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- ! Improvised Munitions Handbook !
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- ! (Army Technical Manual TM 31-210) !
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- INTRODUCTION
- ------------
-
- "In Unconventional Warfare operations it may be impossible to use
- cnventional military munitions... It may be necessary instead to
- fbricate the required munitions froe locally available materials...
- Te purpose of this Manual is to increase the potential of Special
- Frces and querrilla troops by describing in detail the manufacture of
- mnitions from seemingly innocuous locally available materials."
-
- "Each item was evaluated both theoretically and experimentally to
- ae saftey and reliability... Saftey warnings are prominently
- iserted in the procedures where they apply but it is emphasized that
- SFTEY IS A MATTER OF ATTITUDE."
-
- --------------------------------------------------------------------
- SECTION I: EXPLOSIVES
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- LTIC EXPLOSIVE FILLER -- This explosive can be detonated with
- commercial #8 blasting cap.
-
- TRIALS:
- --------
- tassium Chlorate
- etroleum Jelly (Vaseline)
- ound stick or rolling pin
- ontainer for mixing ingredients
-
- REDURE:
- ---------
-
- pread Potassium Chlorate crystals on a hard surface. Roll round
- stick over crystals to crush into find powder until it looks
- roughly like wheat flower.
-
- )Place 9 parts powdered potassium chlorate and 1 part petroleum
- jelly in mixing container. Mix ingredients with hands (knead)
- until a uniform paste is obtained.
-
- o: Store in a waterproof container until ready to use.
-
- -------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- OSSIUM NITRATE -- Potassium nitrate can be extracted from many
- natural sources and can be used to make nitric
- acid, black powder, and other pyrotechnics.
-
- ARIALS:
- ---------
- trate bearing earth ( fertile soil containing decayed matter, dirt
- from burial grounds, etc..), about 3-1/2 gallons.
- ine wood ashes, about 1/2 cup
- ucket, 5 gallon or so
- pieces cloth larger than bottom of bucket
- allow pan at least as large as bottom of bucket
- hallow heat resistant container
- ater, 1-3/4 gallons
- wl or screwdriver
- gallon alcohol (rubbing alcohol is ok)
- eat source, Paper, Tape
-
- PCEDURE:
- ---------
-
- unch holes in bottom of bucket. Spread one piece of cloth over
- holes inside of bucket.
-
- )Place wood ashes on cloth and spread to make a layer about the
- thickness of the cloth. Place second piece of cloth on top of the
- ashes.
-
- )Place dirt in bucket.
-
- )Place bucket over shallow container. Bucket may be supported on
- sticks.
-
- )Boil water and pour it over dirt in bucket a little at a time.
- Allow water to run through holes in bucket into shallow container.
- Be sure water goes through ALL of the dirt. Allow drained liquid
- to cool and settle for 1 to 2 hours.
-
- )Drain liquid into heat resistant container. Discard any sludge in
- bottom of container.
-
- )Boil mixture over fire for at least 2 hours. Small grains of salt
- will begin to appear in the solution. Scoop these out as they
- form, using any type of improvised strainer (paper, etc.).
-
- )When liquid has boiled down to half its original volume, remove
- from fire and let sit. After half an hour add an equal volume of
- alcohol. When mixture is poured through paper, small white
- crystals (potassium nitrate) will collect on top of it.
-
- )To purify the potassium nitrate, re-desolve the dry crystals in
- the smallest possible amount of water. Remove any salt crystals
- that appear (step 7); pour through filter and evaporate or gently
- heat the concentrated solution to dryness.
-
- 0 Spread crystals on flat surface and allow to dry. The crystals
- are now ready for use.
-
- --------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- MOVISED BLACK POWDER -- Black powder can be made in a simple, safe
- manner. It can be used as blasting or gun
- powder.
