Considering that it’s given the marines to plant, I believe this
Even softer than crayons, how could they resist??
Please do not engage in intercorse with the plastic explosive.
Marines are affectionately know as crayon eaters. If you were unaware…
“rock or something”
There are plenty of (likely apocryphal) stories of new Explosive Ordinance Disposal (EOD) recruits being fed C4 and chased around with a stun gun. The old timers tell the new recruit that electricity will cause C4 to detonate. In reality, it’s a potent laxative and will give them the shits in a matter of minutes. So the recruit is stuck running away from a taser that they think will make them explode, while desperately trying not to shit themselves.
War. War never changes.
Sounds like harmless fun for all the family
So…
Explosive diarrhea?
“See… Because of me, now they have a warning”
Michael Herr in Dispatches, his book about the Vietnam War, relates that a soldier would occasionally ingest C4 from a Claymore mine in order to cause temporary illness so that he would be sent on sick leave.
Also heard that since it burns, troops in Vietnam would break off small pieces as firestarter or cooking rations, hence the warning about how it burns and makes toxic gases.
We were told in basic that while flammable it did not go boom when lit in fire, but not to cook steak over it…
That’s for the marines.
Why did I read the title as ‘explosive if eaten raw’?
So I’ve figured if I just cook the dynamite, then it’s safe to eat.
Apparently C4 burns quite well and is still pretty stable while aflame. There are anekdotes of soldiers using it as emergency fuel to cook water for their rations
I’ve heard that dudes in 'Nam would eat bits of it to upset their stomach and get medical treatment.
It’s got electrolytes!
Can’t be worse than an MRE.
Constipation gets replaced by explosive diarrhea
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this is much better than some other older explosives that are toxic on skin contact
I’ve heard it causes explosive diarrhea
It’s really not that volatile a substance. You can burn it, even.
You need a special device to actually get it to explode.
Which is precisely why it’s such an amazing explosive, imagine how happy people must have been to go from explosives that might detonate if you cough near them, to something you can set aflame without worry.
Makes life in the ammo depot much less stressful.
for all that things are terrible nowadays it’s pretty fucking nice to know that ships loaded with explosives aren’t going to level cities again.
now if only the same could be said for fertilizer storage
