From: Thomas M McHugh (tmmchugh@juno.com)
Date: Tue Nov 19 2002 - 19:30:31 PST
They used Bangalore Torpedo's. It is a section of pipe full of TNT &
additional sections of Bangalore's can be attached. Then sections of
push pipes are attached & it is pushed forward. It was used to breach
Barbed wire & Barricades on beaches or wherever forward movement was
blocked.
Engineer Demo Teams used this a lot in WW II.
Tom McHugh, NJ
1952 M38A1
M-416 Trailer
MVPA, MTA North
On Wed, 20 Nov 2002 01:25:18 +0000 "Wayne Harris" <papercu@hotmail.com>
writes:
> I think in one of the John Wayne movies (D-Day, invasion pipe??) one
> of the
> things they did to take out a pillbox was to push/carry a section of
> pipes
> to the bunker but I don't remember what came out of it maybe flames.
> If this
> is not Invasion pipe does anyone knows what this was? And if the
> invasion
> pipe(see below) is going under water what towed the bolster trailer
> along
> the bottom? :-))Wayne
>
> http://www.combinedops.com/pluto.htm
>
>
>
> >From: "Renaud OLGIATI <rolgiati@conexion.com.py>" <>Subject: Re:
> [MV]
> >Invasion pipe and bolster trailers
> >Date: Sat, 16 Nov 2002 23:12:15 -0300
> >
> >My mailbox was recently graced by a missive from K9Baylee _ :
> >
> > > Just what exactly is "invasion pipe" and what was it used for?
> >
> >A pipe line that was laid under the channel to convey petrol over
> for the
> >use
> >of the invasion forces.
> >
> >Knon under the acronym PLUTO (PipeLine Under The Ocean); theree is
> a
> >section
> >on display at the Imperial War Museum, among their D-day exhibits.
> >
> >Cheers,
> >
> >Ron.
>
>
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