Fougasse (weapon)
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For other uses, see Fougasse (disambiguation).
A fougasse (UK: /fuːˈɡæs/, US: /fuːˈɡɑːs/) is an improvised mortar constructed by making a hollow in the ground or rock and filling it with explosives (originally, black powder) and projectiles. The fougasse was used by Samuel Zimmermann at Augsburg[2] in the sixteenth century, referred to by Vauban in the seventeenth century, and well known to military engineers by the mid-eighteenth century. This technique was used in several European wars, the American Revolution, and the American Civil War. The term is still used to describe such devices.