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Explosives - Black Powder - 24 pgs; Author Unknown

Field Expedient Preparation of Black Powders - 18 pgs; Author Unknown

How to Make Black Powder (& other explosives) - 7 pgs; Author Unknown

A viewer, "Cringe," comments: "just a suggestion to the found object weapons thingee... Rebar, thrown if you find a short piece - not the 6 foot pieces. A piece about a foot and a half is pretty good. If it doesn't stab into the target it knocks the (heck) out of it. Like a throwing stick, I guess. Also a small piece of rebar that's just a little too big for the hand makes a good improvised Kubotan that you just "found" if you can't carry weapons. I have one all the time. [15 Jul 2008]

British Ad Hoc Weaponry Of The Western Front In The Great War Whilst it is highly unlikely that any of these improvised weapons significantly affected the course of the war, they did give the pressed BEF a means of responding to a much larger and better equipped German Army on the Western Front.

USADOJO.COM Forums: Improvised Weapons The term "improvised weapons" is pretty common among hardcore martial arts and self-defense practitioners, but is often misunderstood by the general public. Some people seem to think that the term is used to refer to various home-made guns, bombs, booby-traps. Others seem to think that it refers to home-made stabbing or cutting weapons often found behind prison walls. The fact is, there is a difference between those items mentioned and actual "improvised weapons". I hope to clear up some misconceptions and misunderstanding in this article.

Common Goods As Self-Defense Weapons We are never unarmed, we can always use something as a weapon. This article is dedicated to use common goods as a self-defense weapons.

Everyday Objects as Weapons There are many everyday objects around or on us that can be used as an improvised weapon, if we use our awareness and creativity.

Improvised Weapons - The Explosives and Weapons Forum This section is for discussion about designing, building, and using improvised weaponry. However, any fool can get on the computer and type out a fantasy... so please take all "advice" with a HUGE grain of salt... See also: FightingArts.com Forums: Improvised Weapons

How to use Improvised Weapons In this issue of our self defense newsletter I'm going to explain how to use five of the most common items which most people have access to. Before I start explaining how to use each of these improvised weapons, I want to emphasize a few important points...

'The guide to improvised weapons tried and true. Apparently copied from other books by some bored teen... just enough info to kill yourself.

Improvised weapons From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - see caveat, above... ALSO: Improvised Self Defense Weapons

Improvised Weapons by Christian "Mad Wolf" I always liked the smart, inventive, tough and humble small handheld striking devices. In my opinion, their uses require a special breed of warrior, with a bigger degree of imagination, with guts, because most of times, the distance to your opponent is reduced to only one arm length, or less...

FOXNews.com NYPD Tells Cops to Watch for Improvised Weapons The NYPD is on the lookout for individuals armed with "conventional or improvised weapons" who may unleash a devastating attack on the city by concealing deadly chemicals in light bulbs or fire extinguishers, The Posthas learned.

Improvised Weapons By Richard Dimitri. In a society were the law abiding citizen is frowned on for carrying some means of self protection, in a world where instituted policies take your fundamental right to protect yourself and flush it down the toilet by asking you to trust a system that fails to "disarm" real criminals, there are ways for the law abiding citizen to carry weapons that won’t get him in trouble with the system.

Defensive Use of Improvised Weapons The term "improvised weapons" is pretty common among hardcore martial arts and self-defense practitioners, but is often misunderstood by the general public. Some people seem to think that the term is used to refer to various home-made guns, bombs, booby-traps. Others seem to think that it refers to home-made stabbing or cutting weapons often found behind prison walls. The fact is, there is a difference between those items mentioned and actual "improvised weapons". I hope to clear up some misconceptions and misunderstanding in this article.

CLUBS You hold clubs, you do not throw them. As a field-expedient weapon, the club does not protect you from enemy soldiers. It can, however, extend your area of defense beyond your fingertips. It also serves to increase the force of a blow without injuring yourself. There are three basic types of clubs. They are the simple, weighted, and sling club.

Make A Field Expedient 'Tactical' Sling This is a simple to make sling - that is really nothing more than using the Top Sling Loop (assuming you don't have a collapsible stock with one built in). It allows you to carry the rifle by the sling (shoulder takes most of the weight), but keeps the rifle near your hand. Its faster into action than the typical American carry.

EDGED WEAPONS Knives, spear blades, and arrow points fall under the category of edged weapons.

OTHER EXPEDIENT WEAPONS You can make other field-expedient weapons such as the throwing stick, archery equipment, and the bola.

