Bangalore Torpedo



"Bangalores torpedoes. Named after the capital city of the Indian state of Karnataka. Yeah. These babies wouldn't be much easier when many combat engineers would try to clear obstacles that would otherwise rquire them to approach directly, only to be possibly under fire. Pretty cool, huh?"

--Su Ji-Hoon, Where Did They Come From?

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".

Per United States Army Field Manual 5-250 section 1-14, page 1-12 "b. Use. The primary use of the torpedo is clearing paths through wire obstacles and heavy undergrowth. It will clear a 3- to 4-metre wide path through wire obstacles."