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Improvised Munitions Handbook – Learn How to Make Explosive Devices & Weapons from Scratch (Warfare Skills Series) - Illustrated & With Clear Instructions - cover

Improvised Munitions Handbook – Learn How to Make Explosive Devices & Weapons from Scratch (Warfare Skills Series) - Illustrated & With Clear Instructions

Defense U.S. Department of

Publisher: Madison & Adams Press

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Summary

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: 05/29/2017.

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