| [ Explosives section ] | ||
| Title: | Author or Publication Code Number: | Summary description: |
| A-Files, The PDF (1.38 mb) |
by: Zero | An Illustrated Handbook on the Art and Science of Things that Go Boom. Or: The Big Book of Bad Ideas. For academic study only. |
| ANNM (Ammonium Nitrate and Nitro Methane) Explosives PDF (253 kb) |
by: (Author Unknown) | With pictures. For academic study only. |
| Antipersonnel Mine M18A1 and M18 Claymore PDF (967 kb) |
FM 23-23 | This U.S. Military Field Manual describes the functioning, installation, and tactical employment of the Claymore antipersonnel mine. For academic study only. |
| Arson Around with Auntie ALF PDF (1.92 mb) |
by: ALF | Manual on incendiaries and arson. For academic study only. |
| Ballistic Missile Primer PDF (83.8 kb) |
by: Steve Fetter | A paper about ballistic missiles. For academic study only. |
| Black Book Companion: State of the Art Improvised Munitions PDF (3.31 mb) |
by: Paladin Press | Black book Companion is a further study into the dark art of improvised explosives and munitions first explored in the original volumes. Lists of materials and sources, step-by-step instructions and clear illustrations on making dynamite, RDX, PETN, Semtex, canister and smoke grenades, shotshell antipersonnel mines and many more weapons and materials for unconventional warfare situations. Also included is a glossary of chemical terms, a list of optimal primary and secondary explosives and amendments to selected formulas in the original Black Books. Warning: The procedures in this manual and the inherent toxicity of the materials are extremely dangerous. This volume is for academic use only. |
| Blaster's Training Manual PDF (1.26 mb) |
by: R.K. House | Removed at Author's Request. For farmers, ranchers, prospectors, engineers, and small construction contractors. A completely illustrated manual dealing with responsible, safe, and effective use of explosives. At the end of this manual, you will be able to determine the position and force of explosion required and select, assemble, plant, and detonate -- electronically and non-electronically -- charges of industrial explosives safely and according to the law. |
| Boobytraps PDF (3.53 mb) |
FM 5-31 | This Vietnam-era U.S. Military field manual contains procedures, techniques, and expedients for the instruction of the soldier in the assembly, use, detection, and removal of boobytraps in combat. Exerpted from "The Poor Man's James Bond" Vol. 3 by Kurt Saxon. For academic study only. |
| Bomb Detection Strategies HTML (6.62 kb) |
by: Mike Ellenbogen | Article. |
| CIA Field Expedient Methods for Explosives Preparations PDF (1.72 mb) |
by: Desert Publications | For academic study only. |
| CIA Improvised Sabotage Devices PDF (3.30 mb) |
by: Desert Publications | Now available, much of the improvisation know-how never before printed. This information has remained in the minds or files of individuals. Chapters on detonators, steel cutting techniques, counter force charges, ambush charges, dust and vapor explosions, and more. For academic study only. |
| CIA Remote Detonation Handbook PDF (1.51 mb) |
by: (Author Unknown) | For academic study only. |
| Composite Rocket Fuels PDF (96.8 kb) |
by: Kilroy | . |
| Complete System of Pyrotechny PDF (3.54 mb) |
by: (Author Unknown) | Or, The Art of Making Fire Works. Originally Published in 1829. For academic study only. |
| Deadly Brew zipped DOC (8.06 kb) |
by: Seymour Lecker | Advanced Improvised Explosives. Seymour Lecker covers how to construct explosive devices, which provide detonation through an immediate mixture of two separate ingredients: a simple acid and a common industrial chemical. Fifty such chemicals are descried, as are two detonating acids, five explosive device designs and a reference guide to other books. For academic study only. |
| Explosives and Demolitions PDF (7.77 mb) |
FM 5-250 | This U.S. Military Field Manual provides technical information on military explosives and their most frequent applications. Focusing mainly on countermobility operations, this manual provides a basic theory of explosives, their characteristics and common uses, formulas for calculating various types of charges, and standard methods of priming and placing these charges. For academic study only. |
| Explosives and Propellants from Commonly Available Materials PDF (1.96 mb) |
by: Desert Publications | For academic study only. |
| Explosives Detection Systems, part 1 PDF (346 kb) |
NIJ Guide 100-99 | National Institute of Justice Guide to the Selection of for Law Enforcement Applications |
| Explosives Detection Systems, part 2 PDF (484 kb) |
