I found the paragraph below on the BBC - WW2 Peoples War site in the recollection of a Sapper in 982 CW Coy RE. At the end of our training the Company was despatched to Porlock ,in Somerset, to carry out practical training on Brendon Common, between Porlock and Lynton. Our first introduction to the Common was to march up Porlock Hill in Battle Order just for fun. The equipment to be used consisted of a light metal trough about six inches wide and eight feet long with a pair of adjustable legs at one end. These were called crickets as, in outline, they resembled the insect of that name. We placed a twenty five pound R.A.F. bomb on the trough which was to be fired by a battery and wire connection to a switch arrangement so that they could be fired individually or in a line of twelve. The propulsion was eleven sticks of cordite inserted in one end of the bomb so that it was converted into a rocket. For the safety of the operator a hastily dug shallow trench was dug for the operator to lie in. From memory, the Company had sixteen teams to fire twelve bombs each so that 192 could be fired at once. The range of up to about four miles was adjusted by altering the angle of the legs on the crickets. On impact the war head on the bomb would explode and release the gas inside. My knowledge of weapons is limited - can anyone please tell me the official name of this contraption. Thanks
