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==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
*In the present day there is a very powerful and effective explosive called C-4 demolition charge, possibly a precursor to C-12 shape charge. | *In the present day there is a very powerful and effective explosive called C-4 demolition charge, possibly a precursor to C-12 shape charge. | ||
*During [[World War II]] there was a reasonably powerful explosive called C-2, which is a precursor to C-4 and possibly to C-12. | *During [[World War II]] there was a reasonably powerful explosive called C-2, which is a precursor to C-3, C-4 and possibly to C-12. | ||
*C-12 may also be related to [[C-7]]. | *C-12 may also be related to [[C-7]]. | ||
*C-4 is short for "Composition 4", therefore it is likely that C-12 means "Composition 12." It is also likely that it is simply a codename based the order in which it was developed, not an indicator of its explosive power (i.e. being 3 times more powerful than C-4. In real life, C-2  has more explosive power than C-4, but is also more unstable, and thus newer compositions were designed for stability and to be moldable, not to have extreme power for which other explosives already exist). | *C-4 is short for "Composition 4", therefore it is likely that C-12 means "Composition 12." It is also likely that it is simply a codename based the order in which it was developed, not an indicator of its explosive power (i.e. being 3 times more powerful than C-4. In real life, C-2  has more explosive power than C-4, but is also more unstable, and thus newer compositions were designed for stability and to be moldable, not to have extreme power for which other explosives already exist). | ||