IED & EOD Evolutions
Hi. I’ve really enjoyed researching these articles over the last 15 years or so. Since I retired I have continued, mainly for fun. But rather than having more time, I now have less, and the… The post Standingwellback is shutting up shop appeared first on Standing Well Back .
I’d like to advise any sensible person not to look for mousetraps on the internet. Some are bizarre, some cruel, and some very weird and unpleasant, sometimes all of those things at once. But this… The post Explosive Mousetrap appeared first on Standing Well Back .
I’m taking a bit of a gamble with this story. Usually the stuff I post is out of copyright. The excerpts below are from a book published in 1977 by the then Lord Rothschild. I… The post Description of 1944 Render Safe appeared first on Standing Well Back .
It’s been a while since my last post – other things have had my attention. A reader, John C, responded to a post I wrote last year with some thoughts and this encouraged me to… The post Invention of the Mechanical Explosive Igniter appeared first on Standing Well Back .
UPDATE!!! This story below, based on contemporaneous news reports, turns out to be incorrect. I’m indebted to JB for sending me the Irish History statement of an IRA member of the time describing how the… The post South Armagh Command Wire IED – 1921 appeared first on Standing Well Back .
In an earlier post here, I discussed some First World War antecedents of modern ROVs, these early one being used to deliver explosive charges – essentially a mobile land mine. One of the early ones… The post More early explosive ROVs appeared first on Standing Well Back .
I’ve written over 30 posts in the last few years about explosive attacks on railways – you can see these from the categories link on the right hand column below. For this post, I’m returning… The post 10,000 explosive attacks a night appeared first on Standing Well Back .
An odd little historical wrinkle I have uncovered – bear with me. The development of EOD remote control vehicles by the British Ministry of Defence in the early 1970s is the stuff of legend. Like… The post Goliath – a Revisionist Historical Anomaly appeared first on Standing Well Back .
An old one but a good one, from a letter from Evelyn Waugh , who was serving with the Commandos in WW2. I’m not the first to quote this but it is worth repeating: Darling…… The post Young officers and explosives appeared first on Standing Well Back .
I’m grateful to Prof Tim Wilson for drawing my attention to these peculiar 1931 railway bombings by Sylvestre Matushka. Here’s the story: In the 1930’s the most important “infrastructure” in Europe was the railway system.… The post 1931 Train Bomber – Pervert or Russian Agent? appeared first on Standing Well Back .