"British PIAT and mortar bomb carriers?" Topic

Does anybody know the correct WWII terminology for those 3-tube arrangements used by the British to carry 2in mortar, 3in mortar and PIAT bombs around? It seems they are commonly referred to as "bomb carriers" but I am sure I have heard them referred to by what sounded more like an official designation, but can't recall…

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Hornswoggler:

They were called "bomb carriers". Not overly imaginative but to the point. They were used for carrying 2" mortar bombs and PIAT bombs. Two such carriers were in a "bomb crates" or "transit chests" which were wooden boxes with metal and leather fittings. Your photo above shows both the bomb carrier on top and the transit chest/bomb crate below.

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Cardboard I take it? Anyone know?

Thick cardboard.

Would 2" mortar bombs and PIAT bombs fit in the same carrier? If so, does that mean the PIAT was designed with this in mind?

No. Piat rounds were 3 and a quarter inch diameter.
2 inch mortar rounds were (obviously) 2 inch diameter.

The design process started using something based on a 2 inch mortar round.

Two such carriers were in a "bomb crates" or "transit chests"..

Thanks for confirming that – I had sort of guessed but have never found a photo of an open transit chest showing the carriers inside.

Would 2" mortar bombs and PIAT bombs fit in the same carrier?

I think I read somewhere(?) that 2in mortar bombs were packed 2 per tube, so 6 in a carrier of 3 tubes. 3in mortar and PIAT rounds just one per tube carried in 3's. And I think I saw a similar arrangement for 4.2in mortar bombs but just 2 bombs/tubes per carrier (presumably due to size & weight).

Yes, 2 inch mortar rounds were packed 2 per tube.

A 3 inch mortar was 81mm diameter so maybe piat bombs would fit their carriers.
Dunno about the length though.

75mm rounds also packed this way in a triangular package.