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M-80 (explosive) M-80s are an American class of large powerful firecrackers, sometimes called salutes. [ 1] M-80s were originally made in the mid 20th century for the U.S. military to simulate explosives or artillery fire. The "M" is designated by a U.S. military convention for "standard" equipment and "80" is for the 80 grains (5.2 grams) of ...
Unexcelled Cherry Salute, c. 1934. [ 1] A cherry bomb (also known as a globe salute or kraft salute) is an approximately spherical exploding firework, roughly resembling a cherry in size and shape (with the fuse resembling the cherry's stem). Cherry bombs range in size from three-quarters to one and a half inches (1.9 to 3.8 cm) in diameter.
In 1983, an explosion at a secret unlicensed fireworks factory manufacturing M-80 and M-100 fireworks near Benton, Tennessee, killed eleven, injured one, and inflicted damage within a radius of several miles. [ 3] The operation was by far the largest-known illegal fireworks operation in US history, and the initial blast was heard as far away as ...
Authorities say that as they continued to question him, Lee eventually said, he tossed something "like a M80 or something like that" near the location, around his birthday – Feb. 9.
Quarter stick. A quarter stick, colloquially known as the M-1000, is a large firecracker that falls within a certain range of dimensions that carry 30 grams of flash powder. These dimensions typically are 3/4" x 3.5" or 1" x 2.5". Like all the others preceding it, the Visco fuse is seen from varying lengths protruding from the side or end ...
The M77 was developed from the M483A1 that was developed for so-called "cargo" artillery shells in the 155 mm and 8-inch (203 mm) calibers. A dual-purpose improved conventional munition ( DPICM) is an artillery or surface-to-surface missile warhead designed to burst into submunitions at an optimum altitude and distance from the desired target ...
Unbeknownst to me, James bought a huge M80 firecracker belt that looked like something out of a Rambo movie. As I sat outside in a lawn chair, watching the family enjoy the fireworks, James crept ...
Flash powder is a pyrotechnic composition, a mixture of oxidizer and metallic fuel, which burns quickly (deflagrates) and produces a loud noise regardless of confinement. It is widely used in theatrical pyrotechnics and fireworks (namely salutes, e.g., cherry bombs, M-80s, firecrackers, and cap gun shots) and was once used for flashes in ...