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Shellite (explosive)

Chemicals used in WWI and WWII munitions

Shellite (known as Tridite in US service) is an explosive mixture of picric acid and dinitrophenol or picric acid and hexanitrodiphenylamine in a ratio

Shellite (explosive)

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Shellite

Topics referred to by the same term

Shellite may refer to : An Australian form of Naphtha Shellite (explosive), British explosive filling for armour-piercing naval shells of the 1920s to

Shellite

Naphtha

Flammable liquid hydrocarbon mixture

dilutant, a fuel and in the production of plastics. Naphtha is also known as Shellite in Australia. The word naphtha comes from Latin through Ancient Greek (νάφθα)

Naphtha

Glossary of British ordnance terms

a red ring behind the nose to indicate the shell had been filled. For shellite, a successor of lyddite, see HE below. Common pointed shells, or CP were

Glossary of British ordnance terms

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Disney bomb

WW2 British bunker buster bomb

section was the warhead, an explosive charge of 500 pounds (230 kg) of shellite, contained within an armour-piercing casing of thick steel and fitted with

Disney bomb

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Picric acid

Explosive chemical compound

fluorescent probes to detect picric acid in very minute quantities. RE factor Shellite (explosive), an explosive containing picric acid, formerly used in naval

Picric acid

Picric_acid

Explosive

Substance that can explode

Panclastite, Pentolite, Picratol, PNNM, Pyrotol Schneiderite, Semtex, Shellite Tannerit simply, Tannerite, Titadine, Tovex, Torpex, Tritonal Alkali metals

Explosive

BL 9.2-inch howitzer

Heavy siege howitzer

and 81 cm). There was also some use of Common Pointed shell filled with Shellite. Later fuses included various versions of No 101, 106 and 188. More than

BL 9.2-inch howitzer

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Portable stove

Cooking stove specially designed to be portable and lightweight

as benzine, benzoline, gasoline, naphtha, white spirit) or White gas or Shellite. −45 °C/−49 °F (White gas) <~∞~> 31 °C/87.8 °F (White spirit) High heat

Portable stove

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BL 12-inch Mk X naval gun

Naval gun

Shells. Left to Right : Mk XA Capped Armour-Piercing shell filled with Trotyl (TNT) Shrapnel Mk 6A Capped Common pointed shell filled with Shellite 70/30

BL 12-inch Mk X naval gun