A tripflare is a device used by military forces to secure an area and to guard against infiltration. It consists of tripwire around the area, linked to...
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Battlefield illumination (section Tripflare)
Battlefield illumination is technology that improves visibility for military forces operating in difficult low-light conditions. The risks and dangers...
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1969, the company was awarded an Army contract to manufacture 750,000 tripflares for use in the Vietnam War. Magnesium is the primary component in flares;...
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Flare (section Tripflares)
A flare, also sometimes called a fusée, fusee, or bengala, bengalo in several European countries, is a type of pyrotechnic that produces a bright light...
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extensive use of tripflares in Italy, after their perimeters had been repeatedly infiltrated at night by U.S. Army Rangers. Tripflares helped foil an attack...
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lethal explosive devices is deemed to be unsuitable, it is easy to emplace tripflares in and around the wire obstacle in order to make night-time infiltration...
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1969, Thiokol was awarded a U.S. Army contract to manufacture 750,000 Tripflares for use in the Vietnam War. In 1971, an explosion in the magnesium flare...
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25 lb) Coloured smoke grenades 76 mm smoke grenades IR Mini flares Wire tripflares Hand held rockets Day and night signal distress Ground illuminating flares...
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strands broken by hand to muffle the tell-tale "snip" of wire-cutters. Tripflares were neutralized by wrapping their triggers with cloth or strips of bamboo...
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Artillery was based here in October–November 1969. On 9 April 1970 at 23:00 a Tripflare was activated on the perimeter of the camp alerting the defenders. At...
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the perimeter bunkers.: 138 Manning bunkers was not the only problem. Tripflares located in the Concertina wire around the base were not always reset or...
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position 4 miles (6.4 km) southeast of Gio Linh engaged 10–15 PAVN after a Tripflare was triggered near their perimeter. The PAVN withdrew at midnight but...
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others. The explosion, believed to have been due to a fire caused by tripflares being manufactured by Thiokol for use in the ongoing Vietnam War, occurred...
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