Missile clamp

British soldier attaches a rocket clamp to the detonator of an aerial bomb during an exercise

A rocket clamp is a pyrotechnically powered screwdriver . The detonator of a dud can be unscrewed with the rocket clamp .

The bomb disposal mounted missile terminal to the detonator with the provided clamp . There is a tube on the left and right of the axis of rotation on this clamp, each of which is filled with a pyrotechnic cartridge . The propellant charge outlets of the cartridges are arranged in such a way that when ignited - which is wired from a safe distance - the cartridge recoil suddenly causes the rocket clamp to rotate very quickly, and so unscrews the detonator with it so that the explosive charge of the bomb no longer detonates can.

The quick removal of the detonator with high rotation speed is just with old, z. B. World War Bombs attached because the firing pin is preloaded with long-term detonators and triggering is prevented only by plastic disks in the detonator. These can age and become brittle over the course of decades, so that old bombs can explode even with the slightest vibration.

Rocket clips were used by various warring factions as early as World War II .

Web links

Commons : Rocket Clamps - collection of images, videos, and audio files

EOD Handle Explosives on YouTube , use of rocket clips

Individual evidence

↑ The World War II bomb in Düsseldorf was defused at 6.48 p.m. In: nrz.de. March 7, 2014, accessed March 3, 2017 .
↑ VideoDu.de: Duisburg, bomb defused with treacherous detonator. March 16, 2011, accessed July 7, 2019 .
↑ Chris Ransted: Disarming Hitler's V Weapons . Bomb Disposal, the V1 and V2 rockets. Pen and Sword, Barnsley, South Yorkshire 2013, ISBN 978-1-4738-2967-1 , pp. 176 (English, limited preview in Google Book Search).

[1] The World War II bomb in Düsseldorf was defused at 6.48 p.m. In: nrz.de. March 7, 2014, accessed March 3, 2017 .

[2] VideoDu.de: Duisburg, bomb defused with treacherous detonator. March 16, 2011, accessed July 7, 2019 .

[3] Chris Ransted: Disarming Hitler's V Weapons . Bomb Disposal, the V1 and V2 rockets. Pen and Sword, Barnsley, South Yorkshire 2013, ISBN 978-1-4738-2967-1 , pp. 176 (English, limited preview in Google Book Search).