Usage
Plastic explosive is commonly used for the demolition of obstacles and fortifications by engineers and combat engineers, an early use being the warhead of the British Armoured Vehicle Royal Engineers's (AVRE)'s 'Petard' demolition mortar, used to destroy concrete fortifications encountered during Operation Overlord (D-Day). The original use of Nobel 808 not supplied by the SOE was for sabotage of German installations and railways in Occupied Europe. The most common commercial use of plastic explosives is for shock hardening high manganese percentage steel. This material is typically used for train rail components and earth digging implements.
Some terrorist groups have used plastic explosives. In October 2000, terrorists used C-4 to attack the USS Cole, killing 17 sailors In 1996, terrorists used C-4 to blow up the Khobar Towers U.S. military housing complex in Saudi Arabia.
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