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9 February 2012, 18:48
Fougasse (weapon)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other meanings, see fougasse (disambiguation).
A fougasse (pronounced /fuËÂˈɡɑËÂs/) is an improvised mine constructed by making a hollow in the ground or rock and filling it with explosives (originally, black powder) and projectiles. Fougasse was well known to military engineers by the mid-eighteenth century but was also referred to by Vauban in the seventeenth century and was used by Zimmerman at Augsburg in the sixteenth century. This technique was used in several European wars, the American Revolution, and the American Civil War. The term is still used to describe such devices.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other meanings, see fougasse (disambiguation).
A fougasse (pronounced /fuËÂˈɡɑËÂs/) is an improvised mine constructed by making a hollow in the ground or rock and filling it with explosives (originally, black powder) and projectiles. Fougasse was well known to military engineers by the mid-eighteenth century but was also referred to by Vauban in the seventeenth century and was used by Zimmerman at Augsburg in the sixteenth century. This technique was used in several European wars, the American Revolution, and the American Civil War. The term is still used to describe such devices.