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Explosives And Propellants - $12.99
Another great book from the Golden
Era of Improvised Munitions at Frankfort
Arsenal, with in depth coverage of:
Manufacturing Black Powder from Field
Grade Potassium Nitrate, Improvised
Primary High Explosive, Optimized
Procedure for Field Manufacture of
Improvised Detonators and more. Loaded
with illustrations and tables.
81/2"x11", 56 pp., softcover. |
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Two Component High Explosive Mixtures
- $17.99
Nitroglycerine, or Nobel’s
blasting oil, is one of the most
powerful compounds ever developed. This
book is the official English translation
from author Phokion Naoum Ph.D.,
Director of Scientific Laboratories,
Alfred Nobel Dynamite Company, Hamburg
Germany. It covers the basic elements
and theory of this explosive mixture and
the applications for use. This is the
comprehensive collection of the studies
and testing of Nitroglycerine. 5.5" x
8.5", photos, illus., indexed,
hardcover, 469 pp. |
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Improvised Shaped Charges - $17.99
A result of tests at Frankfort
Arsenal, this book provides an in-depth
look at how and why improvised shaped
charges can be the most effective
against armored targets. The
construction of improvised shaped
charges using Coke bottles, martini
glasses, and wine bottles is covered,
along with photographic evidence of the
effectiveness of these charges. Even
today, it represents state-of-the-art
demolitions technology at its best.
51/2"x81/2", softcvr, 28 pgs, illus. |
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Explosives for DETONATORS - $17.99
Detonators are the heart of any
viable high explosive and their
reliability & effectiveness is key to
successful demolition. This book was
developed as a guide toward development
of field expedient explosives for use in
constructing efficient detonators. It
covers detonator design involving the
use of cartridge brass and copper pipe,
primary explosives, & booster explosives
such as picric acid & RDX. It is the
perfect text for the advanced student of
improvised munitions. 40 pgs, 5 x 8
illus. softcvr. |
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Claymore Mine - $59.95
At the height of World War II,
Hitler’s Luftwaffe tried frantically yet
vainly to perfect this shaped-charge
weapon to counter U.S. B-17s. In the
1950’s the United States succeeded, and
in Vietnam the claymore thwarted the
human-wave attacks that had overwhelmed
the US forces in Korea. This is the true
story of the men who developed the
claymore mine, a weapon that changed the
very nature of warfare. It includes
interviews with the designers who were
on the development team at Picatinny
Arsenal as well as the original patents. |
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Potato Bazooka - $12.99
This is
the most fun you can have with a bag of
spuds, a can of hair spray and a couple
of pieces of PVC. We’ve looked long and
hard for a set of plans that lived up to
our standards and now we’ve found them.
This book includes plans for The Econo-Blaster
( a Vegi-Cannon that will launch a
potato over 200 yards and cost $20.00 or
less to build), The Master-Blaster , The
Magnum-Blaster and last but not least
The Spud Pistol. 37 pages, 51/2 x81/2 ,
illus., photos.
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David's Tool Kit - $2499
Ammonium Nitrate, Available in
fertilizer, can serve as the basic
ingredient for a very effective
improvised explosive. Preparation of the
Ammonium Nitrate, evaluations of
sensitizers, variables affecting
sensitivity and alternate initiation
methods are all covered. 51/2"x81/2",
softcover, 40pp., Illustrated. |
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CIA Field Expedient Preparation of
Black Powders -
$12.99
Authored by the U.S.
Government. Centuries after it was
introduced, black powder still remains a
useful commodity, both as a propellant
and as an explosive. It is so useful, in
fact, that in this day and age of
nuclear warheads and lasers, the CIA
undertook a study to determine the best
methods for the manufacture of black
powder. 5.5 x 8.5 , softcover, illus.,
32 pages. |
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IMPROVISED MUNITIONS Handbook Vol. 1
- $10.99
Compiled by Frankford Arsenal, these
unique manuals referred to by
clandestine agents as the blackbooks of
dirty tricks, are the most sought after,
heretofore impossible to obtain Army
Manuals. Includes revealing chapters on
improvised Explosives & Propellants;
Mines & Grenades; Small Arms Weapons &
Ammo; Mortars & Rockets; Incendiary
Devices; Fuses; Detonators & Delay
Mechanism. Describes how to manufacture
rocket launchers, recoilless rifles and
much, much more!!! A must for the
ordnance expert and Military Buff!!
51/2"x81/2", Illus. |
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IMPROVISED MUNITIONS Handbook Vol. 2
- $10.99
IMPROVISED MUNITIONS Handbooks Compiled
by Frankford Arsenal, these unique
manuals referred to by clandestine
agents as the blackbooks of dirty
tricks, are the most sought after,
heretofore impossible to obtain Army
Manuals. Includes revealing chapters on
improvised Explosives & Propellants;
Mines & Grenades; Small Arms Weapons &
Ammo; Mortars & Rockets; Incendiary
Devices; Fuses; Detonators & Delay
Mechanism. Describes how to manufacture
rocket launchers, recoilless rifles and
much, much more!!! A must for the
ordnance expert and Military Buff!!
