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That loks like a 'pole charge' being carried up the nearest ladder. Used for blowing gaps in barbed wire entanglements. I'm not sure that the small Infantry ones are used now but stand to be corrected. There is a monster version called a Giant Viper fired from a trailer, used for blowing a gap through minefields
Hi Peter! Like US Bangalore Torpedo?
Thanks to everyone that posted the war pictures and the explanations of some things that were used during those times. Thoroughly enjoyed them.
Howard
A patrol of the Gordon Highlanders in Wadi Zessar, 10 March 1943.
https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...44941297-1.jpg
Giant Viper in action:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHszRV5-bd4
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Giant Viper in action:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHszRV5-bd4
Looks like a Centurion AVRE towing one of the special trailers mounted with the giant viper thinggies. I'd forgotten how effective they were!
Australian Soldiers. 1918
https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...41304351-1.jpg
2nd Division AIF. Light over dark it could be any of 3 battalions (20th, 24th or 28th).
I think the German bino's my dad had were 7x50's. What were the Mk2's?
2nd Division AIF, AWM captions photo (EZ0016) as circa 1916