In 1875 Alfred Nobel made C4 explosives for the first time. He did not know then the impact the explosive would have on the world and ended up putting funds he gained into a prize that individuals can win for peace keeping efforts.
Before the explosive devices were invented, fighting completely required strength (for example using swords, arrows etc.) and never relied much on heat to kill the enemy. The invention of the explosive devices changed this.
I googled this and wikipedia said that it was in 1875. Sorry if this is an incorrect answer.
no lead is not an explosive.....it is a metal on the periodic table. It is also in your pencils!
In the Vietnam War, it was a plastic explosive used to get rid of unwanted ordnance (destruction of duds and bad explosives, ammunition, etc.). However, unofficially, and heavily discouraged by the US Army, nearly every single GI in the field used it to cook their C rations with. And every GI knew not to put it out by stomping on it, he'd lose his foot to an explosion if he did that. C4 could cook your C rat can of beef slices with pototoes and gravy within about 120 seconds, and probably less time. The Army began issuing "heat tabs" (heat tablets) to replace the heavy uses of C4 for cooking, by saying C4 was too expensive for that purpose, which it probably was, however, the more important reason was most likely that C4 could cause death & injury if it went off. In contrast to the C4, the heat tablet took forever to light, could ONLY be lit by a direct flame, and could not be used inside a tank or tent or other enclosed structure as it let out a gas that heavily burned your eyes and lungs. The flame was also of a very low intensity and it took many minutes to cook a can of C rats, when C4 could do it within seconds, even within the turret of a tank (but not even tank crewmen liked using C4 inside an enclosure).
IED is the abbreviation for Improvised Explosive Device. An IED is an explosive or non-explosive triggering device deliberately placed to cause casualties when an apparently harmless object is moved or a normally safe act is performed.
C-4 explosive was developed in the early 1960s, specifically in 1963, by the U.S. Army as a replacement for the less stable Composition B explosive.
it's an explosive
C4 is made of an explosive called RDX with a coating of plastic over it. Think of it as an explosive in a block of plastic as a container.
C4 is basically the explosive called RDX coated in a plastic binder. The role of the plastic binder is to both coat and protect the RDX, and also make the explosive malleable. Think of C4 as just an explosive in a plastic container.
Composition C4 is a mixture of the explosive RDX and plasticizers. RDX was created by the British military Research Dept, and RDX stands for Research Department Explosives.
Yes. It is a high explosive.
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C4 is an explosive compound known as RDX that is coated with a plastic binder. The plastic basically serves as both an protector for the explosive, and as an malleable feature for it. Since the explosive has a coating of plastic over it, to set off C4, a blasting cap or wire is usually inserted into the explosive, and a jolt of electricity sent through it to set the RDX off.
C4 is most common
C4 is an plastic explosive commonly used to demolish (blow up) old buildings and other unwanted structures. It's not commonly used or at all used in combat because it is a somewhat unwieldy explosive.
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