-
- ARIALS:
- ---------
- tassium Nitrate, Granulated, 3 Cups (see above)
- ood charcoal, powdered, 2 cups
- ulfur, powdered, 1/2 cup
- lcohol, 5 pints (whiskey, rubbing alcohol, etc)
- ater, 3 cups
- eat source
- buckets, 2 gallons each, one of which is heat resistant
- lat window screening, 1 foot square
- arge wooden stick
- loth, 2 feet square
-
- REDURE:
- --------
-
- )Place alcohol in one of the buckets
-
- )Place potassium nitrate, charcoal, and sulfer in the heat
- resistant bucket. Add 1 cup water & mix thoroughly with stick
- until all ingredients are dissolved.
-
- )Add remaining water (2 cups) to mixture. Place bucket on heat
- source and stir until small bubbles begin to form.
-
- TN: Don't boil mixture. Be sure ALL mixture stays wet. If any is
- dry it may ignite!!
-
- )Remove bucket from heat and pour mixture into alcohol while
- stirring vigorously.
-
- )Let alcohol mixture stand about 5 minutes. Strain mixture through
- cloth to obtain black powder. Discard liquid. Wrap cloth around
- black powder and squeeze to remove all excess liquid.
-
- )Place screening over dry bucket. Place workable abount of damp
- powder on screen and qranulate by rubbing solid through screen.
-
- T If granulated particles appear to stick together and change
- shape, recombine entire bach of powder and repeat steps 5 & 6.
-
- )Spread granulated black powder on flat dry surface so that layer
- about 1/2 inch is formed. Allow to dry. Use radiator or direct
- sunlight. This should be dried as soon as possible, preferably
- in one hour. The longer the drying period, the less effective
- the black powder.
-
- AION: Remove from heat AS SOON AS granules are dry. Black powder
- is now ready for use.
-
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-
- IIC ACID -- Nitric acid is used in the preperation of many explo-
- sives, incendiary mixtures, and acid delay timers.
-
- ARIALS:
- ---------
- parts Potassium Nitrate, see above for improvised P.N.
- part CONCENTRATED sulfuric acid (from car battery)
- bottles or ceramic jugs, narrow necks are preferable
- rying pan
- eat source
- pe (paper, electrical, masking, ect..but not cellophane!)
- aper or rags
-
- PTANT: If sulfuric acid is obatined from car battery, concetrate
- it by boiling until white fumes appear. Don't inhale
- the fumes!!
-
- REDURE:
- ---------
-
- lace dry potassium nitrate in bottle or jug. Add sulfuric acid.
- Do not fill bottle more than 1/4 full. Mix until paste if formed.
-
- AION: Sulfuric acid will burn skin and destroy clothing. Fumes are
- also dangerous and shouldn't be inhaled.
-
- )Wrap paper or rags around the necks of two bottles. Securely tape
- necks of bottles together. Be sure bottles are flush against
- each other and that there are no air spaces.
-
- )Support bottles on rocks or cans so that the empty bottle is
- SLIGHTLY lower than the bottle containing paster so that the
- nitric acid that is formed in recieving bottle will not flow into
- other bottle.
-
- )Build fire in frying pan.
-
- )Gently heat bottle containing mixture by moving fire back and
- forth underneath the bottle. As red fumes appear periodically
- pour cool water over empty recieving bottle. Nitric acid will
- begin to form in the recieving bottle.
-
- AION: Don't overheat or wet bottle containing mixture or it may
- shatter. As an added precaution place the bottle to be
- heated in a can filled with sand or gravel. Heat the outer
- container to make nitric acid.
-
- )Continue above process until no more red fumes are formed. If
- the nitric acid formed in the recieving bottle is cloudy pour
- it into cleaned bottle and repeat steps 2-6.
-
- AION: Nitric acid should be kept away from all combustibles and
- should be kept in a sealed ceramic or glass container.
-
- --------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- EILIZER EXPLOSIVE -- An explosive can be made from fertilizer grade
- ammonium nitrate and either fuel or moter oil
- and gasoline.
