Talk:Fougasse (weapon)

"Martin flare?"

I have read oral histories of the Korean War stating that when US troops improvised fougasse type devices for defensive fortifications, they often used the term "Martin flare" to describe the device. Has anyone else heard this terminology? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.41.40.21 (talk) 12:44, 17 September 2011 (UTC)

I have copied this question to Talk:Flame fougasse. Gaius Cornelius (talk) 18:19, 17 September 2011 (UTC)

German "Faddermine"

[1] Well, it's not the same thing, short fuse or anything else ? Mike Coppolano (talk) 11:02, 12 January 2012 (UTC)

Etymology

Or: Why was a bomb named after a kind of bread? Lockesdonkey (talk) 00:24, 11 May 2017 (UTC)

snaphance

There was an annotation from 2015 that a citation was needed for the claim that a 'flintlock' mechanism replaced the black powder tube and made the firing mechanism more water resistant. I have no idea what the person who added that note was thinking, but since black powder is notoriously susceptible to moisture and since a flintlock mechanism is much less so (especially if the moving parts are greased), I removed the citation. Not only has it been nearly 5 years unanswered, but the note is of little or no value. A flintlock mechanism can be tested prior to installation while the only way to test a chemical fuse is to destroy it, for example. Should someone wish to restore the note, they should explain why, it seems to me.40.142.179.222 (talk) 20:03, 14 March 2020 (UTC)