Editing C-4 (explosive) (section)

=== Vietnam War ===
U.S. soldiers during the [[Vietnam War]] era would sometimes use small amounts of C-4 as a [[fuel]] for heating rations, as it will [[Deflagration|burn]] unless detonated with a [[Explosive#Primary explosive|primary explosive]].<ref name="fuelsource">{{Cite web | last1=Harris | first1=Tom | title=How C-4 Works | url=http://science.howstuffworks.com/c-42.htm | website=How Stuff Works | date=20 June 2002 | publisher=HowStuffWorks | access-date=14 July 2014}}</ref> However, burning C-4 produces poisonous fumes, and soldiers are warned of the dangers of personal injury when using the plastic explosive.<ref>{{Cite book | title=FM 3–34.214 (FM 5–250) Explosives and Demolitions | publisher=U.S. Department of the Army | location=Washington, D.C. | pages=6 | quote=Composition C4 explosive is poisonous and dangerous if chewed or ingested; its detonation or burning produces poisonous fumes. | chapter=Chapter 1: Military Explosives | date=27 August 2008 | chapter-url=http://info.publicintelligence.net/USArmy-Explosives.pdf }}</ref>

Among field troops in Vietnam it became common knowledge that ingestion of a small amount of C-4 would produce a "[[Substance intoxication|high]]" similar to that of ethanol.<ref name="yummy" /><ref name="trippy"/> Others would ingest C-4, commonly obtained from a [[M18 Claymore mine|Claymore mine]], to induce temporary illness in the hope of being sent on sick leave.<ref name="dispatches">{{Cite book | first=Michael | last=Herr | date=1977 | title=Dispatches | publisher=Knopf | isbn=978-0-679-73525-0 | url=http://www.abebooks.com/9780679735250/Dispatches-Herr-Michael-0679735259/plp}}</ref>