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[Subdeacon Joe]

 

I don't think she got them for the ones in her trunk.

 

 

 

 

[Alpo]

I followed that back to you tube, to see if it was in fact a clip from the rookie. And then I read a lot of the comments - there's 110 and I didn't read that many, but I read a bunch.

 

It's amazing how many people know facts about things, but they all don't seem to know the same fact.

 

Somebody was upset that Nathan said that claymore was unstable. Because it is made from c4, and c4 is so stable it's not even funny. It's almost impossible to explode it unless you have the actual stuff designed to do so. It won't explode by burning or hitting it with a hammer ---- wait a minute now. I've read many times about people opening the mine and taking a little pinch of c4 out to use to make a fire to heat up their rations. That's supposedly works real well. And then they would stomp the fire out. And stomping on it would cause it to explode and blow their foot off.

 

So on the one hand we have the guy saying that it cannot explode from heat or percussion, and then on the other hand have all those stories about GIs stomping out burning c4 and blowing themselves up.

 

Hmmm.

[Blackwater 53393]

14 minutes ago, Alpo said:

I followed that back to you tube, to see if it was in fact a clip from the rookie. And then I read a lot of the comments - there's 110 and I didn't read that many, but I read a bunch.

 

It's amazing how many people know facts about things, but they all don't seem to know the same fact.

 

Somebody was upset that Nathan said that claymore was unstable. Because it is made from c4, and c4 is so stable it's not even funny. It's almost impossible to explode it unless you have the actual stuff designed to do so. It won't explode by burning or hitting it with a hammer ---- wait a minute now. I've read many times about people opening the mine and taking a little pinch of c4 out to use to make a fire to heat up their rations. That's supposedly works real well. And then they would stomp the fire out. And stomping on it would cause it to explode and blow their foot off.

 

So on the one hand we have the guy saying that it cannot explode from heat or percussion, and then on the other hand have all those stories about GIs stomping out burning c4 and blowing themselves up.

 

Hmmm.

At that point, you have combined heat with concussion.  Perhaps at that point, all bets are off??

[Eyesa Horg]

23 minutes ago, Blackwater 53393 said:

At that point, you have combined heat with concussion.  Perhaps at that point, all bets are off??

And apparently ones foot 

[Subdeacon Joe]

1 hour ago, Alpo said:

And then they would stomp the fire out. And stomping on it would cause it to explode and blow their foot off.

 

Sort of like smokeless powder.  Dump some out, maybe a tablespoon  full, onto a flat surface,  put a flame to it and it just takes its time and gently burns until it's consumed.  

 

Put that same amount into something that partially encloses it, say a 1 inch pipe end cap, run a fuse into it and light it off and it's a LOT more energetic.   Quite vigorous,  in fact. 

[Alpo]

Someone also said, in the comments, that Vietnam Troopers would take a chunk out and chew it like gum. That current claymores have stamped on the back - DO NOT EAT.

 

I know on the front it says FRONT TOWARD ENEMY, but DO NOT EAT?? Are our soldiers really that stupid?

[Sedalia Dave]

4 hours ago, Alpo said:

I followed that back to you tube, to see if it was in fact a clip from the rookie. And then I read a lot of the comments - there's 110 and I didn't read that many, but I read a bunch.

 

It's amazing how many people know facts about things, but they all don't seem to know the same fact.

 

Somebody was upset that Nathan said that claymore was unstable. Because it is made from c4, and c4 is so stable it's not even funny. It's almost impossible to explode it unless you have the actual stuff designed to do so. It won't explode by burning or hitting it with a hammer ---- wait a minute now. I've read many times about people opening the mine and taking a little pinch of c4 out to use to make a fire to heat up their rations. That's supposedly works real well. And then they would stomp the fire out. And stomping on it would cause it to explode and blow their foot off.

 

So on the one hand we have the guy saying that it cannot explode from heat or percussion, and then on the other hand have all those stories about GIs stomping out burning c4 and blowing themselves up.

 

Hmmm.

 

 

C4 is so stable that you can shoot a block of it with a high powered rifle and it will not detonate. C4 will only detonate when exposed to a shockwave from a blasting cap or Det Cord.

 

Myth Busters tried several scenarios to detonate burning C4 and all failed to do so. The danger of stomping on burning C4 is that it burns at about 1000 F. Stomping on it could cause you to burn a hole in your boot.