Is it really possible to cause military-grade explosives to explode with a gun shot?
At the end of Suicide Squad:
Harley Quinn cuts out Enchantress' heart. Rick Flag asks Killer Croc to throw a military-grade explosive into Enchantress' weapon and Deadshot shoots it, forcing it to explode.
According to IMDB Goof's, it states,
Military-grade explosives do not explode when shot at; the (sic) require a blasting cap to be set off. This is a safety feature of such materials.
However, it is observed that shooting a grenade or fuel tank causes it to explode. Is this not possible with the explosive used in this scenario?
Best Answer
NO
Military Grade explosives are incredibly safe and are designed to only explode when required.
Take C4 (or Composition-4 to give it its correct name) - Wikipedia
C-4 is very stable and insensitive to most physical shocks. C-4 cannot be detonated by a gunshot or by dropping it onto a hard surface. It does not explode when set on fire or exposed to microwave radiation. Detonation can only be initiated by a combination of extreme heat and a shockwave, such as when a detonator inserted into it is fired.
Shooting Gas Tanks
This was covered at Skeptics Stack Exchange where the answer was a pretty resounding... NO.
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Answer 2
'Military Grade' does not really define what the explosive is made of, and that is what determines how it detonates. Some explosives require fire, some impact, some a chemical reaction, etc. Many nitrogen based explosives can explode with physical force. I've seen nitrogen triiodide explode at the touch of a feather. TNT is also know to explode if not handled properly. Bullets themselves have a primer that is impact based which ignites the gunpowder.
If a bomb has an impact based detonator, or uses an impact based explosive, then yes, shooting it would detonate it. 'Military Grade' doesn't specify what it is.
Answer 3
Yes
But only certain ones. In Mythbusters Episode 216, they detonate a hand grenade with a .308 rifle.
Answer 4
Explosives that detonate with combustion or shock can be set off with firearms......Thought difficult. Sensitive explosives like TNT are indeed possible. Modern military explosives use RDX or plastic explosives that are notoriously difficult to set off. This makes them safer. They can only detonate with a high speed detonation wave (primer caps)
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