IPC Subgroup
F41H 11/14 Explosive line charges, e.g. snakes
Introduced: September 1968
Last revised: January 2006
Full Title
Defence installations; Defence devices; Means for clearing or detecting landmines > Means for clearing land minefields; Systems specially adapted for detection of landmines > Explosive line charges, e.g. snakes
Classification Context
- Section:
- MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- Class:
- WEAPONS
- Subclass:
- ARMOUR; ARMOURED TURRETS; ARMOURED OR ARMED VEHICLES; MEANS OF ATTACK OR DEFENCE, e.g. CAMOUFLAGE, IN GENERAL
Scope Notes
Glossary: bangalore torpedo means a rigid tube or pipe of length filled with an explosive; sections of such tube or pipe connectable to neighbouring similar sections snake snakes means a flexible hose filled with explosives thermobaric charge means a fuel-air explosive charge viper means rocket propelled mine clearing snake or hose system | Limiting references: Line carrying missiles