C-12 shaped charge: Difference between revisions
no edit summary
No edit summary |
No edit summary |
||
| Line 5: | Line 5: | ||
The [[UNSC]] '''C-12 Shaped-charges''' or '''C-12 SCs''' are used mainly for heavy demolitions and can also be used as weapons. This compound is extremely dangerous and very volatile. A small 4x4x4 inch cube alone can level a five story building.{{fact}} It's solid, but malleable enough where it can be shaped or bent into different forms to stick to surfaces better and is detonated with electroshock detonator sticks or remote detonators. | The [[UNSC]] '''C-12 Shaped-charges''' or '''C-12 SCs''' are used mainly for heavy demolitions and can also be used as weapons. This compound is extremely dangerous and very volatile. A small 4x4x4 inch cube alone can level a five story building.{{fact}} It's solid, but malleable enough where it can be shaped or bent into different forms to stick to surfaces better and is detonated with electroshock detonator sticks or remote detonators. | ||
C-12 is also hefted in medium sized backpacks called " | C-12 is also hefted in medium sized backpacks called "damage packs" or "blow packs". Two damage packs contain enough C-12 to blow through three meters of [[UNSC]] standard armor plating.<ref>''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'', page 81</ref> | ||
During the first assault of the [[rebel]]s on the [[Eridanus]] System, which happened to be the [[Spartan]]' | During the first assault of the [[rebel]]s on the [[Eridanus]] System, which happened to be the [[Spartan]]s' first real mission, [[Sam]] hefted two medium-sized backpacks full of these. After capturing the leader, [[Colonel Robert Watts]], [[Sam]] used these to blow clean through the base’s pressure doors. However, in doing so, he also murdered uncountable "civilians", or non-soldier sympathizers.<ref>''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'', page 93</ref> | ||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||