-
- ARIALS:
- ---------
- monium nitrate (not less than 32% nitrigen)
- uel oil or gasoline and motor oil (1:1 ratio)
- wo flat boards
- ucket
- on or steel pipe
- lasting cap
- ooden rod, 1/4 inch diameter
- oon
-
- REDURE:
- ---------
-
- pread a handful of the ammonium nitrate on the large flat board
- and rub vigorously with the other board until the large particles
- are crushed into very fine powder that looks like flour (around
- 10 min.)
-
- )Mix one measure (cup, tablespoon, etc..) of fuel oil with 16
- measures of the finely ground ammonium nitrate in a dry bucket
- and stir with the wooden rod. If fuel oil isn't available, use
- one half measure gasoline and one half measure motor oil. Store
- in waterproof container untill ready to use.
-
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-
- AON TET EXPLOSIVE -- A moist explosive mixture cab be made from
- fine aluminum powder and carbon tetrachloride.
-
- ARIALS:
- ---------
- ne aluminum bronzing powder (from paint store)
- arbon Tetrachloride
- tirring rod, mixing container, measuring container (cup, tablespoon,
- %c..), storage container
-
- O: If you can't find carbon tet, look in your schools chemistry or
- biology rooms and "borrow" some.
-
- ODURE:
- --------
-
- Measure two parts aluminum powder to one part carbon tet liquid
- into mixing container, adding liquid to powder while stirring
- with the wooden rod.
-
- )Stir until the mixture becomes the consistency of honey syrup.
-
- AION: Fumes from the liquid are dangerous and should not be
- inhaled.
-
- )Store explosive in jar or other waterproof container until ready
- to use. The liquid in the mixture evaporates quickly when not
- confined.
-
- --------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- RLIZER AN-AL EXPLOSIVE -- A dry explosive mixture can be made from
- ammonium nitrate fertilizer and fine
- aluminum powder.
-
- ARIALS:
- ---------
- monium nitrate fertilizer (not less than 32% nitrogen)
- ine aluminum bronzing powder
- easuring container, mixing container, two flat boards, storage
- cntainer
-
- PCEDURE:
- --------
-
- )METHOD 1 - To obtain a low velocity explosive
-
- Use measuring container to measure four parts fertilizer to
- one part aluminum powder and pour into the mixing container.
- (ie. 4 cups fertilizer to 1 cup aluminum powder)
-
- Mix ingredients well with the wooden rod.
-
- )METHOD 2 - To obtain much higher velocity explosive
-
- Spread a handful at a time of fertilizer on the large flat
- board and rub vigorously with the other board until the
- large particles are crushed into very fine powder that looks
- like flour (10 minutes per handful.)
-
- O: Proceed with step B below as soon as possible since the powder
- may take moisture from the air and become spoiled.
-
- Follow steps A and B of method one (above.)
-
- )Store the explosive in a waterproof container.
-
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-
- IIC ACID / NITROBENZENE -- A simple explosive can be made from
- mononitrobenezene and nitric acid.
-
- ARIALS:
- ---------
- tric acid
- ononitrobenzene (also known as nitrobenzene)
- cid resistant measuring container and mixing rod
-
- RDURE:
- --------
-
- dd 1 volume (cup, quart, etc..) mononitrobenzene to 2 volumes
- nitric acid in a bottle or jar.
-
- )Mix ingredients well by stirring with acid resistant rod.
-
- AION: Nitric acid will burn and destroy clothing; don't inhale
- it's fumes.
-
- -------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- EULOSE / ACID EXPLOSIVE -- An acid type explosive can be made from
- nitric acid and white paper of cloth.
-
- ARIALS:
- ---------
- tric acid
- hite unprinted, unsized paper or clean white cotton cloth
- id resistant container, aluminum foil, protective gloves
-
- PCEDURE:
- ---------
-
- ut on gloves.
-
- )Spread out a layer of paper or cloth on aluminum foil and
- sprinkle with nitric acid until thouroughly soaked.
-
- )Place another layer of paper of cloth on top of the acid-soaked
- sheet and repeat step 2 above. Repeat as often as necessary.
-
- )Roll up the aluminum foil containing the acid-soaked sheets and
- insert the roll into acid resistant container.
