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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, possibly under fire. It is sometimes colloquially referred to as a "Bangalore mine", "banger" or simply "Bangalore" as well as a pole charge.
Madras Sappers & Miners at the Qaisar Bagh complex in Lucknow, c 1857 Madras Sappers review order by Richard Simkin, 1896 War memorial on Brigade road, Bangalore The battle symbols of MEG are a sphinx to commemorate the victory in Egypt in 1801, an elephant for the victory in Assaye in 1803, a dragon for China (1848), a bighorn sheep for Zoji ...
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.
A mine-clearing line charge (abbreviated MCLC or MICLIC; pronounced / m ɪ k. l ɪ k / or "mick-lick") is a device used to create a breach in minefields under combat conditions. While there are many types, the basic design is for many explosive charges connected on a line to be projected onto the minefield and then exploded, detonating any ...
A controlled mine (at left), with the distribution box that connected it and the other mines in its group to the mine casemate on shore. Unlike naval mines that are dispersed at sea, the controlled mine field location is chosen so that it could be under observation. The exact location of the mines was required so that they could be fired from ...
Prasad was born on 3rd December, 1975. He is the elder son of M.V. Venkata Ramanappa and Chandramma of Ijjala Ghatta village in Nagamangala Taluk, Mandya District. [citation needed]
The roller coaster, first installed in 1996, will return in time for the amusement park's 50th anniversary in 2024. Journey into a mine at Adventureland Park when it reopens the Underground roller ...
KIOCL Limited, formerly Kudremukh Iron Ore Company Limited, is a central public sector undertaking under the ownership of the Ministry of Steel, Government of India, with its head office and administrative activities in Bangalore. [3] It has a pelletisation plant in Mangalore and an iron ore mine in Kudremukh (Chikkamagaluru district). The ...