{"id":49285,"date":"2022-11-10T22:54:23","date_gmt":"2022-11-10T21:54:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/?p=49285"},"modified":"2024-11-10T00:23:06","modified_gmt":"2024-11-09T23:23:06","slug":"sappers-of-the-spanish-army-show-their-bangalore-torpedoes-in-action-in-latvia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2022\/11\/10\/sappers-of-the-spanish-army-show-their-bangalore-torpedoes-in-action-in-latvia\/","title":{"rendered":"Sappers of the Spanish Army show their Bangalore torpedoes in action in Latvia"},"content":{"rendered":"

Among the weapons used by sapper units to carry out their missions, there is one that is more than 100 years old and was invented in India.<\/p>\n

Impressive images of the launch of an Instalaza C-90 of the Spanish Army<\/a><\/rel>
\nThe self-propelled artillery of the Spanish Army is shown in action in Latvia<\/a><\/rel><\/p>\n

In 1912, Captain R. L. McClintock, of the Royal Engineers of the British Indian Army and stationed in Bangalore, in the south of that country, invented a tube-shaped demolition weapon with an explosive charge inside it<\/strong>. This weapon served to take off explosive traps and various obstacles, in order to open a path for the infantry. The Bangalore torpedo (as it is known in many countries) or explosive pole is still used today<\/strong> in many sapper units, including those of the Spanish Army.<\/p>\n

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NATO's eFP Battle Group Latvia today published a series of photos from an exercise demolition<\/a>, VERBOOM 3, carried out by soldiers from various countries, including members of the Spanish contingent in Latvia. The images you see here show a mechanized unit of sappers<\/strong> in this exercise. Above these lines we see the commander of an Spanish Army M-113 VCZ sapper vehicle with his 12.7 mm Browning M-2 machine gun.<\/p>\n

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Above these lines, the Spanish sappers with their Bangalore torpedoes inside the M-113 VCZ<\/strong>. As we can see in the image, the troop compartment hatch is open.<\/p>\n

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One of the Spanish sappers placing a Bangalore torpedo<\/strong> in an area of barbed wire, in order to clear it. Next to him he has a Heckler & Koch G-36E assault rifle, the regulation in the Spanish Army. In this case, the rifle is equipped with a 40mm AG-36 grenade launcher, located under its forend.<\/p>\n

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The blasting of the Bangalore torpedoes in the barbed wire area.<\/strong> Below, on the right, we see the Spanish Army M-113 VCZ sapper vehicle with its driver and commander leaning out of its hatches.<\/p>\n

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The Spanish Army M-113 VCZ sapper vehicle<\/strong> surrounded by smoke and dust raised by the explosion of the Bangalore torpedoes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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