Pyrotechnics in the Open
Mealed gunpowder (or black powder) confined In tough cardboard cases or plastic containers is commonly used for pyrotechnic explosions in the open. There are also several commercial products known as bomb simulators which produce explosions of differing hues. Some have light grey smoke, and others a browny/black.
The mortar
This is a heavy steel tube with one end sealed. Primed with a charge of black powder and loaded with a paper wad and stout wooden dowel, this device is employed to hurl items into the air. It can be used to demolish wooden sheds, tip over piles of drums, fling dummy soldiers over parapets and blast out ‘lightweight’ tree stumps. The effect is enhanced if secondary, more visual, pyrotechnics are ...
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