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A Bangalore torpedo conforming to the original design cleared a three-metre path, while the Bangalore Blade cleared a ten-metre path. [17] The Advanced Performance Bangalore Torpedo uses an aluminium body and is filled with two kilograms of DPX1 high density pressed explosive.
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 the number of soldiers required to carry and employ the system to two, as opposed to as many as 12 for a Bangalore torpedo using all sections.
The British and Commonwealth developed their systems during the Second World War. The Canadians developed "Snake", an oversized application of the Bangalore torpedo in 1941 to 1942. [2] A more flexible development was "Conger", developed in 1944, a tube that could be fired across the minefield and then filled with explosive before detonation. [3]
The Type 98 was able to fire at least three different types of projectiles: a finned Bangalore Torpedo and two kinds of stick bombs. The stick bombs were composed of a 48 mm (1.9 in) diameter hardwood stick that fitted into the barrel of the launcher and was reinforced with a metal cap at the bottom to withstand the stress of firing.
SW3C - miniaturization to fit on torpedo boats, plan-position indicator (1943) CD radar - coastal defense only (from 1942) CDX radar - improvements and export to USSR (from 1943) Type 268 – 10 GHz submarine snorkel search radar (from 1944) MEW/AS - 2.8 GHz, 300 kW submarine detection radar (from 1943) MEW/HF - air search radar (from 1943) GL Mk.
The L26A1 was chosen to fulfill a MOD requirement for an improved bangalore torpedo design, and is lighter and easier to use than its predecessors. The torpedo consists of an aluminium body filled with two kilograms of DPX1 explosive; detonation produces enhanced blast and fragmentation effects which in turn provide an enhanced cutting ...
Bangalore torpedo: Obstacle Clearing Charge: 1940–Present United Kingdom: PIAT: Anti-tank weapon: 1943-1950s United Kingdom: Bazooka: Rocket launcher: 1942-1977 United States: In Reserve Force inventory as late as 1977 Flamethrower, Portable, No 2 "Ack-Pack" Flamethrower: 1943-1945 United Kingdom
The lead platoons advanced accompanied by sappers of the 2/1st Field Company carrying Bangalore torpedoes—12-foot (3.7 m) pipes packed with ammonal—as Italian artillery fire began to land, mainly behind them. An Italian shell exploded among a leading platoon and detonated a Bangalore torpedo, resulting in four killed and nine wounded.