US WW2 BANGALORE TORPEDO CONNECTING SLEEVE "M1A1 BANGALORE TORPEDO". r M38 Jump Smock Early War Web belt has markings M

Web belt has markings M

They were to be worn in place of having to wear the actual larger ribbons

slide onto surface

ammo pouch

black visor

US WW2 BANGALORE TORPEDO CONNECTING SLEEVE "M1A1 BANGALORE TORPEDO". r M38 Jump Smock Early War Web belt has markings MWWII BANGALORE TORPEDO CONNECTING SLEEVE ORIGINAL The Bangalore Torpedo is composed of several assembled 1. 5 meters long ,5 cm wide connected tubes, each of them filled with 3. 85 kg of TNT. The 1. 5 metter long pipes were connected with these sleeves. Sometimes referred to as a "Bangalore mine", "banger" or simply "Bangalore". Used on D DAY by engineer units to breach barbed wire obstacles on the beaches. As seen in movie The Longest Day and Saving