Matches in DBpedia 2015-10 for { ?s ?p "Barrack buster is the colloquial name given to several improvised mortars, developed in the 1990s by the engineering group of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA).The first barrack buster—known to the British security forces as the Mark 15 mortar—fired a 1 metre (3 ft 3 in) long metal propane cylinder with a diameter of 36 centimetres (14 in) that contained around 75 kilograms (165 lb) of home-made explosives and with a range of 75 to 275 metres (246 to 902 ft). The cylinder is an adaptation of a commercial 'Kosangas' gas cylinder, for heating and cooking gas, used in rural areas in Ireland.It was first used in an attack on 7 December 1992 against a security base in Ballygawley, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, injuring a number of Royal Ulster Constabulary officers. The projectile was deflected by the branches of a tree, which prevented further damage."@en }
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- Barrack_buster abstract "Barrack buster is the colloquial name given to several improvised mortars, developed in the 1990s by the engineering group of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA).The first barrack buster—known to the British security forces as the Mark 15 mortar—fired a 1 metre (3 ft 3 in) long metal propane cylinder with a diameter of 36 centimetres (14 in) that contained around 75 kilograms (165 lb) of home-made explosives and with a range of 75 to 275 metres (246 to 902 ft). The cylinder is an adaptation of a commercial 'Kosangas' gas cylinder, for heating and cooking gas, used in rural areas in Ireland.It was first used in an attack on 7 December 1992 against a security base in Ballygawley, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, injuring a number of Royal Ulster Constabulary officers. The projectile was deflected by the branches of a tree, which prevented further damage.".