51/2"x81/2", Illus. |
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Poor Man's RPG - $22.99
George Dmitirieff, noted author of
firearms & ammunition publications, has
expanded into the area of reenactment
weapons, specifically the anti-tank
grenade and launcher. He provides
information and detailed instructions
for those interested in building these
working devices. Details are given on
launch tubes, rocket motors, & warheads.
Softcvr, 8"x 11", 146 pgs. |
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The Poor Man's Ray Gun Deadly Rays -
$9.99
Now it is possible for just about anyone
to build and use their own little piece
of Star Wars weaponry. This very
destructive and potentially lethal
weapon uses invisible microwave
radiation to burn its target from the
inside out. Best of all, the building
blocks for this weapon are sitting on
your kitchen counter. The author shows,
in complete detail and with plenty of
photographs and diagrams, how to build a
ray gun that is capable of setting fire
to a piece of plywood at 500 feet made
only from parts in a microwave oven.
51/2 x81/2 , illus. 20 pp., soft cover. |
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Ragnar's Action Encyclpedia of
Practical Knowledge & Proven Techniques
- $34.99
This book belongs in every thinking
person’s arsenal. Included among its 60
chapters are precise instructions,
diagrams and photographs showing you hot
to: select, build, stock and defend a
retreat, change your ID and drop out of
sight completely, trap deer, fish, fowl,
or anything that moves, etc. Because of
the sensitive nature of some of the
material in this book, it is presented
for academic study only. 444 pages, 8.5
x 11 , illus. |
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Ragnar's Action Encyclopedia Volume 2
- Revised - $34.99
This is the new revised and edited
version of the volume above from Ragnar
Benson. It has been thinned in some
areas of explosive information and
pyrotenic techniques. For academic study
only. 256 pages, 8.5 x 11 softcover. |
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Guide To Viet Cong Boobytraps &
Devices - $11.99
A concise and well rounded volume that
describes and illustrates nearly 25
different Viet Cong boobytraps and
explosive devices including MUDBALL MINE
and CARTRIDGE TRAP, as well as
demolitions, fuses and firing devices
plus countermeasures (how to detect a
marked mine) and emergency handling
guidance for explosive devices
(detection, outdoor search techniques,
disarming methods). Also, action to be
taken when and after an explosive device
is tripped. Unit training. VC mine
factories and sources. You owe it to
yourself to know and recognize these
weapons. 51/2" x 81/2", softcover,
illus., 67 pp., published by US Marine
Corp. |
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The Black Book of Boobytraps - $24.99
A boobytrap is a warrior that jumps
suddenly out of nowhere and attacks
viciously. Like a religious fanatic it
is suicidal: It will end its exstence in
one violent act. it is fearless and
invulnerable, and so, virtually
unstoppable. This book will recruit that
effective warrior to your cause by
teaching you how the pros construct,
install, use and detect the deadlyest of
boobytraps. From precise, sophisticated
devices to inexpensive, easily
constructed, but effective, devices made
from everyday household items.
51/2"x81/2", 204 pgs, illus., softcover. |
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Black Medicine I - $16.99
The Dark Art of Death
The most thorough and intriguing
discussion of the human body’s vital
points ever to appear in a single
volume. Through strikingly dramatic
photographs and detailed line drawings,
Mashiro illustrates over 150 parts of
the human body where a minimum amount of
force will produce maximum impact on an
opponent’s ability to fight. The study
of these vital points is integral to all
branches of the martial arts, to the
military combat specialist, and to
everyone concerned with self-defense in
a life-or-death encounter. Buy now so
you will have the knowledge when you
need it. 51/2" x 81/2", 88 pp. |
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BLACK MEDICINE III - $16.99
Low Blows
Long awaited by self-defense specialists
around the globe, Low Blows is the third
volume in N. Mashiro’s infamous Black
Medicine trilogy. Mashiro presents his
favorite techniques for bringing the
body’s natural weapons into violent and
painful contact with an opponent’s
vulnerable areas. Reveals devastating
responses to wrist holds, punches,
chokes, rear attacks, bear hugs, and
special defenses against knife and club
attackers. Low Blows is substantially
longer than the first two books of the
series and has over 90 dramatic photos.
Buy now before you really need them.
51/2" x 81/2. |
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BLACK MEDICINE II - $16.99
Weapons at Hand
This is the sequel to Mashiro’s
notorious first volume. Unlike Black
Medicine I which showed the 150 parts of
the body most vulnerable to attack, this
volume presents the 112 parts of the
body which are most effectively used as
weapons. In addition, you’ll find a
section listing more than 180 deadly
makeshift weapons that can save your
life in a crisis. These weapons can all
be improvised from common items. 50
action photos show you how best to use
these techniques of Black Medicine .
Especially suited for the needs of
bodyguards, security personnel, and
martial artists. 51/2" x 81/2", 88 pp. |
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BLACK MEDICINE IV - $16.99
Equalizers
In Equalizers, the long-awaited fourth
volume of the Black Medicine series, Dr.
N. Mashiro shows you how to pick up and
effectively, suddenly and violently
bring into play a variety of common
weapons that may be unfamiliar to you.
Equalizers teaches you how to perform
these vital skills and reveals
psychological tricks you can apply to
manipulate a self-defense situation in
your favor. 91 pages, 51/2" x 81/2",
soft cover. |
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