A bangalore torpedo placed by a snatch-block arrangement
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A bangalore torpedo placed by a snatch-block arrangement
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Article Title and/or Image Caption
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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 treacherous land mines that might impede advance.
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Lingua
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eng
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Data di rilascio
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1944-02
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pagine
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119
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Diritti
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Public Domain (Google digitized)
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Archived by
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Lorenzo Chinellato
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Marco Bortolami (editor)
