<\/>indless Mayhem (#3) ____________________ \~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~/ __________________ 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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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 ~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~ 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 ~~~~~~~~~~~ Punch holes in bottom of bucket. Spread one piece of cloth over the holes inside of bucket. : : : : : ------ : : /oooooo\ : <--- Bucket with holes punched in bottom. :/oooooooo\: \oooooooo/ \------/ \--------/ x = cloth : -- --: o = holes : ~~~~ : : : : : : : : : :xxxxxxxxx: :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. \--------/ : -- --: : ~~~~ : : : :xxxxxxxxx: x = cloth :ashashash: ash = wood ash or substitute :xxxxxxxxx: o = holes :o-o-o-o-o: Place dirt in bucket. \--------/ : -- --: :...~~~~..: (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. \----------/ :-- --: <--- bucket : ~~~~~~ : : : : : :__________: \-------------/ \-----------/ <----- 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. 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