NIJ Guide 100-99 | National Institute of Justice Guide to the Selection of for Law Enforcement Applications |
| Explosives Detection Technologies and Equipment PDF (412 kb) |
NCJ 171133 | National Institute of Justice Survey of Commercially Available Equipment |
| Field Expedient Methods for Explosives Preparation zipped DOC (7.05 kb) |
by: Desert Publications | This book covers the preparation of explosives from the most common and accessible items. Included are complete step-by-step procedures on how to make such things as picric acid from aspirin. For academic study only. |
| Field Manufactured Explosives PDF (3.44 mb) |
by: William Wallace(?) | No cover. This may be The Revised Black Book. For academic study only. |
| Fireworks & Explosives Like Granddad Used to Make PDF (4.47 mb) |
by: (Author Unknown) | From "The Poor Man's James Bond" by Kurt Saxon. |
| Grenades and Pyrotechnic Signals PDF (1.89 mb) |
FM 23-30 | This U.S. Military Field Manual provides a reference for the identification and capabilities of various hand grenades and pyrotechnic signals. It also provides a guide for the proper handling and throwing of hand grenades, suggests methods and techniques for the tactical employment of hand grenades, and provides a guide for commanders conducting hand grenade training. For academic study only. |
| Guide to Amateur Rocketry PDF (1.06 mb) |
by: U.S. Army Field Artillery School | For academic study only. |
| Guide to Homemade Detonators PDF (5.44 mb) |
by: Ragnar Benson | For academic study only. |
| Home and Recreational Use of High Explosives and Homemade C-4 zipped DOC (45.8 kb) |
by: Ragnar Benson | For academic study only. |
| Home Workshop Explosives zipped DOC (156 kb) |
by: Uncle Fester | This is a guide to making demolition-strength explosives. It contains detailed, illustrated instructions for fairly simple procedures using readily available materials and supplies. The explosives in this book are not the weak kind used in rock quarries. Rather, they are powerful mixtures with dramatic explosive properties. Explosives covered are: Nitroglycerin; Nitroglycol; Nitromannitol; PETN; RDX (cyclonite). Also included is a chapter on detonation systems, and detailed safety instructions. For academic study only. |
| Improvised Explosives: How to Make Your Own zipped DOC (187 kb) |
by: Seymour Lecker | From a former top explosives expert with the Israeli army, here are ten simple but powerful formulas for explosives and incendiaries that give you the basis to construct actual bombs, booby traps and mines. Learn how to obtain or make all the necessary chemicals or acceptable substitutes. Various fuses, detonators and chemical and electrical timers are covered, as are pipe bombs, plastic bottle bombs, jerry can bombs and tamperproof bombs. For academic study only. |
| Improvised Kitchen (Nearly Complete) PDF (254 kb) |
by: Tim Lewis | Compendium of Kitchen Improvised Plastic Explosives I and II, and Kitchen Improvised Blasting Caps. For academic study only. |
| Improvised Munitions from Ammonium Nitrate PDF (651 kb) |
by: Desert Publications | For academic study only. |
| Improvised Munitions Handbook PDF (7.88 mb) |
TM 31-210 | U.S. Military Technical Manual. For academic study only. |
| Improvised Primary Explosives PDF (79.9 kb) |
by: Dirk Goldmann | For academic study only. |
| Improvised Rockets PDF (309 kb) |
by: (Author Unknown) | For academic study only. |
| Improvised Shaped Charges PDF (1.02 mb) |
by: Desert Publications | For academic study only. |
| IRA Explosives Handbook PDF (879 kb) |
by: Jack McPherson | For academic study only. |
| LAW 66mm PDF (475 kb) |
TM 9-1340-214-10 | U.S. Military Technical Manual for the M72A1, M72A2, M72A3, and M190 Light Anti-Tank Weapon Systems. |
| Light Anti-armor Weapons PDF (2.01 mb) |
FM 23-25 | This U.S. Military Field Manual provides technical information, training techniques, and combat techniques of light antiarmor weapons. |
| M67 90mm Recoilless Rifle PDF (1.48 mb) |
FM 23-11 | This U.S. Military Field Manual provides information for training personnel to operate the 90mm recoilless rifle, M67. It includes mechanical training, fire control instruments, spare parts and equipment, maintenance, ammunition and fuzes, crew drill, marksmanship, technique of fire, and advice to instructors concerning the weapon. |
| M203 40mm Grenade Launcher PDF (1.75 mb) |
FM 23-31 | This U.S. Military Field Manual provides technical information, training techniques, and combat techniques of the M203 grenade launcher. |
| M203 40mm Grenade Launcher Operator's Manual PDF (716 kb) |
TM 9-1010-221-10 | U.S. Military Technical Manual. |
| Mine/Countermine Operations PDF (17.5 mb) |
