Camouflet

As camouflet ( fr. camouflet ) is an underground explosion is defined in which no soil hopper arises, but a closed cavity with gas and smoke.

Etymology

Camouflet derives from the French term chault Moufflet ( ≈ hot villain ), and is in Émile Littré Dictionnaire de la langue française referred to as " dense smoke that someone inhales, which one holds a maliciously inflamed roll of paper under his nose "

Application

The underground explosions were triggered by the Contra explosive Masters at fortress sieges in the destruction of underground tunnels, which had been created by their opponents under bastions, curtains and other Fortifikationsbauten. The impacts of artillery shells, mines or aerial bombs were later called camouflet who invaded deep into the soil without forming a crater. In mining the Camoufletexplosionen be triggered to prevent rock bursts.