German Improvisation in WWII

pdoktar · #1 November 20th, 2006, 10:12 AM

Hey Walrus, a nice idea. Hope the grunts really benfit from it.

And here in Finland, we are used to using explosives to dig fox-holes. Engineers use small drilling-explosives to soften up the frozen ground before we guys are given pick-axes and shovels to "finish" the job.

Marek_Tucan · #2 November 20th, 2006, 02:13 PM

Read somewhere the US engineers used charges designed to dig holes for shelters in Vietnam, esp. when constructing firebases. Is that true?

PatG · #3 November 21st, 2006, 08:29 AM

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pdoktar said:
Hey Walrus, a nice idea. Hope the grunts really benfit from it.

And here in Finland, we are used to using explosives to dig fox-holes. Engineers use small drilling-explosives to soften up the frozen ground before we guys are given pick-axes and shovels to "finish" the job.

Same here in Canada. Chop a rough outline of the trench into the frozen soil, chisel a small deep hole in the middle for the engineers to put their toys in then "bang" and back to digging. Sometimes you hit sand of course but that usually means you're digging into an old latrine.