Suppose I have a 15mm steel-rod and want to melt through it (just for sports, or because maybe it's too hard for any tool, and acid would take too
much time ...)
==> Probably the choice would be thermite ...
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Eugene Song and Gene V Tracy
Enhanced Incendiary Grenade
Proceedings of the Twenty-seventh International Pyrotechnics Seminar. July 2000
Pp. 393-411
"The most basic thermate grenade [see ref for composition] is that of the AN-M14 TH3 ... first produced in 1952." The AN weighs 2 pounds. "It is both
heavy and bulky for the solider to carry."
"FM 23-30, Grenades and Pyrotechnic Signals, states that an AN-M14 is capable of penetrating 1/2-inch thick stel plate. However, recent testing....
has shown that the current AN-M14 TH3 grenade is only capable of penetrating 1/8-inch thick steel plate."
"A device with greater penetration capabilities is the "Thermite Penetrator Device, U.S. Pat. No. 4,216,721.....
"While the Frankfort Arsenal device has merit, and a 1.5 pound charge the thermite could penetrate 1-inch steel plate..."
The new 25% lighter EIG [composition in ref.] will penetrate 1-inch of steel plate and will function (with less penetration) when vertical.
The advanced functioning of the EIG is the results of mechanical changes, the chemistry has not changed.
By the - "Stand off" distance is still critical for optimum performance.
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