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On Wed, 6 Feb 2013 14:16:11 -0500, "Stormin Mormon"
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Guess you're not familiar with nitrate and diesel process, then?

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"Karl Townsend" wrote in message
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50 years ago i stole a blasting cap, a 1/4 stick dinomite, and put it
in a gallon can of ammonium nitrate fertilizer and diesel. The blast
should've killed me.

Karl


A standard military cratering charge is (or at least once was) a
40-lb can of ammonium nitrate, which I'd guess would be about 5
gallons or so. C-4 it definitely is not, but it do make a boom!