We're the Military and Airpower Guys of Jonah Goldberg of National Review Online + a stray we found wandering around looking lost. All original material JHD, BHD, JR, WT, and KA 2003-2007 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2003/12/tadaaaa_piat_p0rn.html Sun, 03 Aug 2008 17:45:49 Z Movable Type 4.12 en Copyright 2008 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Okay, ladies and gents, the wait is over. PIAT P0rn is here! Here you see Pete PIAT next to Carl the Gustav. (Yeah, I'm lazy, still haven't lugged Carl back to his shelf). While it was kinda covered in the comments to the original tease post below, we'll get into the down and dirty of Pete today. I was going to direct you to a site that details a battle during WWII where a PIAT gunner won the Victoria Cross. But proud Canadian Dr. Funk beat me to the punch. To save you having to drop down, I'll just... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2003/12/tadaaaa_piat_p0rn.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2003/12/tadaaaa_piat_p0rn.html Sun, 21 Dec 2003 20:06:23 -0600 Thanks for the hat tip. Incidentally, I heard once that Smith was one of those classic soldiers with "Velcro chevrons". Supposedly, not long after the VC, he'd been made a Sergeant and got into a fight on leave..which resulted in his having his rank taken away again. Which explains why he was only a Sergeant when he retired in the 60s. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2003/12/tadaaaa_piat_p0rn.html#comment-1287 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2003/12/tadaaaa_piat_p0rn.html#comment-1287 Sun, 21 Dec 2003 22:52:48 -0600 Sweet. Thanks, John! http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2003/12/tadaaaa_piat_p0rn.html#comment-1285 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2003/12/tadaaaa_piat_p0rn.html#comment-1285 Sun, 21 Dec 2003 22:15:25 -0600