Primasheet#Primasheet 2000

Primasheet is a rubberized sheet explosive identical to Detasheet. Manufactured by Ensign-Bickford Aerospace & Defense Company Primasheet comes in two varieties: Primasheet 1000 is PETN based and Primasheet 2000 is RDX based. Both are waterproof and are supplied in continuous rolls.

{{cite book

|last=Cooper

|first=Paul W.

|title=Explosives Engineering

|year=1996

|publisher=Wiley-VCH

|location=New York

|page=57

|chapter=Chapter 4: Use forms of explosives

|isbn=0-471-18636-8

}}

Primasheet 1000

Primasheet 1000 is PETN based, and contains 65% PETN, 8% nitrocellulose, and 27% plasticizer. Primasheet 1000 is olive green colored, and manufactured in 1.0, 1.5, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 8 mm thicknesses.

Primasheet 2000

Primasheet 2000 is an RDX-based rubberized sheet explosive. It contains 88.2% RDX with the remainder plasticizer. It is equally as powerful as C4.

= SX2 =

A British military explosive, also manufactured by Ensign-Bickford. This is very similar or identical to commercial Primasheet 2000.

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