Ammonal is an explosive made up of ammonium nitrate and aluminium powder, not to be confused with T-ammonal which contains trinitrotoluene as well to...
7 KB (598 words) - 08:07, 14 May 2023
mines under Messines Ridge that were charged with 454 t (447 long tons) of ammonal and gun cotton. Two mines were laid at Hill 60 on the northern flank, one...
61 KB (5,649 words) - 09:44, 9 June 2024
filling was composed mostly of home-made explosives, either cheddite or ammonal. At times explosives from German air bombs and artillery shells, as well...
2 KB (268 words) - 23:14, 2 October 2023
"88"). Pressed Ammonal D (90% ammonium nitrate, 5% naphthalene, 2.5% wood meal and 2.5% aluminium powder, codename "110"). Pressed Ammonal DJ (70% ammonium...
13 KB (1,659 words) - 19:24, 14 May 2024
magnesium) and a strong oxidizer (e.g. potassium chlorate or perchlorate) Ammonal: Ammonium nitrate and aluminium powder Armstrong's mixture: Potassium chlorate...
71 KB (8,212 words) - 15:30, 21 August 2024
India and Myanmar Anāl language, the Sino-Tibetan language they speak Ammonal, or ANAL, an explosive made from ammonium nitrate (AN) and aluminium (AL)...
1 KB (219 words) - 16:53, 12 September 2023
nitrate/fuel oil), Kinestik (ammonium nitrate/nitromethane), Tannerite and ammonal (ammonium nitrate/aluminum), and FIXOR (nitroethane/physical sensitizer)...
7 KB (706 words) - 18:47, 8 July 2024
45 kilograms (0.99 lb) of blasting explosive, which was usually either ammonal or TNT. On the top of the grenade was a plate, under which the user would...
11 KB (1,217 words) - 22:37, 25 September 2022
0 kg). Its explosive content consisted of 3.5 pounds (1.6 kg) of polar ammonal gelatine dynamite or nitrogelatine – both of which were highly flammable...
8 KB (977 words) - 08:12, 7 April 2023
Ordnance Penetrator. The BLU-82 uses ammonium nitrate and aluminum (cf. ammonal). The warhead contains 12,600 pounds (5,700 kg) of low-cost GSX slurry...
11 KB (1,170 words) - 23:12, 7 June 2024
Trotyl filling (1920s–1970s). A pink band around the middle indicates an Ammonal or Alumatol filling. (Alumatol is defined by the Dictionary of Explosives...
14 KB (1,771 words) - 02:48, 18 August 2024
was the Lochnagar mine south of La Boisselle with 60,000 lb (27 t) of ammonal explosive. The mine created a crater 300 ft (90 m) across and 90 ft (30 m)...
102 KB (11,260 words) - 02:36, 19 August 2024
7 kg/m2 (73.1 lb/sq ft) Thrust/weight: 0.38 Armament 1,200 kg (2,600 lb) Ammonal warhead Japanese Special Attack Units Flying bomb Fritz X The Cockpit,...
28 KB (3,180 words) - 01:20, 1 August 2024
although they varied in the details of construction and the amount of ammonal used for the propelling charge. The most common form of the flame fougasse...
31 KB (3,553 words) - 14:09, 11 March 2024
cargo and prisoners to Kolyma, exploded on July 24, during the loading of ammonal in Nakhodka, due to gross safety violations. The explosion resulted in...
87 KB (1,854 words) - 01:31, 21 August 2024
were at St Eloi, which was charged with 43,400 kilograms (95,600 lb) of ammonal, at Maedelstede Farm, which was charged with 43,000 kg (94,000 lb), and...
63 KB (7,332 words) - 21:24, 13 August 2024
Schwabenhöhe. The mine was loaded with 60,000 lb (27 long tons; 27 t) of ammonal in two charges of 36,000 lb (16 long tons; 16 t) and 24,000 lb (11 long...
30 KB (3,889 words) - 15:47, 20 August 2024
1926. The site (including the speedway) is presently (2020) abandoned. Ammonal Minol Hexanite RE factor US Explosive Ordnance. Washington, D.C.: Bureau...
8 KB (947 words) - 16:59, 29 July 2024
Amatex (ammonium nitrate, TNT and RDX) Amatol (ammonium nitrate and TNT) Ammonal (ammonium nitrate and aluminum powder) ANFO (ammonium nitrate and fuel...
29 KB (2,568 words) - 16:06, 13 August 2024
triperoxide diamine, which served as a detonator for the highly stable ammonal-type secondary charge. An unnamed person suffered "injuries typical of...
20 KB (2,194 words) - 17:29, 8 June 2024
1914. It was a smooth tube firing a 4.5 lb (2.0 kg) "tin-pot" filled with ammonal. The fuze was a length of Bickford fuse ignited by the burning of the propellant...
17 KB (2,191 words) - 22:30, 4 April 2024
cargo and prisoners to Kolyma. On July 24, 1946, during the loading of ammonal in Nakhodka, an explosion occurred due to gross safety violations. The...
4 KB (462 words) - 12:12, 5 August 2022
7 – WWI: Battle of Messines opens with the British Army detonating 24 ammonal mines under the German lines, killing 10,000 in the deadliest deliberate...
83 KB (8,898 words) - 04:09, 17 August 2024
atop a long hollow-wooden handle. Internally, the explosive – initially ammonal but later approximately 170 g (6.0 oz) of trinitrotoluene filling – was...
34 KB (3,465 words) - 07:27, 5 June 2024
explosives used in these attacks was initially Goma-2 or self-produced ammonal. After several successful robberies in France, ETA began using Titadyne...
143 KB (16,158 words) - 03:32, 21 August 2024
explosive 7 Tetranitrocubane explosive - computed[citation needed] 6.95 Ammonal (Al+NH4NO3 oxidizer)[citation needed] 6.9 12.7 Tetranitromethane + hydrazine...
19 KB (705 words) - 19:44, 18 August 2024
steep incline or roadblock where vehicles would be obliged to slow down. Ammonal provided the propellant charge which, when triggered, caused the weapon...
11 KB (1,215 words) - 13:38, 18 May 2024
of 95,600 pounds (43,400 kg) of ammonal), Maedelstede Farm (created by a charge of 94,000 pounds (43,000 kg) of ammonal), and at Spanbroekmolen (created...
77 KB (9,595 words) - 01:45, 14 December 2023
which were loaded with a combined charge of 66,600 pounds (30,200 kg) of ammonal. The mine was fired on 7 June 1917 as part of the Mines in the Battle of...
2 KB (237 words) - 18:43, 26 December 2022
ammonium nitrate, some with other compounds included. These fills included Ammonal, Schneiderite and Amatol. The latter was still in wide use in World War...
64 KB (8,508 words) - 15:07, 19 August 2024