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Booby Traps
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[Road Trap]
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This incorporates a wire-trip action to complete the electrical circuit. It
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is extremely simple to make, since all the equipment can be gathered around
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the house. The great advantage to this particular device is that the
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explosives are detonated when the vehicle is directly over it, so insuring
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maximum destruction. To construct a road trap, begin by digging three holes
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across a roadway. Into two of the holes place the explosive charges, and into
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the third place a regular car battery. Connect the first wire from the
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negative terminal of the battery via each of the blasting caps, in each
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charge, to a metal pin on one side of an ordinary clothespin. The
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clothespin must be kept open by a small wooden wedge, which is attached to a
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thin black wire stretched across the roadway. When the semi-invisible wire is
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pulled, the wodden wedge will fall out of the clothespin, thus closing the
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clothespin. When the clothespin is closed, the two metal pins will connect
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the electrical circuit, thus exploding the charges.
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[Walk Trap]
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This incorporates the same type of wire-trap action as described in the road
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trap. The walk trap is not electrically operated, it relies on a percussion
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detonator. When the wire is pulled, it pulls the safety pin out of the heavy
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firing pin. The heat created from the detonator's explosion will be
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sufficient to set off the TNT. This type of booby trap is especially effective
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in dense undergrowth where the trip wire cannot be readily seen (see figure).
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######
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#[TREE]#
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########
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######
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!:!.;!.!.;!:;.! / ||
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!:;[Tall Grass];! Wire->/ ||
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!;::!;;.;!.;;!.;! / ||
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!.;..!;..;.:!.;!! / ||
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______________________!.!!;.!:..!..:!.!______/_____||_________________
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-----[Board]----- /
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| ______ | /
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|----|heavy |---|---/ <-Safety Pin
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| |firing| |
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| \pin / |
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|------####-----| <---[### = Detonator]
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|///////////////|
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|/////[TNT]/////|
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|///////////////|
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|_______________|
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[Bangalore Torpedo]
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This is nothing more than a few sections of pipe filled with sticks of
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dynamite, sealed at the ends, and joined in the middle by couplings, thus
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permitting the torpedo to be of varying lengths. The cap at one end must have
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a small hole drilled in it, so that a fuse and blasting cap can be inserted.
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It can be used very effectively to destroy walls, barricades, and
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steel or iron doors. These are also great weapons against cars, trucks, and
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even trains. If piping of this sort is not available, you can make a
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substitute torpedo by taking a stick of dynamite and wrapping it tightly with
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electric tape and thin copper wire. To be effectvie, it should have many
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layers of each.
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[Homemade Hand Grenade]
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This is constructed from an empty, clean, condensed-milk can, attached to a
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wodden handle. It is then filled halfway with a layer of dynamite. In the
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dynamite is placed a nonelectric blasting cap, with a five to six second
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fuse. The dynamite is then covered with small pieces of iron, until the can is
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full. Seal the top of the open end closed, leaving a small hole for the fuse.
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/
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=.:.|.:.=
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=:.:|.:.= <--[:.: = Iron Scraps]
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=.:.|:.:=
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=---|---=
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=///+///=
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=///+///= <--[+ = Non-electric Blasting Cap]
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=///+///=
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=///////=
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=///////= <--[/// = Dynamite]
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=========
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[Anti-Personnel Grenade]
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This is constructed by taking a piece of pipe and closing it at one end,
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either by soldering or by screwing a cap on it. The pipe is packed tightly
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with dynamite, and sealed at the other end, leaving a small hole for the
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detonator, which is made in the following manner. A piece of one-eighth-inch
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tubing is fastened to the end of a piece of fuse, which in turn is attached
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to a detonating cap. On the other end of the fuse, a bit of cotton, saturated
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with chlorate of potassium and common sugar, is placed, followed by another
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piece of cotton and a little vial of sulferic acid. (This vial must be
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hermetically sealed, to prevent leakage). Finally, a piece of wood or iron,
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which can be easily moved, is packed in the remaining empty space. The piece
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of wood is placed there, so that when the pipe is moved the piece of iron or
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wood will fall against the vial of sulfuric acid and break it. Once the
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sulfuric acid contacts the potassium chlorate, the chemical reaction will
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cause a very hot flame, which will ignite the fuse and cause the explosion. If
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this type of device is placed in a roadway, or directly in the path of the
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enemy army, there is a good change it will be set off - either by a kick or
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by curiosity.
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[Book Trap]
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To construct this, you will need a large book, perhaps a thousand pages. The
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book should be hollowed out, leaving the edges intact. In this hollow place,
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put a dry cell battery and your explosive, and connect the wires. Fix two
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metal contact points to the edges of the book, and separate them with a
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wooden wedge, which is attached to the rear wall of the bookcase. This must
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be accomplished in such a manner that, when the book is removed from the
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shelf, the metal contact points will touch and complete the electrical
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circuit, thus causing the detonation of the explosive charge.
