RE: [SG, DS] Combat Engineers

--- Ryan Gill <rmgill@mindspring.com> wrote:
> 
> >I've head of them, what do they look like?
> 
> A bangalore torpedo is basically a pipe with
> explosives in it. You 
> assemble multiple lengths together and push it into
> a linear obstacle 
> like a large mass or razor wire and mines. The final
> sections of the 
> 'torpedo' are just pipe so you don't blow your face
> off.

Not really.  The last section is primed with time fuze
(or shock tube, or detcord).  You then get back so you
don't blow your face off.

Anyway, it's about 5' long, about 3" diameter, and
weighs 11 lbs and change.

John

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