A training exercise for soldiers that consists of disarming a mine guided only by their sense of touch

Title (Dublin Core): A training exercise for soldiers that consists of disarming a mine guided only by their sense of touch
Subject (Dublin Core): en Technology; en Training
Article Title and/or Image Caption (Dublin Core): "Mine reading"
extracted text (Extract Text): “MINE READING.” Disarming an Axis
land mine is a tricky business even in broad
daylight. Doing it in the black of night is
a heart-in-throat job that calls for the deft
touch of a steel-nerved pickpocket. To |
train their sappers in this hazardous work,
British forces in Italy have devised the
““Moascar stocks’—walls with burlap-shield-
ed holes through which men thrust their
arms and, guided only by their sense of
touch, practice taking enemy mines apart.
Instructors on the other side of the walls
are quick to point out any mistake, which in
combat might prove to be the sapper’s last.
Language (Dublin Core): eng
Temporal Coverage (Dublin Core): World War II
Date Issued (Dublin Core): 1944-04
Is Part Of (Dublin Core): Popular Science Monthly, v. 144, n. 4, 1944
pages (Bibliographic Ontology): 88
Rights (Dublin Core): Public Domain (Google digitized)
Source (Dublin Core): Google Books
Archived by (Dublin Core): Lorenzo Chinellato; Marco Bortolami (editor)