Bolt Action - Australian PIAT and Anti-Tank Rifle Teams US Airborne (Winter) Medical officers were not always

Medical officers were not always armed but in practice

assembly booklet

more interior space for the crew and ammunition stowage

The cavalry force was still the best equipped

Providing the light machine gun of choice throughout WWII

Bolt Action - Australian PIAT and Anti-Tank Rifle Teams US Airborne (Winter) Medical officers were not alwaysThe Australian Army was supplied by Britain with the PIAT anti tank weapon, but this saw only extremely limited use by the Australians, as the threat from Japanese tanks was minimal. The weapon found more use against Japanese emplacements as an improvised bunker buster than the role it was designed for. The AIF Divisions brought their anti tank rifles back with them from the desert campaigns and did continue to find a limited use for them in the early