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What explosive used in the MK-III Fatman atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki is a predecessor of modern C-4 plastic explosive?
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The High VoD explosive was Composition B, which is a combination of TNT and RDX. C-4 is RDX mixed with a plasticizer.
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The 2 explosives in MK-III were Composition B (fast) and Baratol (slow) a Navy explosive with Barium Nitrate. This can be checked in SoA Volume 8.
Composition A and Composition B are RDX, TNT, and wax based high explosives developed in the 1920s and 1930s. Composition C is an RDX, TNT, stabilizer, and plasticizer based high explosive developed in the 1950s. Modern C-4 is the 4th revision of Composition C - based on Composition B - based on Composition A. C-4's full name is Composition C-4.
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