Phizzbang

• by cq7t

  Hello. Does anyone know what a phizzbang is (the whole sentence goes ""Phizzbang" occasionally active.")? Google search doesn't give any relevant info. Thanks.

  Posted August 17, 2017 2:58 PM

• by marie.eklidvirginmedia.com

  Maybe another name for Whizzbangs - High Velocity Shell.

  • "whizz" noise of a travelling shell before the "bang" issued by the gun itself. Whizz bangs consequently much feared since the net result was that defending infantrymen were given virtually no warning of incoming high-velocity artillery fire as they were from enemy howitzers.

  A useful link for Trench Slang: http://www.wakefieldfhs.org.uk/War Slang.htm

  Posted August 17, 2017 3:18 PM

• by cq7t

  Wow, you're super fast! Thank you.

  Posted August 17, 2017 3:21 PM

• by cyngast moderator

  I agree it is probably the shell commonly called the Whizbang. (I've usually seen it with just one z.)

  Posted August 17, 2017 4:29 PM