guns

2600 readers

1 users here now

“Under no pretext"

Rules (Under review):

1. NO BUYING, SELLING OR TRADING of guns or accessories. Take that to Reddit and /r/GunAccessoriesForSale or Armslist.com
1. Censor all personally identifiable information in posts including serial numbers on firearms.
1. Any post or comment advocating illegal action will be removed and the poster warned. A second infraction will result in a ban.
1. Unironically suggesting the SKS as a usable rifle in the 21st Century when there are things like the AK and AR that cost only a bit more might result in a ban, it depends on how we feel.
1. Discussion of hunting is acceptable but please put "CW: hunting" in post titles. Debating the ethicality of hunting is also fine, but keep it civil and don't derail other people's threads.

founded 5 years ago

MODERATORS

[email protected]

Bangalore torpedoes are explosive charges fitted inside pipes used for clearing concertina wire and obstacles (en.wikipedia.org)

submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

0 comments fedilink hide all child comments

I saw video of some Hamas soldiers carrying something that reminded me of a Bangalore Torpedo. Bangalore torpedoes are a combat engineering device dating back over a century. Explosives are packed in to a metal pipe. Additional pipes are fitted to the end of the explosive pipe. The pipe is then pushed towards the obstacle to be cleared, with as many additional pipes added to the back as needed. In this manner the explosives can be pushed towards the obstacle without exposing the engineers to enemy fire. The explosive charge is then detonated to blow open a hole in the defenses as well as potentiall clearling small mines. Apparently modern variants incorporate shaped-charge designs to better cut through concertina wire.

no comments (yet)

sorted by: hot top controversial new old

there doesn't seem to be anything here