The anti-personnel obstacle breaching system is an explosive line charge system which allows safe breaching through complex antipersonnel obstacles, particularly fields of land mines. The APOBS is a j
U.S. Marines demonstrate assembling the APOBS system
APOBS in use
Line detonation
Bangalore torpedo
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A Bangalore torpedo is an explosive charge placed within one or several connected tubes. It is used by combat engineers to clear obstacles that would otherwise require them to approach directly, possi
Anti-personnel obstacle breaching system
…or wire obstacle. The grenades neutralize or clear the mines and sever the wire, clearing a 45-meter-long footpath for troops. The APOBS replaces the Bangalore torpedo, which is heavier when all sections are used together, takes significantly longer to set up, and cannot be deployed from a standoff position. It reduces…
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Madras Sappers and Miners with Bangalore torpedoes, 1916
Four pieces of an M1A1 Bangalore torpedo: two individual pieces, and two attached together.
82nd Airborne combat engineers, Fort Bragg, 2011