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| rdfs:comment | - A flame fougasse (sometimes contracted to fougasse and may be spelt foo gas) is a type of mine which uses an explosive charge to project burning liquid onto a target. The flame fougasse was developed by the Petroleum Warfare Department in Britain as an anti-tank weapon during the invasion crisis of 1940. During that period, about 50,000 flame fougasse barrels were deployed in some 7,000 batteries, mostly in southern England and a little later at 2,000 sites in Scotland. Although never used in Britain, the design was later used in Greece.
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| Type | - Anti-Person and Anti-Tank Mine
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| Caption | - Demonstration.
- Installation diagram.
- A demonstration of 'Fougasse', somewhere in Britain. A car is surrounded in flames and a huge cloud of smoke. c 1940.
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- Hedge hopper installation diagram.
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| Image | - Flame barrage demonstration.jpg
- Hedge hopper installation.jpg
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| Used by | - British Army and Home Guard
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| Designer | - Petroleum Warfare Department and William Howard Livens
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| abstract | - A flame fougasse (sometimes contracted to fougasse and may be spelt foo gas) is a type of mine which uses an explosive charge to project burning liquid onto a target. The flame fougasse was developed by the Petroleum Warfare Department in Britain as an anti-tank weapon during the invasion crisis of 1940. During that period, about 50,000 flame fougasse barrels were deployed in some 7,000 batteries, mostly in southern England and a little later at 2,000 sites in Scotland. Although never used in Britain, the design was later used in Greece. Later in World War II, Germany and Russia developed flame throwing mines that worked on a slightly different principle. After World War II, flame fougasses similar to the original British design have been used in a number of conflicts including the Korean and Vietnam Wars where it was improvised from easily available parts. The flame fougasse remains in army field manuals as a battlefield expedient to the present day.
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