems with ammunition reliability.

 (Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3592070)

Parachute-qualified soldier, who is armed with a PIAT anti-tank weapon, undertaking winter infantry training at A-35 Canadian Parachute Training Centre (Canadian Army Training Centres and Schools), Camp Shilo, Manitoba, Canada, 20 March 1945.

SPG-9 Kopye (Spear) is a Russian tripod-mounted man-portable, 73-mm calibre recoilless gun developed by the Soviet Union.  It fires fin-stabilized, rocket-assisted HE and HEAT projectiles.  It was accepted into Soviet service in 1962.

 (Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3404617)

2-inch mortar, Lake Superior Regiment, Aldershot, UK, 25 Nov 1942.

 (Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3607608)

Canadian soldiers training with a 2-inch mortar in the UK, c1942.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3524603)

2-inch mortar, NCO School, Ravenstein, Netherlands, 26 Jan 1945.

USA, 2-inch Mortar.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3607517)

3-inch Mortar crew in training in the UK, c1942.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3223281)

Children examining a three-inch mortar with infantrymen Gérard Gauthier, Charles-Eugène Lafond and Omer Manceau of Les Voltigeurs de Québec, England, 20 August 1943.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3661951)

3-inch Mortar crew, Regina Rifles, Normandy, 9 Jun 1944.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3524605)

3-inch Mortar crew, Essesx Scottish Regiment, Groesbeek, NE, 24 Jan 1945.

Great Britain, 3-inch Mortar.

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