Plastic Explosives

Plastic explosives are high explosives in Fallout, Fallout 2, Fallout: New Vegas, Fallout Tactics and an unused weapon in Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel.

Background
Plastic explosives was used for decades prior to the War as a mining tool, and is still useful for removing inconvenient nature. Like its more primitive cousin, dynamite, plastic explosives are both a tool and a weapon. Typically made from a powerful explosive like Semtex or RDX, with a plasticizer, they are a very stable and malleable compound. Plastic explosives can be rigged to explode with either remote or timer detonators, and can be detonated with other high explosives.

Cordex plastic explosives


A military wad of Cordex, with a timer that can be set for up to 3 minutes in 10-second increments.

M112 demolition charge


A package of four individual 1.25 pound bricks of standard military grade composition C-4 explosive bundled together with duct tape and a crude rope handle, and a remote detonator.

Plastic explosives


A package of plastic explosives in an off white wrapper, with a yellow and red label stating "C-4 Caution High Explosive" that appeared in Fallout Tactics.