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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. It's solid, but malleable enough where it can be shaped into different forms to stick to surfaces better, and is detonated with electro-shock 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. It's solid, but malleable enough where it can be shaped into different forms to stick to surfaces better, and is detonated with electro-shock detonator sticks or remote detonators. | ||
C-12 is also hefted in medium sized backpacks called "Damage Packs. | 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 [[Titanium-A]].<ref>[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]], page 81.</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 14:32, April 23, 2008
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. It's solid, but malleable enough where it can be shaped into different forms to stick to surfaces better, and is detonated with electro-shock detonator sticks or remote detonators.
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 Titanium-A.[1]
Sources
- ^ Halo: The Fall of Reach, page 81.
Trivia
- In the present there is a very effective explosive called C-4 possibly a precusser
