{"product_id":"british-blacker-bombard-spigot-mortar-bolt-action","title":"British Blacker Bombard Spigot Mortar - Bolt Action","description":"\u003cp\u003eMetal                                                                                                                     CBWL-2\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLieutenant Colonel Stewart Blacker was a retired Indian Army officer who dabbled in weapon research, especially in attempts to create an anti-tank weapon based around the spigot mortar concept: a barrel-less device that uses a steel rod – the spigot – to ignite a charge propelling a bomb into the air.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe War Office was unresponsive to Blacker’s approaches until a demonstration of the weapon ignited Winston Churchill’s ‘boy’s own’ love of the dramatic. The mortar was mounted on a concrete pedestal or substantial cruciform platform so was immobile.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn unpopular device as an artillery weapon for obvious reasons, the Blacker Bombard nevertheless served as the template for the Royal Navy’s hugely successful forward-firing ‘hedgehog’ submarine killer, which had a success rate ten times greater than depth charge attacks.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eModels supplied unassembled and unpainted\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Warlord","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41476228612269,"sku":"","price":37.69,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0610\/1912\/7981\/products\/spigotmortr.jpg?v=1649440713","url":"https:\/\/mantisgamestudio.com\/products\/british-blacker-bombard-spigot-mortar-bolt-action","provider":"MantisGamingStudios","version":"1.0","type":"link"}