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M3 Series 40 lb Demolition Shaped Charges

Demolition Stores  
Iran, Islamic Republic of
Turkey
United States of America

The M3 are a series of US-developed, shaped charge-based, 40 lb, demolition charges, which are designed to produce holes in reinforced concrete, armour plate, soils and other materials. M3 Demolition Charge The M3 demolition charge is a World War Two (WW2)-era design, which is thought to have been standardised in mid-1944. The M3 was originally filled with an ≈13.4 kg (≈29.5 lb) charge of 50/50 pentolite. the M3 had an alternate filli...

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