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Description
Breaching charges are shaped charges of plastic
explosive designed to blow man-sized holes in walls. The charge is
the size of a thick notebook; it has a self-adhesive panel on one
side and an adjustable chemical time fuse on the other.
To operate a charge, the user peels the sheet of
protective plastic film from the adhesive panel, slaps the charge
onto the barrier, breaks the pre-scored fuse strip at the desired
time delay (five to 60 seconds in five-second increments), pulls the
primer, and dives for cover — a total of five actions.
Fire departments and rescue units often have a
few breaching charges, which are used in an effort to free people
trapped in burning or collapsed buildings. Charges made for such
“civilian” use are striped dazzle yellow and black, and they usually
have a fixed 60-second delay.
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