FIELD-EXPEDIENT WEAPONS, TOOLS, AND EQUIPMENT Chapter 12 of the old FM 21-76 as provided (for some years now) on the http://www.aircav.com/ website. Thanks guys! Also Available HERE

Improvised Self Defense Weapons. Many of us in our Martial Arts practice how to use traditional weapons such as the Staff, Sai etc., but how many of us think about what we would use as an improvised weapon if we were facing an armed attacker. It's all well and good saying that my empty hand skills are so good it won't be a problem, but a little prior knowledge can go a long way and you don't have time to think when you are on the firing line. The place for practice, research and to make mistakes is in the training hall. Excellent article with some interesting suggestions for a variety of circumstances. Great job, Scott (Wiggins)!

THE FOLSOM POINT. This document was created to publicly display the various steps of manufacture of a Folsom Point. It is image intensive and, therefore, its value lies in the reader's ability to display color graphics. If the reader only has text capabilities, then instead of this document, the Author recommends the book titled FOLSOM TOOLS AND TECHNOLOGY at the Hanson Site, Wyoming by George C. Frison and Bruce A. Bradley.

SPECIAL TECHNIQUES for Knapping edges from stone. Excellent text & graphics.

Stone Knapping Techniques. The best site found on the net yet. Excellent instruction and graphics.

RAW MATERIAL for Stone Knapping, & Tool Making the prehistoric way. This could be lifesaving information for anyone caught in a survival situation without even the simplest of tools.

"Make Your Own Stock Whip" Actual text instructions. Wow.

"Make Your Own Bull Whip" More actual instructions. Wow, again.

Whips FAQ" Can you believe it? A FAQ on whips!

Field Expedient Methods for Explosives Preparation Not a good idea to try any of these preparations. Transcribed to the electronic media for you by Thallion of WUF MCMXCIV.

CLUBS You hold clubs, you do not throw them. As a field-expedient weapon, the club does not protect you from enemy soldiers. It can, however, extend your area of defense beyond your fingertips. It also serves to increase the force of a blow without injuring yourself. There are three basic types of clubs. They are the simple, weighted, and sling club.

EDGED WEAPONS Knives, spear blades, and arrow points fall under the category of edged weapons.

OTHER EXPEDIENT WEAPONS You can make other field-expedient weapons such as the throwing stick, archery equipment, and the bola.

FIELD-EXPEDIENT WEAPONS, TOOLS, AND EQUIPMENT Chapter 12 of the old FM 21-76 as provided (for some years now) on the http://www.aircav.com/ website. Thanks guys!

Field Expedient Antiarmor Devices There are many weapons that you can use to destroy a tank or an armored personnel carrier. The weapons most frequently used are LAWs, Dragons, TOWs, mines, and high-explosive dual-purpose (HEDP) rounds of the M203 grenade launcher. There may be times, however, when you will not have these weapons available. In such cases, you may have to use field expedient devices. This appendix describes some appropriate devices.

How to Make a Bow and Arrow - WikiHow

Global Guerrillas: HOMEMADE MICROWAVE WEAPONS

Chechnya’s Homemade Weapons Fuel War Rebels are using improvised and home-made weapons to continue their guerrilla war.

Mini-manual of the Urban Guerrilla — Ch 5 Molotov cocktails, gasoline, homemade contrivances such as catapults and mortars for firing explosives, grenades made of pipes and cans, smoke bombs, mines, conventional explosives such as dynamite and potassium chlorate, plastic explosives, gelatin capsules, and ammunition of every kind are indispensable to the success of the urban guerrilla's mission.

Laura Lee News - Home-made Radio Frequency Weapon Fries Electronics Two home-made weapons capable of frying electronics and crashing computers have been demonstrated at the US Army's Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland. The tests were requested by the US government, to determine whether cheap but effective radio wave weapons could be made with little technical know-how.

Most of the following articles were probably written by bored teenagers with delusions of grandeur. Most of them won't work as advertised. Some of them are more likely to harm you (either in the construction or upon attempted use) than anyone else. The only reason I've included them here is as an example of what a vivid imagination can conceive. Almost anything can be used as a weapon - including information. Fair Warning.

PS: if the following links aren't enough try this: Homemade Weapons!?!? - Blitwise Bulletin Board

$10 Gun by WeaponMakerMan Guns are expensive. This is a way to make a cheap one-shot gun for self defense. You won't be able to get off more than one shot, as it takes time to reload, but it's the shot no one knows you have.

A Step by Step Guide to Making a Dry Ice Gun by The Voice Over In the past, many people have experimented with the power generated by the conversion of dry ice into gaseous carbon dioxide. One day in May of 1985, an idea was introduced to me by a friend. His plan was to control the force of the expanding dry ice and harness it to a useful end. The result was the dry ice gun.

An Aussie Beer Can Mortar by Andy A short story on a mortar that fires beer cans full of cement, because I can!

