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Backyard Ballistics This forum is dedicated to the safe teaching and responsible handling of high and low explosives. You will not find any information on how to make "bombs" or any such device(s) . Backyard ballistics will teach you the science and the art of pyrotechnics and how to manufacture and use explosives/pyrotechnics safely and responsibly. Backyard ballistics is also a haven for rocketry and pneumatic cannons. All information contained within this forum is for educational purposes ONLY. Totse does not accept responsiblity for any incident involving the use of the information contained within this forum.

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Old 2008-03-07, 21:45
Eldorhan Eldorhan is offline
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Default Nobel 808

Anyone has any info on that explosive ? I tried to search around but i'm always linked to C4.
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Old 2008-03-08, 17:45
iceshrike iceshrike is offline
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"One of the simplest plastic explosives was Nobel’s Explosive No. 808, known also as "Nobel 808", developed by the British company Nobel Chemicals Ltd. well before World War II. It had the appearance of green plasticine with a distinctive smell of almonds. During World War II it was extensively used by the British Special Operations Executive (SOE) for sabotage missions. It is also the explosive used in HESH anti-tank shells."

Found here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobel_808#History
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Old 2008-03-09, 03:13
Eldorhan Eldorhan is offline
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Default Re: Nobel 808

I meant the composition of the plastic, obviously i already read that shit a hundred times :/
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Old 2008-03-09, 05:01
root_killswitch root_killswitch is offline
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I am an info junkie, so once this was posted i did a lot of looking myself. Beyond the wiki article, info is anecdotal at best. Probably owing to the fact that RDX based plastic explosives made this mixture obsolete shortly after WW2. A few sources claim its a form of gelignite, this conclusion is somewhat bolstered by an account of a WW2 vet on the BBC website, posted by a son of said vet, that relates that he incurred massive headaches from making the mistake of handling it without gloves as part of his demolition training in the British armed forces.
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Old 2008-03-10, 22:25
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Default Re: Nobel 808

Nitroglycerin will do that to you yeah.

And yes, as soon as RDX could be produced industrially, it replaced a shitload of other explosives. Stable, insensitive, easy to manipulate, and an extreme vod which makes it ideal for demolitions.
 
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