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How to Make Napalm

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You may find yourself wondering “Why on earth would I ever need to make napalm?”

That’s a valid question.

One with a number of equally valid answers.

The first, and most obvious, is starting a fire in a survival scenario

Anyone who’s ever been cold and wet, and needed to start a fire in a damp environment knows that it can often take an act of God to turn a small bundle of tinder and kindling into the fire that you so desperately need.

A small container of napalm, which will burn hot and long, can help you quickly turn a bundle of damp wood into a roaring fire, sure to warm you all the way down to your frozen toes.

Another use is signalling

If you’re ever lost in the wilderness, a modest amount of napalm can be used to create a smoke plume that can be seen for miles in the day, or bright light that can be seen for miles at night – especially from the air!

And a final use is defense

There’s no telling what challenges and dangers may come our way over the next few years. Your once peaceful suburban utopia may become a paradise to rioters and looters. Because humans are generally terrified by fire, a simple molotov cocktail lobbed in the direction of an angry mob will almost certainly motivate them to seek a less intimidating target.

Making a molotov cocktail is as easy as filling a glass bottle or jar with napalm, and stuffing a rag into the neck. Just prior to use, you would remove the rag, pour a little napalm on it, stuff it back into the neck, light and toss. When the glass breaks upon hitting the ground, the burning rag will ignite the rest of the napalm, and you will have created “shock and awe” that leaves little doubt who’s in charge.

How to make napalm

Making napalm is even easier than using it. There are many ways to make napalm, but one of the easiest is with polystyrene, also known as styrofoam.

Simply start with a metal container of gasoline or diesel fuel, and begin dropping pieces of styrofoam into it while stirring. The fuel will dissolve the styrofoam, creating a thick, gelled substance. Eventually, you’ll come to a point where you can’t dissolve any more styrofoam, which means the fuel has reached the maximum concentration and your napalm is ready.

That’s it!

I’ll bet you expected something a lot more complicated. If you want to get really technical, military-grade napalm is a composition of 21% benzene, 33% gasoline (itself containing between 1% and 4% (estimated) benzene to raise its octane number), and 46% polystyrene, but the benzene really isn’t needed.

*Note: Napalm is extremely dangerous. Anything you chose to do with this information is at your own risk.

How Much Ammo is Enough?

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I’m often asked “How much ammo is enough?”

Do you simply need to hunt to put some extra food on the table, or are you defending your home in a riot zone? Either scenario would give you a drastically different answer.

I know more than a few people who live by the motto “Buy it cheap and stack it deep.” Some of my friends like to buy a few boxes with every paycheck. Depending on the cartridge you shoot, you’re looking at roughly $10-$20 per box of 20 rounds for rifle or handgun ammo. This lets you build up a reasonable stockpile relatively quickly as long as you shoot less than you store.

A few of my less-optimistic friends buy it by the case (or in one instance, by the pallet). Obviously, this lets you build up a far larger stockpile much more quickly, but it has a larger impact on your budget. You can also run into logistical issues; do you have space for cases or pallets of ammo?

I personally fall somewhere in the middle. In my opinion, unless we have a major disaster of some sort that drags out for months on end, a few thousand rounds is more than enough for your own stockpile. On the other hand, if you can afford it, and your other supplies (food, water, hygiene products, medicine, etc.) are stocked up, there’s no such thing as too much ammo.

For the sake of argument, let’s assume that everything did go south. You’ll probably want a chest-style rig with enough pouches to hold six magazines, plus one more in your rifle. AR-15 owners, that means you’re walking around with 28 pounds of mags and ammo. AK fans, your steel magazines and ammo weigh in even heavier. In either case, that puts you at 210 rounds.

You may be thinking “I could carry more than that.” and you’re probably right, but what do you have to leave behind to do so? Water? First aid?

In reality, 210 rounds is actually quite a lot. In fact, our troops in harms way often carry slightly less. Short of a “break contact” drill, or defense against “human wave” style assaults, you’d be pretty unlikely to burn through that. And unless Chinese paratroopers were assaulting your apartment building, you’re unlikely to face either event.

If I had to put a hard number on it, a few cases of ammo for a total of 2-3 thousand rounds per weapon is plenty for any realistically foreseeable circumstance.