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Originally Posted by sven hassell
Semtex is better. More bang per pound! Why dont western military use it ?
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I believe some still use it, but there are better things around then Semtex now.
If I don't remember wrong Semtex has a detonation/explosive velocity of around +7.000m/s in unconfined space.
C4 has around 8.000-8.400m/s, depending on the mixture (there are a few almost identical explosives to C4 just with different names).
And here in Norway and a few other western countries HMX plastic explosive is pretty common for military use, with a velocity over 9.000m/s it's a pretty nice "toy" for demolition work.