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[Loose Floorboard Trap]
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This one utilizes the same principles as the Book Trap, in that is relies on
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two metal contact points touching to complete the electrical circuit. Beneath
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the loose floorboard are two strips of pliable metal of bamboo, each with a
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metal contact point, which will touch when pressure is brought down on the
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loose floorboard.
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[Gate Trap]
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This is an extremely simple, effective, and relatively safe booby trap. To
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cock the booby trap, pull the pin on a regular tension release grenade, and
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place beneath a swining gate, or anywhere that will supply the pressure
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necessary. When the gate is moved (either opened or closed), the pressure
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will be released and the grenade detonated.
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[Chimney Trap]
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Take three or four sticks of dynamite and tape them together. Attach a
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nonelectrical blasting cap, with a three or four foot fuse. Now tape the
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dynamite about five feet up on the inside of the chimney, leaving the fuse
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hanging loose downward. The end of the fuse should be about a foot or so up
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the chimney so that it is out of sight. When a fire is lit, the heat
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generated will ignite the fuse, and it will explode the charge, further up the
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chimney. This works extremely well, since most of the tamping is supplied by
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the very structure of the chimney.
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[Car Trap]
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It has many advantages, the most important being that you do not have to carry
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your own power supply, but rather use the ignition system of the car itself.
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Wires are run from the electrical blasting cap to points along the electrical
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ignititon system, and attached with alligator clips. When the key it turned,
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it will complete the ignition system, and thus explode the bomb. A good place
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to hide explosives is in the hollow cavity behind the dashboard, since then
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the full force of the explosion will be directed at the individuals in the
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front seat.
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[Pipe Trap]
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There are basically two methods of booby-trapping a pipe. The first is very
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similar to the chimney trap, except the intent is to blow off the smoker's
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head. A small amount of tetryl or lead azide is placed in the mouthpiece of
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the pipe, and a fuse is attached, which leads through the rest of the pipe to
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a point about one-quarter-inch beneath the bowl. When the smoker lights the
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pipe, the fuse will be lit, and burn down untouched, until it detonates the
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explosives in the mouthpiece, and blows the smoker's head off.
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The second method is a little more complex but just as effective. A
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very sensitive explosive is placed in the mouthpiece, as before, except an
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activated firing pin is placed in the stem of the pipe. The smoker will
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attempt to light the pipe and find he cannot suck through it. Believing the
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stem to be blocked with tar or nicotine, he will unscrew the threaded joint.
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The act of unscrewing will release the firing pin, and detonate the
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explosives.
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[Cacodyal]
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Since it is not feasible to make napalm in your kitchen, you will have to be
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satisfied with cacodyal. This made by chemically extracting all the oxygen
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from alcohol, and then replacing it, under laboratory controls, with metal
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arsenic. The formula for alcohol is C4 H5 O, whereas for cacodyal it is
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C4 H5 AR. Now, this new substance, cacodyal, possesses spontaneous
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inflammability, the moment it is exposed to the air. Therefore it can be put
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into a bottle and used like a Molotov Cocktail. If it is thrown, it will
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explode on impact, but this is not its real advantage. When it explodes, a
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dense white smoke is given off. This is white arsenic, a deadly poin. One
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inhalation will probably cause death in a matter seconds.
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[Molotov Cocktail]
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This is an incendiary bomb, which bursts into flame on breaking. A
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quart bottle is filled with 2/3 gasoline and 1/3 oil. A fuse is made of an
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old gasoline-soaked rag, and then stuffed into the mouth of the bottle. The
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bottle is corked, and the fuse is lit. It is thrown and, when it breaks, it
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will burst into flame. The enemy will not be able to extinguish the fire with
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water. These were used with varying degree of success in the struggle
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in Hungary. According to some reports they can disable a tank.
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[Whistle Trap & Other Handy Devices]
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A booby trap that has an effect similar to the one created by the
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pipe trap, is the whistle booby trap. It is constructed by separating the
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metal or plastic sides into their natural halves. This can be accomplished by
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steaming. Now, fill each half one-fourth full of an extremely friction-
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sensitive explosive. Before gluing the two halves together, include a small
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ball made of a rough sandpaper-like substance (glue some sand together). When
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the whistle is blown, the ball will bounce around inside the shell, creating
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enough friction heat to set off the explosive charge.
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An interesting booby trap can be constructed by using a bottle, full
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of a highly sensitive liquid explosive, which will detonate on the extraction
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of the cork. The cork is designed with a friction element that pulls through
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a sensitive explosive. When this booby trap explodes, it does extensive
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damage, due to the fragmentation of the glass.
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An extremely simple device for setting a time-delay fire is a book of
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matches, with a lighted cigarette stuck in it. This is then left upon
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combustible material. The cigarette, as it burns down, will light the matches,
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and they in turn will generate the heat necessary to ignite the other larger
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combustible material.
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Another incendiary time-delay device is constructed out of a candle,
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friction matches, and several rags soaked either in gasoline or kerosene. The
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candle is placed upright in the center of the bundle of matches. As the candle
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burns down, it will ignite the matches, and they will ignite the rags. One can
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usually expect about a fifteen-minute delay with this device.
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