The Bangalore torpedo is an explosive charge carried inside a set of connected tubes that combat engineers push forward from cover to blow a path through barbed wire, minefields, or heavy undergrowth without having to approach it directly. Captain R. L. McClintock of the Royal Engineers devised it in British India in 1912, and a single charge can clear a path three to four meters wide. It first proved itself clearing wire ahead of infantry assaults in the First World War, including at the Battle of Cambrai in 1917, was adopted by the United States Army as the M1A1 for the Second World War and used in the Western Desert campaign, and has remained in service through the Korean War, the Vietnam War, the 1973 Yom Kippur War, and operations in Afghanistan, with newer versions such as the Advanced Performance Bangalore Torpedo still being developed.
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Weapon Class (category)Grenade / Explosive Device 1 Connections
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Overview
A Bangalore torpedo is an explosive charge placed within one or several connected tubes.
Overview, origin sentence
The Bangalore torpedo was devised by Captain R. L. McClintock of the Royal Engineers while attached to the Madras Sappers and Miners unit of the Indian Army at Bangalore, India, in 1912.
service status
It first proved itself clearing wire ahead of infantry assaults in the First World War, including at the Battle of Cambrai in 1917, was adopted by the United States Army as the M1A1 for the Second World War and used in the Western Desert campaign, and has remained in service through the Korean War, the Vietnam War, the 1973 Yom Kippur War, and operations in Afghanistan, with newer versions such as the Advanced Performance Bangalore Torpedo still being developed
- Weapon class classified from the entity's own sourced description text.
- Correction: an explosive charge device despite the name, not a guided missile.
- Used In: World War I, infobox wars field: 'World War I'
- Used In: World War II, infobox wars field: 'World War II'
- Used In: Korean War, infobox wars field: 'Korean War'
- Used In: Vietnam War, infobox wars field: 'Vietnam War'
- Used In: Yom Kippur War, infobox wars field: 'Yom Kippur War'
Operated By: United States Armed Forces, Wikipedia article text
Bangalore torpedoes continue to be used today in the little-changed M1A2 and M1A3 versions of the United States Armed Forces, and the modified Advanced Performance Bangalore Torpedo version of the British Armed Forces and Australian Defence Force, under the L26A1 designation which is also used by
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