-
- )Now use a blasting cap (put inside the can) to detonate the
- sheets.
-
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- SECTION II: INCENDIARY DEVICES
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- HICAL FIRE BOTTLE -- This incindiary bottle is self-igniting on
- target impact.
-
- MERIALS:
- ---------
- lfuric acid
- asoline
- tassium chlorate
- ugar
- ass bottle (1 quart), Rag or absorbent paper, string
-
- REDURE:
- ---------
-
- ulfuric acid must be concentrated!!! If battery acid or other
- dilute acid is used, concentrate it by boiling until dense white
- fumes are given off. Container used should be enamel-ware or
- oven glass.
-
- AION: Sulfuric acid will burn! Be carefull...
-
- )Remove acid from heat and allow to cool.
-
- )Pour gasoline into large bottle until it is approximately 2/3
- full.
-
- )Add concentrated sulphuric acid to gasoline slowly until the
- bottle is filled to within 1" to 2" from top. Place stopper on
- the bottle.
-
- )Wash outside of bottle thoroughly.
-
- UON: If this is not done the fire bottle may be dangerous to
- handle during use.
-
- )Wrap clean cloth around outside of bottle. Tie with string.
-
- )Dissolve 1/2 cup of potassium chlorate and 1/2 cup of sugar in
- one cup of boiling water.
-
- )Allow solution to cool, pour into a small bottle and cap tightly.
- The cooled solution should be approx. 2/3 crystals and 1/3 liquid.
- If there is more liquid than this, pour off excess before using.
-
- AION: Store this bottle seperatly from the other bottle.
-
- E:
- -----
-
- )Shake the small bottle to mix contents and pour onto the cloth
- around the large bottle.
-
- ole can be used wet of after solution has dried. However, when dry
- te sugar - potassium chlorate mixture is sensitive to spark or flame.
-
- )Throw or launch bottle. When bottle breaks against hard surface,
- the fuel will ignite.
-
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-
- EED FLAME FUELS -- The white of any egg can be used to gel gasoline
- for use as a flame fuel which will adhere to
- target surface.
-
- ERIALS:
- ---------
-
- r by
- vlume Ingredient
- ------- ----------
- 85 Gasoline
- 14 Egg white
-
- none of the following:
-
- 1 Table salt
- 2 Sugar
- 1 Epsom salt
- 1/2 Baking soda
-
- PCEDURE:
- ---------
-
- UON: Make sure that there are no open flames in the area when
- mixing flame fuels.
-
- )Seperate egg white from yolk. This can be done by breaking
- the egg into a dish and carefully removing the yolk with a spoon.
-
- T Do not get the yellow egg yolk mixed into the egg white.
-
- )Pour egg white into jar and add gasoline.
-
- )Add salt (or other additive) to the mixture and stir occasionally
- until gel forms (5-10 minutes).
-
- aline is now gelled and can be used in a fire bottle (above). It
- wll n
- ADDENDUM FROM THE MAGNETIC MEDIUM---
- SORRY ABOUT THE CUTOFF OF THE RIGHT
- MARGIN, BUT MY TERMINAL PROGRAM JUST
- WON'T DELAY RIGHT. ANYWAY, THE ONLY
- RECIPIES AFFECBTED ARE POTASSIUM
- NITRATE WHICH SHOULD SAY:
- WHOOPS, NO THAT'S NITRIC ACID THAT
- SHOULD SAY:
- 2 PARTS KNO3
- 1 PART CONCENTRATED H2SO4
- 2 BOTTLES
- ETC.
- ALSO, GELLED FLAME FUELS SHOULD READ:
- PARTS BY VOLUME
- 85 GAS
- 14 EGG WHITE
- ANY ONE OF THE FOLLOWING:
- 1 TABLE SUGAR
- ^THAT SHOULD BE 2
- 1 TAVB BLE SALT
- 1 EPSOM SALT
- 1-1/2 BAKING SODA
- HAVE FUN, I KNIOW I DID. I MADE ABOUT
- 5 OF THE THINGS AND THE WERE ALL GOOD.
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