British Northover Projector unit-armoured-vehicle 9 in) cm PaK (t)

9 in) cm PaK (t) anti-tank gun on a converted Panzer I Ausf

It was the hope of the Imperial Japanese Navy that such characteristics would allow them to circumvent the Allies’ numerical superiority

and mounted on a long wooden rod

Formed in May of 1942

The MK V saw service from 1942

British Northover Projector unit-armoured-vehicle 9 in) cm PaK (t)The last black powder weapon ever issued to the British Army, the Northover Projector was a 1940 improvised antitank weapon specifically designed for the Home Guard. It was the brainchild of Major RH Northover, a Home Guard officer. Another smooth bore weapon, the projector fired the No. 76 Special Incendiary Grenade (as well as fragmentation grenades) with an effective range of about 150 yards. The Projector was usually fixed to a tripod but examples