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Improvised Munitions Handbook - cover

Improvised Munitions Handbook

U.S. Department of Defense

Publisher: e-artnow

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This manual provides detailed explanation of manufacturing munitions from seemingly innocuous locally available materials. As an official army manual, it was primarily intended to increase the potential of Special Forces and guerrilla troops, however, "Improvised Munitions Handbook" represents perfect reading for all arms enthusiasts, as well as civilians considering their safety. This edition offers simple instructions, enriched with a large number of illustrations, on various techniques for constructing many different weapons and devices made of materials that can be bought in a drug or hardware store or found in a junkyard. The instructions are presented in a way that even people normally not familiar with making and handling munitions can use them. Table of Contents: Explosives and Propellants  Plastic Explosive Filler Improvised Black Powder  Carbone Tet- Explosive Methyl Nitrate Dynamite  Urea Nitrate Explosive Sodium Chlorate and Sugar or Aluminum Explosive…   Mines and Grenades Nail Grenade Wine Bottle Cone Charge  Coke Bottle Shaped Charge… Small Arms Weapons and Ammunitions  Pipe Pistol for 9 mm Ammunition  Shotgun (12 gauge) Carbine (7.62 mm Standard Rifle Ammunition) Rifle Cartridge…  Mortars and Rockets  Shotgun Grenade Launcher Fire Bottle Launcher 60 mm Mortar Projectile Launcher… Incendiary Devices Chemical Fire Bottle Gelled Flame Fuels Improvised White Flare Improvised White Smoke Munitions… Fuses, Detonators & Delay Mechanisms  Electric Bulb Initiator  Fuse Igniter from Book Matches  Delay Igniter from Cigarette  Watch Delay Timer Can-Liquid Time Delay Detonator… Miscellaneous  Mousetrap Switch  Knife Switch  Rope Grenade Launching Technique  Bicycle Generator Power Source  Improvised Battery Armor Materials…    Primary High Explosives  Secondary High Explosives
Available since: 12/13/2023.
Print length: 95 pages.

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