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Explosives: M-118 Demolition Charge ( FLEX-X ) 1966 US Army, from Your Army Reports No. 7
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From The Big Picture episode TV-696, "Your Army Reports" #7.
Originally a public domain film from the National Archives, slightly cropped to remove uneven edges, with the aspect ratio corrected, and one-pass brightness-contrast-color correction & mild video noise reduction applied.
The soundtrack was also processed with volume normalization, noise reduction, clipping reduction, and/or equalization (the resulting sound, though not perfect, is far less noisy than the original).
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The M118 Demolition Charge is an easy-to-use block of adhesive-backed sheet explosive that can be cut to any shape or dimension and quickly applied to flat, curved or irregular surfaces allowing for tailored application for a variety of targets...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plastic_explosive
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Plastic explosive is a soft and hand-moldable solid form of explosive material. Within the field of explosives engineering, plastic explosives are also known as putty explosives.
Plastic explosives are especially suited for explosive demolition. Common plastic explosives include Semtex and C-4. The first discovered plastic explosive was gelignite in 1875, invented by Alfred Nobel...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentaerythritol_tetranitrate
Pentaerythritol tetranitrate (PETN), also known as PENT, PENTA, TEN, corpent, or penthrite (or, rarely and primarily in German, as nitropenta), is an explosive material. It is the nitrate ester of pentaerythritol, and is structurally very similar to nitroglycerin. Penta refers to the five carbon atoms of the neopentane skeleton. PETN is a powerful explosive material with a relative effectiveness factor of 1.66. When mixed with a plasticizer, PETN forms a plastic explosive. Along with RDX it is the main ingredient of Semtex...
