A bangalore torpedo placed by a snatch-block arrangement
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Title (Dublin Core)
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A bangalore torpedo placed by a snatch-block arrangement
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Article Title and/or Image Caption (Dublin Core)
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Pulleys place giant bangalores
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JOINT of explosive-filled metal tubing,
sleeve-coupled to lengths of 100 feet or
more, slither under the enemy's barbed-
wire entanglements to blast a breach for
our assault troops. Fragments of metal
cut the wire like knives and sweep a path
20 feet wide. Far more effective than the
original bangalore torpedo (P.S.M., June
*42, p. 49), the current version is placed by
an ingenious snatch-block arrangement. A
scout creeps to the obstacle, attaches the
block to a post or picket, and runs a rope
through it. One end is secured to the butt
of the torpedo, the other in the hands of
the demolition squad stationed at a safe
distance. Guided by drift pins, the torpedo
slides under the wire. Its round-capped nose
prevents snagging. Short lengths make
deadly booby traps when the time fuse is
replaced by a nonelectric detonator and trip
wire. It's also effective in exploding treach-
erous land mines that might impede advance,
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Language (Dublin Core)
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eng
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Date Issued (Dublin Core)
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1944-02
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pages (Bibliographic Ontology)
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119
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Rights (Dublin Core)
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Public Domain (Google digitized)
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Archived by (Dublin Core)
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Lorenzo Chinellato
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Marco Bortolami (editor)
Popular Science Monthly, v. 144, n. 2, 1944
