Improvised Munitions Handbook (Improvised Explosive Devices or IEDs)

dated 1969  (This is the original book, a 2007 updated book is also on this website)

Written for the Special Forces, covers the manufacture of explosives and propellants, mines,

grenades,small arms weapons and ammunition, also mortars, rockets, incendiary device fuses, detonators and much more.  This is the how to book that all the others copy.

In Unconventional Warfare operations it may be impossible or unwise to use conventional military munitions as tools in the conduct of certain missions. It may be necessary instead to fabricate the required munitions from locally available or unassuming materials. The purpose of this manual is to increase the potential of Special Forces and guerrilla troops by describing in detail the manufacture of munitions from seemingly innocuous locally available materials.

The manual contains simple explanations and illustrations to permit construction of the items by personnel not normally familiar with making and handling munitions. These items were conceived in-house or, obtained from other publications or personnel engaged in munitions or special warfare work. This manual includes methods for fabricating explosives, detonators, propellants, shaped charges, small arms, mortars, incendiaries, delays, switches, and similar items from indigenous materials.

This book is a "BIG" (the size of a regular sheet of paper) size.  The binding is with coil, allowing easy flipping of pages without jamming.

The color covers are laminated for weather protection with black and white inside printing.

A Mini version of this book is on this website too.