Interesting headlines in the U.S.

[Trumpetmaster]

Headline CNN:

Colin Powell says Iraq in a 'civil war'

I would agree with that.....

[Shapley]

Do I recall Tom Hanks making a C4 "sticky bomb" in Private Ryan? That line surprised me, I thought C4 was more modern and maybe Spielberg missed a detail. He doesn't miss much.

According to this site, it wasn't C-4 Used in Saving Private Ryan.

I seem to recall a similar tactic used in the movie A Walk in the Sun to disable a tank, but they used hand grenades.

[analog]

According to this site, it wasn't C-4 Used in Saving Private Ryan.

Yep. Several sites say "Composition B".

The older I get - the more I remember, and the more I imagine, and the less clear the difference.

My apologies to Mr Spielberg.

Composition B is an explosive consisting of castable mixtures of RDX and TNT as well as, in some instances, additional desensitizing agents. It is used as a burster in artillery projectiles, rockets, land mines, and hand grenades. It was also used for the explosive lenses in the first implosion-type nuclear weapons developed by the United States.

The standard ratio of ingredients (by weight) is 36 % TNT, 63 % RDX, and 1 % wax (improves handling qualities).

Composition B was extremely common in US and other western nations' munitions and was the standard explosive filler from early World War II until the early 1990s, when less sensitive explosives began to replace it in many weapons systems. Some NATO-approved munitions suppliers such as Mecar have continued to use Composition B in their products.