Co-op mix
English
Noun
Co-op mix (uncountable)
- (UK, Ireland) A mixture of sodium chlorate and nitrobenzene used in making improvised bombs during The Troubles in Northern Ireland.
- 1985, Desmond Hamill, Pig in the Middle: The Army in Northern Ireland, 1969-1984 (page 198)
- We found one once, 550lbs of Co-Op mix — and we found the firing position, on our side of the border. So I stood on this bloody thing […]
- 2008, A. R. Oppenheimer, IRA, The Bombs and the Bullets: A History of Deadly Ingenuity
- Disrupting Co-op mix devices by burning off the mixture by the use of low-velocity bullets proved ineffective […]
- 1985, Desmond Hamill, Pig in the Middle: The Army in Northern Ireland, 1969-1984 (page 198)