TNT Equivalents for Various Explosives and Fuel-Air Mixtures

skill constructing Improvised Explosive Vehicle-Borne Improvised Explosive Devices (IED, VBIED) is type of Aterrorist cells skillsinmay be restrictedlikely to influence theDevices orattack. Bombmakers with only rudimentary to assembling basic devices. A skilled journeyman bombmaker may have the competence needed to build a range of IEDs from small to large that are highly concealable or have advanced capabilities such as multiple triggering methods, directional blasts, or increased blast effect. Two hundred kilograms of explosives can make:
Explosive TNT C-4 Composition B (60 RDX/40 TNT) Pentolite Dynamite 60 percent straight 50 percent 20 percent Blasting gel ANFO Smokeless powder Black powder Photo flash powder (aluminum, potassium perchlorate 40/60) Fuel-Air (by weight) Ethylene oxide MAPP (welding gas) Acetylene Propane Methane Paint pigments Milk powder Flour Wood Sugar Aluminum Pressure Equivalent 1.0 1.3 1.2 1.42 0.9 0.9 0.7 0.85 0.82 0.6 0.6 0.42 Impulse Equivalent 1.0 1.5 1.1 1.44 0.9 0.85 Dense Packing Dense Packing
c 200 Pipe Bombs @ 1 kg each

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c 20 Suicide Vests @ 10 kg each

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c 2 small VBIEDs @ 100 kg each

c Sufficient booster charge for 4,000 kg of homemade explosives in a VBIED.

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