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
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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
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
Bangalore torpedo
…charges without inadvertent decoupling. The APBT has an improved Insensitive Munition signature compared to preceding in-service designs. The U.S. Anti-Personnel Obstacle Breaching System (APOBS) is being brought into service as a replacement to the Bangalore for path-clearing due to its ease of use, effectiveness, and flexibility – it…
U.S. Marines demonstrate assembling the APOBS system
APOBS in use
Line detonation