Oh the Germans tested an asbestos suit, cooked a thousand German army before they gave up. I bet they used strumbergade mostly..... If you're protecting home turf and can hide things like say a 55 gallon drum or drums. Forget the claymore, gasoline and diesel are perfectly legal to buy, as much as you want and store under most circumstances.
The optimum range of a Claymore mine is 50 yards (it is deadly out to 100 yards), and the back-blast is at least 50 feet. The distance between the Claymore and target should have been MUCH greater, otherwise you would be better off using hand grenades.
I used to have a couple of them until I was drinking with some Marine buddies and showed them off. When they asked if I had any ranch or bean dip I thought they meant for the potato chips...
if you're defending a fixed position - using strategically entrenched lengths of pipe for most of the mentioned force multipliers would be more advantageous - you could even use natural gas if it was available .....
Usually, the Germans tested things like that on Jews or Russian POWs. I know that they tested cold -water survival gear and clothing on prisoners, and the data from those experiments is still being used today. I heard tales that they may have launched some poor soul into space with a V-2 rocket, but nothing concrete.
The only thing they have hated more than Jews and Russia POWs is strumbergade as they were useful idiots who out lived their usefulness.
Do you mean the French SS, by all accounts they were excellent troops that defended Berlin to the last?
While we're on the subject of claymores, which do you prefer, the 4' Great Claymore (of William Wallace fame) or the Basket Hilt Claymore?
Yes as long as you follow federal and state laws. Chances are you have to make them as no one is going to sell you a grenade even if you are a licensed federal explosives permit holder.
Why, oh why, would I want to do that? I'm a Southerner and as such have a reputation for a certain degree of lawlessness to uphold! However, there is always a cost/benefit analysis to obeying vs breaking ANY law, and in this situation, I don't NEED any grenades... not right now anyway! It's enough that I have the knowledge, skills, and resources to build them if I ever did need them! PS Following federal and state laws, involves a lot of fees, taxes, and paperwork. It also means someone looking over your shoulder! There is a reason that my folks made moonshine rather than whiskey!
I say it's best to figure all this shit out while the electricity is still on, emergency medical services and antibiotics are still available.
