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===After World War II=== The PIAT remained in service until the early 1950s, when it was replaced initially by the [[ENERGA anti-tank rifle grenade]] and then the [[United States Army|American]] [[bazooka|M20 "Super Bazooka"]].<ref name="Khan23"/> The Australian Army briefly used PIATs at the start of the [[Korean War]] alongside [[Bazooka#Rocket Launcher, M1 "Bazooka"|{{convert|2.36|in|mm|0|adj=on}} bazookas]], but quickly replaced both weapons with {{convert|3.5|in|mm|0|adj=on}} M20 "Super Bazookas".<ref>Kuring, p. 245</ref> [[File:Beyt-gidi-381.jpg|thumb|right|PIAT in the [[Irgun|Etzel]] Museum ([[Etzel House|Beit Gidi]]), [[Tel Aviv]], Israel]] The [[Haganah]] and the emerging [[Israel Defence Force]] (IDF) used PIATs against Arab armour during the [[1947–1949 Palestine war]].<ref name=laffin30>Laffin, p. 30</ref> PIATs were also used by French and [[Việt Minh]] forces during the [[First Indochina War]].<ref name="Viet Minh">{{cite book|title=French Foreign Légionnaire vs Viet Minh Insurgent: North Vietnam 1948–52|series=Combat 36|first=Martin |last=Windrow|date=20 Sep 2018|publisher=Osprey Publishing|isbn=9781472828910|pages=26, 50}}</ref> And some locally copy during the [[First Indochina War]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-02-08 |title=Viet Minh fighter with a locally-produce PIAT, the First Indochina war [1383x1476] |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/ForgottenWeapons/comments/snsgg2/viet_minh_fighter_with_a_locallyproduce_piat_the/?rdt=47855 |access-date=2025-05-09 |website=r/ForgottenWeapons}}</ref> The [[Indian Army]] was still using PIATs by the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1971|1971 Indo-Pakistan war]], they were used at the [[Battle of Longewala]] helping to halt the Pakistani armored division advance.<ref name="p.42, Sharma"/>{{Failed verification|date=December 2023|reason=No mention of PIAT at the page given in the source stated}}
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