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An explosive charge would then ignite the incendiary material, often starting a raging fire. The fire would burn at extreme temperatures that could destroy most buildings made of wood or other combustible materials (buildings constructed of stone tend to resist incendiary destruction unless they are first blown open by high explosives).
Hellfire II's semi-active laser variants—AGM-114K high-explosive anti-tank (HEAT), AGM-114KII with external blast fragmentation sleeve, AGM-114M (blast fragmentation), and AGM-114N metal augmented charge (MAC)—achieve pinpoint accuracy by homing in on a reflected laser beam aimed at the target.
The weapons, vehicles and equipment used in the Russo-Ukrainian War, from 2014 to the present include the following.The war involves the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the Armed Forces of Russia, the Korean People's Army, and a number of national guard and volunteer groups.
Sidney Christopher Alford OBE (11 January 1935 – 27 January 2021 [1]) was an inventor, explosives engineer and a doctor of chemistry. Dr Alford was the Chairman of Alford Technologies Limited, [2] a world-leading provider of explosive engineering and explosive charge technology, that he founded in 1985.
Enhanced capacity, increased anti-armor performance, 315 grams PBXW-11 explosive 66 KES 12 (Finland) M72 ASM RC Reduced-caliber 45 mm (1.8 in) anti-structure rocket, 0.4 kg (0.88 lb) DPX-6 explosive 66 KES 12 RAK (Finland) M247 [50] 70 mm (2.75 in) rocket warhead using M72A2 warhead components, 910 g (2.0 lb) composition B explosive M247
Demonstration of a German Stielhandgranate (shaft hand grenade), a high explosive grenade with time fuze, Netherlands, 1946 US Army soldier throwing a dummy M67 grenade in training, 2022 A grenade is a small explosive weapon typically thrown by hand (also called hand grenade ), but can also refer to a shell (explosive projectile ) shot from the ...
Blast from a US Navy fuel–air explosive used against a decommissioned ship, USS McNulty, 1972 A thermobaric weapon, also called an aerosol bomb, or a vacuum bomb, [1] is a type of explosive munition that works by dispersing an aerosol cloud of gas, liquid or powdered explosive.
To make all this material, the factory made the mercury fulminate, lead nitride and other high explosive and fulminant powders. [22] Inside the factory it was completely equipped with material made in Catalonia, had 513 workers in October 1937 and was divided into 13 sections: [23] Manufacture of mercury fulminant. Manufacture of fulminant powders.