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Bangalore torpedo Mil.|ˈbæŋgəˌlɔː tɔːˈpiːdəʊ|
[f. Bangalore, south Indian city.]
A tube containing explosive used by troops for blowing up wire entanglements.
1913R. L. McClintock in R.E. Jrnl. Mar. 135 (caption) The Bangalore ‘Torpedo’ for destroying wire entanglements. Ibid. 137 The ‘Bangalore Torpedo’ system is both quick to load and easy to carry up and place. 1925Fraser & Gibbons Soldier & Sailor Words, Bangalore torpedo, a device for clearing a pathway through a barbed wire entanglement... Introduced on the Western Front early in 1915. 1941Illustr. London News CXCVIII. 80/2 The Bangalore Torpedo, first used by an inventive R.E. officer at Bangalore, consists of sectional tubes, each packed with explosive, having a pointed nose and a hollow cone at the base, into which fits the nose of the next section. |