FM 20-32 | U.S. Military Field Manual, with change 1.3. For academic study only. |
| MK19, 40mm Grenade Machine Gun, Mod. 3 PDF (3.72 mb) |
FM 23-27 | This U.S. Military Field Manual contains a description of system features, engagement techniques, preliminary gunnery, gunnery skills test, gunnery tables, and qualification. |
| Mortar Gunnery PDFs (4.20 mb) |
FM 23-91 | This U.S. Military Field Manual provides guidance on the employment of the 60mm (M224 and M19) mortars, 81mm (M252 and M29A1) mortars, 4.2-inch (M30) mortar, and 120mm (M120) mortars. It discusses the practical applications of ballistics and a system combining the principals, techniques, and procedures essential to the delivery of timely and accurate mortar fire. |
| Mortars PDF (2.68 mb) |
FM 23-90 | U.S. Military Field Manual. |
| Mortars, Tactical Employment of. (zipped PDFs) (4.84 mb) |
FM 7-90 | U.S. Military Field Manual. |
| Non-Traditional Explosives: Potential Detection Problems PDF (1.60 mb) |
by: Jimmie C. Oxley | For academic study only. |
| PETN PDF (171 kb) |
by: Phokion Naoum | Exerpt from "Nitroglycerine and Nitroglycerine Explosives". For academic study only. |
| Pressure Conversion Chart PDF (28.0 kb) |
by: Joyal Products, Inc | . |
| Rocket Assisted Ammunition Technology for 120mm Mortars PDF (1.44 mb) |
by: TDA | PDF of a concept presentation slide show. |
| Rocket: Internal Ballistic Principles PDF (4.37 mb) |
by: Fernando Stancato | A technical paper on experimental rockets. |
| Rockets: A Brief History PDF (351 kb) |
by: (Author Unknown) | Exerpt from "Rockets: A Teacher's Guide with Activities in Science, Mathematics, and Technology", EG-108 February 1996 |
| Rockets: Principles PDF (91.7 kb) |
by: (Author Unknown) | Exerpt from "Rockets: A Teacher's Guide with Activities in Science, Mathematics, and Technology", EG-108 February 1996 |
| Rockets: Practical Rocketry PDF (183 kb) |
by: (Author Unknown) | Exerpt from "Rockets: A Teacher's Guide with Activities in Science, Mathematics, and Technology", EG-108 February 1996 |
| Setting Fires with Electrical Timers PDF (17.2 mb) |
by: Earth Liberation Front | Arson guide written by one of the most active domestic terrorist organizations in the United States. For academic study only. |
| Stinger Air Defense Artillery Employment PDF (2.88 mb) |
FM 44-18 | This U.S. Military Field Manual shows - in the setting of the modern battlefield - how Stinger will be employed, and describes how the Stinger platoon and section fight. In doing so, it discusses employment of supporting Stinger teams. For academic study only. |
| Stinger Team Operations PDF (4.53 mb) |
FM 44-18-1 | This U.S. Military Field Manual focuses on the techniques and procedures used by the Stinger team to engage and destroy hostile targets. It describes the Stinger system and tells how to use the weapon to shoot down aircraft, describes how the team operates in combat, and discusses the means and methods of training soldiers to operate the system. For academic study only. |
| TOW Weapon System PDF (4.67 mb) |
FM 23-34 | This U.S. Military Field Manual discusses the many changes in the TOW missile, TOW training, and OPFOR armored vehicles and countermeasures. It includes training information on the M220A1 (basic) and M220A2 tube-launched, optically tracked, wire-guided (TOW) weapon systems and carriers (M966/M901 -series). |
| Two-Component High Explosive Mixtures PDF (1.41 mb) |
by: Desert Publications | Two-component compound explosives, Nitromethane liquid and solid explosives, and Astrolite liquid explosives. For academic study only. |
| Typical Foreign Unconventional Warfare Weapons PDF (7.89 mb) |
FSTC 381-4012 | Vietnam-era US Military manual on improvised and unconventional weapons in common use at the time. For academic study only. |
| Unconventional Warfare Devices and Techniques: Incendiaries PDF (4.26 mb) |
TM 31-201-1 | This Vietnam-era U.S. Military Field Manual covers all aspects of incendiary systems. It describes useful initiators, igniters, incendiary materials, delay mechanisms, and spontaneous combustion devices designed for direct use in sabotage and unconventional warfare. Exerpted from "The Poor Man's James Bond" Vol. 3 by Kurt Saxon. For academic study only. |
| Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) Procedures PDF (7.47 mb) |
FM 21-16 | U.S. Military Field Manual |
| Viet Cong Boobytraps PDF (1.04 mb) |
Pamphlet 381-11 | This Vietnam-era U.S. Military Pamphlet on unconventional boobytraps that were in common use by Viet Cong guerillas. Exerpted from "The Poor Man's James Bond" Vol. 4 by Kurt Saxon. For academic study only. |
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