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The Mk 6 Mod 0 Encased High-Explosive, Anti-Armor (HEAA) Rocket is effective against current tanks without added armor, and uses a standoff rod on the detonator, allowing the explosive force to be focused on a small point and for maximum damage against targets. The HEAA round can penetrate up to the equivalent of 600 mm of rolled homogeneous steel.
Picric acid or later Type 98 explosive (mod 1) Cast steel: Type 2 Model 2 mod 0 or mod 1: Obsolete during the war. Case is similar to the Type 99 No. 6 Mk. 2 [2] Type 97 No.6: Land Bomb: 56 kg (124 lb) 23 kg (50 lb) Picric acid or Type 98 explosive: Welded and riveted 6.4 mm (1 ⁄ 4 in) steel: 100 cm (40 in) Horizontal navy type: Cast steel
Raufoss Mk 211. The Raufoss Mk 211 is a .50 BMG (12.7×99mm NATO) multi-purpose anti-materiel high-explosive incendiary/armor-piercing ammunition projectile produced by Nammo under the model name NM140 MP. [1] It is commonly referred to as multipurpose or Raufoss, meaning red waterfall in Norwegian. This refers to Nammo's precursor company ...
It is an aluminized (powdered aluminum) explosive having the same order of sensitivity as Composition B. [1]Tests indicate that it is about 98% to 100% as powerful as Torpex, that it is definitely less sensitive than Torpex in both laboratory impact and bullet impact, that it is slightly more sensitive in these respects than TNT, and that it is about the same order as Composition B. [2]
Type 94 Mod. 100 kg High-explosive bomb. Type 1 50 kg High-explosive bomb. Type 1 100 kg High-explosive bomb. Type 1 250 kg High-explosive bomb. Type 92 250 kg High-explosive bomb. Type 92 500 kg High-explosive bomb. Type 4456 100 kg Skipping bomb.
The Mod 0 warhead contained 1,260 pounds (570 kg) of Torpex (TPX) explosive and at the time was the most powerful conventional submarine torpedo warhead in the world. The TPX explosive in use by the US Navy during WWII was about 75% more powerful by weight (7,405 J/g) than the Japanese Type 95 and Type 97 torpedo explosives (4,370 J/g).
Entered into service in 1935, the Breda Mod. 35, together with the SRCM Mod. 35 and the OTO Mod. 35 represented the new generation of hand grenades with which the Royal Italian Army faced the Second World War. It is an offensive type hand grenade, made up of an aluminium cylindrical body with the two trunk-conical shaped ends of, painted red ...
Plastic explosive is a soft and hand-moldable solid form of explosive material. Within the field of explosives engineering, plastic explosives are also known as putty explosives[1] or blastics. Plastic explosives are especially suited for explosive demolition. Common plastic explosives include Semtex and C-4.