The following U.S. military report describing the German hollow-charge demolition device was originally published in Tactical and Technical Trends, No. 18, Feb. 11, 1943. [DISCLAIMER: The following text is taken from the U.S. War Department publication Tactical and Technical Trends. As with all wartime intelligence information, data may be incomplete or inaccurate. No attempt has been made to update or correct the text. Any views or opinions expressed do not necessarily represent those of the website.]

GERMAN HOLLOW DEMOLITION CHARGE Specimens of a new type of demolition charge (see accompanying sketch) have been captured in the Middle East. It is designed to perforate steel cupolas in fortifications. While generally similar to the "bell" demolition charge described in Tactical and Technical Trends, No. 3, p. 22, an important difference is that this charge has three folding legs; these are provided to support the charge at a certain distance from the armor to be perforated. The weight of the charge is approximately 30 pounds. It does not appear that these charges are normally carried by divisional engineers; they are probably held in reserve and issued for special tasks. German Hollow Demolition Charge

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