{"id":19903,"date":"2022-02-18T11:00:18","date_gmt":"2022-02-18T17:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/2022\/02\/18\/fighting-on-film-bring-up-the-piat-the-piat-in-film\/"},"modified":"2022-02-18T11:00:18","modified_gmt":"2022-02-18T17:00:18","slug":"fighting-on-film-bring-up-the-piat-the-piat-in-film","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/2022\/02\/18\/fighting-on-film-bring-up-the-piat-the-piat-in-film\/","title":{"rendered":"Fighting On Film: Bring Up The PIAT &#8211; The PIAT in Film"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"youtubomatic-video-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allow=\"autoplay\" width=\"580\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QgFA2u9m7NU?autoplay=1&#038;mute=1&#038;controls=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>This week we have a very special episode where we tap into a topic close to Matt\u2019s heart, the PIAT. Matt wrote a book about the PIAT, or Projector, Infantry, Anti-Tank, in 2020 and continues to research its history. One of the most interesting aspects of the PIAT is its unique cultural history, having been portrayed in a plethora of films spanning over 70 years. Most famously it was heralded, literally, when Anthony Hopkins as Lt. Colonel Frost in A Bridge Too Far shouted \u2018BRING UP THE PIAT!\u2018 A line which has become iconic. But there\u2019s so much more to the PIAT\u2019s onscreen career!<\/p>\n<p>Correction: When I mention that I think the Dixon live fires the PIAT against the Panther,  I don&#8217;t think he does, not enough recoil &#8211; the chaps in the first PIAT scene of Theirs Is the Glory do, I believe, live fire the PIAT &#8211; although I&#8217;m not sure they&#8217;re firing on the Char B, some clever editing there. That first scene remains the best depiction of a PIAT team in action I think. <\/p>\n<p>Where to find TAB:<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/armourersbench.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/armourersbench.com<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/facebook.com\/armourersbench\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/facebook.com\/armourersbench<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/ko-fi.com\/armourersbench\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/ko-fi.com\/armourersbench<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/thearmourersbench\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/thearmourersbench<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/armourersbench\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/armourersbench<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/utreon.com\/c\/Armourers-Bench\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/utreon.com\/c\/Armourers-Bench<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/imgur.com\/user\/ArmourersBench\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/imgur.com\/user\/ArmourersBench<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/discord.gg\/DAjRSBc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/discord.gg\/DAjRSBc<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week we have a very special episode where we tap into a topic close to Matt\u2019s heart, the PIAT. Matt wrote a book about the PIAT, or Projector, Infantry, Anti-Tank, in 2020 and continues to research its history. One of the most interesting aspects of the PIAT is its unique cultural history, having been&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/2022\/02\/18\/fighting-on-film-bring-up-the-piat-the-piat-in-film\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Fighting On Film: Bring Up The PIAT &#8211; The PIAT in Film<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":19904,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[89,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19903","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-content","category-video"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19903","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19903"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19903\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19904"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19903"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19903"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19903"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}