Bangalore torpedo

Despite enemy fire, he managed to open the shaft's cover and drop several bangalore torpedoes down the opening.

"Breaching" teams with the Bangalore torpedoes would destroy the barbed wire.

With a blinding roar the Bangalore torpedoes blasted great gaps in the wire.

The Bangalore Torpedo that clears a path through a minefield.

Wire obstacles can also be breached by intense artillery shelling or Bangalore torpedoes.

The Israelis used bangalore torpedoes to blast their way through barbed wire leading up to the position while exposed and under heavy fire.

The two flank platoons had Bangalore torpedoes.

They attacked under the cover of 60mm mortar fire using four demolition teams armed with bangalore torpedoes and hand grenades.

As shells burst in front of them, whining and thundering, the men shoved the bangalore torpedoes into the heart of the entanglement.

When they were finished with the snipers-always another sniper's number one priority-they shot the sappers carrying their bangalore torpedoes to blow the fences.

Breakthrough, a 1950 movie set in World War II, depicts a Bangalore Torpedo clearing a mine field.

By 02:35 only 110 paratroopers had arrived at the drop-zone, and only a single machine-gun and a small number of Bangalore torpedoes had been recovered.

"Six Bangalore torpedoes," Sgt. Kris Catts, 23, said, reciting the explosive recipe he used.

Israeli troops employed Bangalore torpedoes to breach the barbed-wire fences surrounding the village, and mined roads to prevent Jordanian forces from intervening.

With wire cutters they had already cut gaps through the outer barricade of wire and placed their few Bangalore torpedoes in position ready to blow the rest.

The Chinese had also attacked the Cromwell tanks of the Cooper Force with bundle grenades and Bangalore torpedoes, setting several on fire.

Sappers often used Bangalore torpedoes made from blocks of TNT tied to bamboo poles to blast open assault routes.

As the American and South Korean forces approached the Chinese defenses, they were met with grenades, Bangalore torpedoes, shaped charges and rocks.

Oftentimes, this meant using satchel charges as well as Bangalore torpedoes to successfully blast through barbed wire entanglements, minefields, structures, and other fortifications.

Infantry platoons accompanied by engineer teams manoeuvred their way behind the pillboxes, where the engineers blew the rear doors with satchel charges, bangalore torpedoes, and bazookas.

Into Qibya village, to attack the inhabitants by firing from automatic weapons, throwing grenades, and using Bangalore torpedoes together with TNT explosive.

In the Omaha Beach assault scene of Saving Private Ryan, the phrase is heard right after Bangalore torpedoes are inserted to breach the German defenses.

Sappers blew gaps in the barbed wire with Bangalore torpedoes and filled in and broke down the sides of the anti-tank ditch with picks and shovels.

The Viet Minh forces overran the 5th Company position and destroyed bunkers with TNT satchel charges and Bangalore torpedoes.

These methods include those that detect and remove in a single action, such as mechanical demining, carpet bombing, burning of the land or the use of Bangalore torpedoes or mine-clearing line charges.