army surplus stores used to carry various army field manuals. in the early 80s a friend and i found a copy of a field manual on creating improvised munitions which gave detailed instructions on how to use household, farmyard, or otherwise readily available materials to create explosives, rockets, and firearms in case one was trapped behind the lines. it was fascinating and probably a lot more useful than the “anarchist cookbook.” i doubt that particular field manual is still available.
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