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Written between user / Featuring \ calls on June 14th
and 15th of 1991. \ Potassium Nitrate / All info contained
in here really works / Also known as \ (Wow)!
\ KNO3 /
Editor of this maybe / *and* \ well liked file is
Great One -The SysOp \ Saltpeter / at Destiny Knights
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Get ready for a fun filled reading expidenture
of majestic proportions. Lotsa things to read and skip
for the lazy. In any case, all of the information in
here has been tested and has been successful. If you
have any questions about what's in here, and what will
be in the future, feel free to call my BBS and ask.
I'm always willing to help a fellow text file reader.
DISCLAIMER: I WILL TAKE NO (zilch, nada, nicht, nein,
nope, uh-uh, negative, nothing at all) REPSONIBILITY FOR ANY DAMAGES
FROM IMPROPER USE OF THE INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN. THIS IS FOR
INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY, AND YOU ARE NOT TO TRY ANY OF THE
INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN.
1. Purpose and Scope
In Unconventional Warfare operations, it may be impossible
unwise to use conventional military munitions as tools in conduct
of certain missions (let alone GETTING such munitions will be a
pain as well). It may be necessary instead to fabricate the
required munitions from the locally available or unassuming
materials. The purpose of this text file and undoubtedly future
files is to increase the potential of the public by increasing the
knowledge of their mind and describing in detail the manufacture
of munition from seeminglu innocuous locally available materials.
Manufactured, precision devices almost always will be more
effective, more reliable, and easier to use than improvised (made)
ones, but shelf items will just not be available for certain
operations or logistical reasons. Therefore the operator will
have to rely on materials he can buy at a drug or a paint store,
find in a junk pile, or scrounge around in the garage. Also, many
of the ingrediants and materials used in fabricating homemade
items are so commonplace or innocuous they can be carried without
arrousing suspicion. The completed item itself is often more easily
concealed or camouflaged. In addition, the filed expedient item
can be tailored for the intended target, thereby providing an
advantage over the standard item in flexibility and verstaility.
Potassium Nitrate
Potassium Nitrate can be extracted from many natural
resources and can be used to make nitric acid, black powder, and
many pyrotechnics. The yield ranges from .1 to 10% by weight,
depending on the fertility of the soil.
MATERIALS SOURCE
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Nitrate bearing earth or Soil containing old decayed
other material, about vegetable or animal matter
3-1/2 gallons. Old cellars and/or dirt
(13-1/2 litres) floors in old farms.
Decayed stone or mortar
building foundations
Fine wood ashes 1/2 cup Totally burned whitish wood
(1/8 liter) ash powder
Totally burned paper
(black)
Bucket or similar container,
about 5 gallons (19 ltrs)
in volume. (plastic, metal
or wood)
2 pieces of tightly woven cloth
each slightly larger than
bottom of bucket
A shallow heat-resistant
container
(ceramic, metal, etc.)
Shallow pan or dish, at least
as large as bottom of bucket
Water - 1-3/4 gallons
(6-3/4 ltrs.)
Awl, knife, screwdriver, or
other puncturing
instrument
Alcohol about 1 gallon Go to Pharmor and
(rubbing alcohol) get 4 quarts for
buck
Heat source
(fire, electric heater, etc)
Paper
Tape
(Note: Only the ratios of the amounts of ingrediants are
important. Thus, for twice as much KNO3, double quantities used.)
PROCEDURE
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Punch holes in bottom of bucket. Spread one piece of cloth
over the holes inside of bucket.
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: :
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: /oooooo\ : <--- Bucket with holes punched in bottom.
:/oooooooo\:
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\--------/ x = cloth
: -- --: o = holes
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:o-o-o-o-o:
Place wood ashes on cloth and spread layer about the thickness
of the cloth. Place second piece of cloth on top of ashes.
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:xxxxxxxxx: x = cloth
:ashashash: ash = wood ash or substitute
:xxxxxxxxx: o = holes
:o-o-o-o-o:
Place dirt in bucket.
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(Please note that :.........: . = dirt
pictures. These :ashashash: ash = wood ash or substitute
are only for those :xxxxxxxxx: o = holes
that cannot under- :o-o-o-o-o:
stand the instructions
The dirt in comparison would be over 10x as much.)
Place bucket over shallow container. Bucket may be supported if
necessary.
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\-----------/ <----- Shallow Container
Boil water and pour it over the earth in bucket a little at a
time. Allow water to run through holes in bucket into shallow
container. Be sure the water goes through ALL of the earth.
Allow drained liquid to cool and settle for 1 to 2 hours.
NOTE: Do not pour all the water ast once, since this may
cause stoppage.
Carefully drain off liquid into heat resistant container. Discard
any sludge remaining in bottom of shallow container.
Boil mixture over hot fire for at least 2 hours. Small grains of
salt will appear. Scoop these out with any type of strainer, or
use a spoon and put the water back in.
When liquid has boiled down to half its original volume, remove
from fire and then let sit for half an hour. Add an equal volume
of alcohol. When mixture is poured through paper, small white
crystals will collect on top of it.
Allow to dry. The potassium nitrate is ready for use.
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