3 WAR INVENTIONS

AK-47, C4, FLASHBANG


AK-47
This is a AK-47 comes from Russia. The desinger is a Michaił Kałasznikow and manufactuer Koncern Kałasznikowa. This is a type automatic rifle. In 1946-1948 he was tested as a prototype and In 1949-1959 serial production was realsed.


C4
C4 (Composition 4) - type of plastic explosive. It consists of the appropriate explosive, binder, plastic and (in recent times) marking substances. The explosive material in C4 is hexene (hexahydro-1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazine), which represents more than 90% of C4. Polyisobutylene (about 2%) and plasticizer are di (2-ethylhexyl sebacate) (about 5%). Also small amounts (about 1.5%) of engine oil are added [1]. Sometimes dioctyl adipate (DOA) is used as a binder. In the USA, the marking substance is DMDNB (2,3-dimethyl-2,3-dinitrobutane).


FLASHBANG
Flash-bang or deafening grenade - a hand grenade that does not deal any major damage to the opponent. The first specimens of this type of grenades were made in the 1960s for the British Special Air Service as a weapon to prevent the enemy from fighting, but not wounding him.