P03090.008 Accession Number: P03090.008

Description

An M3E2, 40 pound, shaped demolition charge, (Composition B), which was used for destroying Viet Cong bunkers and fortifications during the Vietnam war.

Details

Accession Number
P03090.008
Photographer
Colonel John Howard Kemp (Rtd)
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Transparency
Physical Description
Format: 35mm
Date Made
c 1967 - 1968
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Donor J Kemp
Copyright
AWM Licensed copyright

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