Talk:Mouse-holing

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Method of Mouse Holing[edit]

Changed example of how to create a mouse hole in the original article. This is the explanation.

Someone originally used an example of using a bazooka to create the mouse hole. Mouse holes are created usually from within a room or other enclosed area to a room or other enclosed area, either in the same building/residence/business or to another immediately joining. A bazooka (a form of man packable rocket launcher or recoilless rifle) being fired creates significant back blast (a *very* high temperature and pressure wave to the rear of the weapon) and a large explosion when the projectile contacts the target. Both of which would likely kill the bazooka operator in an enclosed space. Mouse holes were usually made by digging when covert action was required, and by smaller, man portable explosive charges when in battle (and covert action was pointless). A charge could be set and the person setting it could get clear while it exploded.

Bazookas and other similar weapons were and are sometimes the preferred method to create openings to enter buildings when house clearing. This allows the attackers to blast a hole in an external wall and avoid potential booby traps that can be set by defenders at obvious entry points like doors and windows. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Theshowmecanuck (talk • contribs) 22:10, 28 February 2007 (UTC). - Forgot to add my signature to this entry - Theshowmecanuck 22:12, 28 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

See Urban warfare#Battle of Berlin (source Beevor, Antony. Berlin: The Downfall 1945, Penguin Books, 2002, ISBN 0-670-88695-5 pp. 316-319). Beevor notes that the Soviets found captured/disgaded German panzerfausts (with their shaped chages) very effective for this job because when the Soviets used sledghammers to make a hole, a German defender was likely to drop a grenade through the hole as soon as it was made killing the man with the sledgehammer. --Philip Baird Shearer 11:52, 27 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Historical Examples[edit]

The article needs a discussion of historical examples of the technique, such as the Battle of Monterey, 1846. 173.16.252.154 (talk) 23:45, 28 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The first recorded use of this tactic was the Battle of Bexar (San Antonio, TX). The Texans dug thru the walls from room to room, and defeated the Mexicans. I'll look around for the documentation. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.67.104.4 (talk) 14:35, 28 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I seem to remember reading of mouse-holing in the 2nd battle of St. Albans - Lancastrian troops used the tactic to outflank Yorkist archers — Preceding unsigned comment added by Zawadzki (talk • contribs) 13:04, 13 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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