Antipersonnel Grenades How to make a bunch of different anti-personnel weapons

Blowgun In this article we will attemt to explain the use and manufacture of a powerful blow-gun and making darts for the gun.

CO2 Mortar by Sic Pyr0 and Cody Easy to make device to launch CO2 cartridges.

Guide to Civilian Warfare & Sabotage by Opus P. Penguin You would be surprised how many files are out that use what falls under the category of a "fuse". They assume you just have a few lying around, or know where to get them. Well, in some parts of the country, fuses are extremely hard to come by...so this part of our first file is dedicated to fuses. Both are very simple to make, and are fairly reliable

How to Make A Stungun by Grean Dean So you want to ZaaaaaaP the shit out of someone. Well I have the thing just for you. It delivers a nice Shock of 75,000 Volts and causes muscle spasms.

How to Make Poisonous Gas It is simple enough. This is an easy way to make a poisonous gas that can kill, or at least severely injure when made. Here is what you do.

How to Make a Taser by Zilith the Insane It is easy using a disposable camera.

Jail-bird Ice Pick by 6ic-Cee Need to make a concealable weapon with an extremely limited amount of supplies?

Liquid Oxidizer by lpumsunpiyush A liquid oxidizer for explosives, comprising nitric acid, ammonium nitrate and water.

Making Slingshots Slingshots are useful tools for the dirty trickster. The modern ones are as different from the forked-limb-and-inner-tube variety of your youth as a Daisy BB gun is from a Taser. They aren't even called slingshots any more. The technocrats have renamed them hand catapults.

Making a Shock Rod by Circle Lord This handy little circuit is the key to generating THOUSANDS of volts of electricity for warding off attackers (notice the plural). It generates it all from a hefty 6-volt source and is easily fit into a tubular casing.

Natural Poisons for Ninjas I was born in Japan, raised and taught the art of Ninjutsu from my family. I immigrated to the U.S. and became a U.S. citizen. I've been studying the art for over 15 years now.

Nerve Agents: Lethal Organo- Phosphorus Compounds All nerve agents belong chemically to the group of organo-phosphorus compounds. They are stable and easily dispersed, highly toxic and have rapid effects both when absorbed through the skin and via respiration. Nerve agents can be manufactured by means of fairly simple chemical techniques. The raw materials are inexpensive and generally readily available.

Pipe Pistol for .22 Caliber Ammunition A .22 Caliber pistol can be made from 1/8 in. nominal diameter extra heavy, steel gas or water pipe and fittings. Lethal range is approximately 33 yards (30 meters).

Pipe or "Zip" Guns Commonly known as "zip" guns, guns made from pipe have been used for years by juvenile punks. Today's Militants make them just for the hell of it or to shoot once in an assassination or riot and throw away if there is any danger of apprehension.

Toothpick Blow Gun by Eric With some trial and error, construct a homemade blow gun out of toothpicks, some cotton balls, and a straw!

Unconventional Warfare: Devices and Techniques by Video Vindicator These files covers all aspects of incendiary systems. They describe useful initiators, ignitors, incendiary materials, delay mechanisms, and spontaneous combustion devices designed for direct use in sabotage and unconventional warfare.

Unconventional Warfare: Initiators (#2) by Video Vindicator These files covers all aspects of incendiary systems. They describe useful initiators, ignitors, incendiary materials, delay mechanisms, and spontaneous combustion devices designed for direct use in sabotage and unconventional warfare.

BIC BALISTICS I'm sure all of you are familiar with the Bic lighter, and I'm also sure you've tried to make the Bic Flamethrower at one time or another. Well... here's 2 more things you can do, First off is the Bic Rocket, and then the Bic Sparkler. Both work almost every time! Enjoy...

Impact exploding arrows These are impact exploding arrows, and how to make them. These babies are lethal, and explode on impact.

Make Maceballs How to make pretty harmful ammunition for paintball gunz with mace.

SPECIAL AMMUNITION FOR BLOWGUNS The blowgun is an interesting weapon which has several advantages. A blowgun can be extremely accurate, concealable, and deliver an explosive or poisoned projectile. The manufacture of an explosive dart or projectile is not difficult. see also: SPECIAL AMMUNITION FOR BLOWGUNS

Additional instructions for Soft Drink Can Launcher This is a very short "mortar" constructed for the express purpose of launching soft drink cans straight up into the air. It is crude, prone to rupture during use, and consumes rather inordinate amounts of Pyrodex. But it sure is fun, and it makes an incredible amount of noise when it goes off!

BUILDING ROCKET LAUNCHERS ever wanted to make a rocket launcher!! well its easy to do in my guide to making a rocket launcher

Home-brew blast cannon Hold the trigger down for 30 seconds, hold on tight, and hit the switch. With luck and the proper adjustments, you should be able to put a frozed orange through 1/4 or plywood at 25 feet.

