The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
The explosion of an experimental 'Bangalore Torpedo' near Corbie. The torpedo consisted of a long pipe filled with explosives, which was placed under the enemy barbed wire entanglements, and detonated. The explosion made a gap in the wire, through which attacking infantry could pass.
Two unidentified engineers of the 4th Field Company preparing an experimental Bangalore Torpedo during a practice firing. The torpedo was devised by Australian engineers and consisted of a long iron
Unidentified Australian engineers climbing out of a trench to follow a party of infantry (background right), at a practice firing of a Bangalore Torpedo. This torpedo was devised by Australian enginee
Group portrait of members of the 4th Field Company of Australian Engineers viewing the wide gap in the wire blown by an experimental 'Bangalore Torpedo'. These 'torpedoes', devised by the Australian E
Barbed wire entanglements along the Hindenburg Line, between Bullecourt and Riencourt, demolished by artillery fire in May 1917. Before the Australian attack on 3 May, a good deal of the wire cutting
Vietnam. 1966-03-18. Australian soldiers examine anti-tank missiles captured from the Viet Cong during Operation Rolling Stone in the Ben Cat area. A home-made Bangalore torpedo made from hollow bambo
A patrol from the 2/13th Infantry Battalion making its way through a gap in the barbed wire entanglements protecting its Unit position in Tobruk.
