WWII German Torpedo Explosives

TarJak · 05-28-07, 07:59 AM

Just helping a relative with a chemistry assignment for university on the history of explosives and she knew I was into WWII subs. No I'm not after the fully detailed chemical breakdown, just the high level details. I know the germans used RDX or hexogen which was developed in 1890 odd by hans Henning. Wikipedia has this reasonably detailled account http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hexogen but was that the only one they used?

I knew Torpex was developed by Brits and first used in 1942 and was a mix of TNT, RDX and aluminium. Did the germans develop any other mixtures. Wikipedia is a bit thin on this sort of info but it does have this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Explosi...d_during_WW_II which outlines a bunch of things that are either not listed or don't have any explanation of who used them.

@Jimbuna Thanks for the link but it didn't say much about the actual explosives used.

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05-28-07, 07:59 AM	#4
TarJak Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 17,052 Downloads: 150 Uploads: 8	Just helping a relative with a chemistry assignment for university on the history of explosives and she knew I was into WWII subs. No I'm not after the fully detailed chemical breakdown, just the high level details. I know the germans used RDX or hexogen which was developed in 1890 odd by hans Henning. Wikipedia has this reasonably detailled account http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hexogen but was that the only one they used? I knew Torpex was developed by Brits and first used in 1942 and was a mix of TNT, RDX and aluminium. Did the germans develop any other mixtures. Wikipedia is a bit thin on this sort of info but it does have this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Explosi...d_during_WW_II which outlines a bunch of things that are either not listed or don't have any explanation of who used them. @Jimbuna Thanks for the link but it didn't say much about the actual explosives used.