How to make and fire your very own Polish Cannon The polish cannon was invented for all of you who would love to have a gun- type weopon or just something fun that shoots things. With about $1.50 worth of lighter fluid and materials around the home, you can make your very own cannon.

ROCKETS AND CANNONS Rockets and cannon are generally thought of as heavy artillery. Perpetrators of violence do not usually employ such devices, because they are difficult or impossible to acquire. They are not, however, impossible to make.

TACK RIFLE How to make an improvised cannon that fires tacks or nails.

The Ancient Art of Cannonry So you wanna build a cannon? I think nearly everybody is familiar with the basic idea of the Tennis Ball Cannon -- some type of device that, when ignited, fires a tennis ball out one end. This sounds simple enough, but making a cannon that can shoot long distances (E.g., 100+ yards) can be a bit tricky. The purpose of this document is to guide the reader through the production of a number of different types of cannons.

THE MEYTHAL HYDRATE CANNON the cannon can be used as a mortar, or a bazooka, it depends on the target.

BB shotgun This will tell you how to make a bb shotgun with very easy to get supplies.

how to build a .22 the gun which I am about to explain how to build is an original style zip- gun. Other zip-guns have been made, but most have been of inferior quality and are very dangerous to operate. The gun I have constructed is easy to use and safe to operate.

Chlorine Gas Chlorine gas is fairly easy to make, and the effects of it are very deadly. You could take out a gang of attackers with one gas bomb. See also: Make Chlorine Gas and Make Chlorine Gas

Chloropicrin: Chloropicrin is also known as vomiting gas Chloropicrin: Chloropicrin is also known as vomiting gas. Though not really a gas but a liquid, the inhalation of it's mist or fumes causes projectile vomiting in humans. It's production is easy but requires some special equipment. See also: Vomiting Gas

How To Make Tear Gas The process I am about to describe is called Oleoresin. The compuond I am about to describe is called Oleoresid Capsicum. See also: How To Make Tear Gas In Your BaseMent and Making homemade Teargas and TEAR GAS

Irritant Gasses There are several eye and nose irritants on the market which can be easily duplicated, here is how.

KNOCK-OUT DROPS How to make Cloral Hydrate (Knock-out Drops)

Mace Substitute It's not actual mace, but it does a damn good job on the eyes... see also: Mace Substitute

Nicotine Nicotine is an abundant poison. Easily found in tobacco products, in concentrated form a few drops can quickly kill someone. Here is how to concentrate it:

Poison THIS POISON WILL KILL THE AFFECTED VICTIM WITHIN A WEEK. THE REASON FOR THE TIME DELAY IS THAT THE POISON CAUSES THE VICTIM TO GET TETANUS See also Simple Poison

Tear-Gas Pellets This file will document the procedure to produce small .177 caliber cartridges that will fire a cloud of pepper defense spray, for use by individuals interested in carrying a form of defense, but object to carrying true firearms or weapons that are capable of serious injury. See also: Tear-Gas Pellets and TEARGAS AND RELATED ITEMS and TEARGAS AND RELATED ITEMS

The Ultimate Smoke Bomb There are many philes on smoke bombs, most of them are OK and some of them are wrong. Hopefully this file will correctly cover everything...

TOXINS - Killing quantities of things I tried to type in this chart earlier, but when the editor and modems got through with it - it was a mess. I'll try it again. It's a listing of some *HIGHLY* toxic materials...some of which may fall into the "Most Dangerous Substances On This Planet" hall of fame.

Vinegar Poison This is a very simple poison to make with almost no materials needed. Take a lead or copper container and store vinegar in it for a long time it will then turn to into a deadly poison.

Booby Traps How to make a very wide array of different types of high quality mines and traps all out of common materials.

Cartridge Trap The cartridge trap consists of a cartridge set into a piece of bamboo fastened to a board and installed in a camouflaged pit

How to make a landmine How to make an improvised very effective homemade mine.

MINES & BOOBY TRAPS Various facts and purposes of different types of mines and traps.

Pepper Pot Mines This file contains information on making a replica of a German WWII mine known as a pepper pot. This mine was not intended to kill the enemy but wound him by blowing off his foot. The Germans made these in great quantity and put them to good use. The mine was made out of glass and plastic with very little metal and was hard to find with a mine detector.

Shotgun shell mine This was a design used by the Viet Cong in Nam. It's very effective.

T R I P W I R E S How to make a highly effective tripwire.

Traps Traps are the vital part of any assassins strategy. So if you are going# % to be a dealer of death you must learn the art of trap building.. # % All traps don't have to kill, the following traps are made to wound the# % victim and make the kill easier... #

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