Trotyl

Japanese: trotyl
Trotyl

…A high-performance explosive known as TNT. It was used in large quantities during World War II and was called trotyl or brown powder in Japan. Previously, picric acid (Shimose powder) was used as the main explosive, but it has been replaced by TNT because of its several shortcomings.

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "trotyl" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…TNTの別名で知られる高性能爆薬で,第2次大戦中に大量に使われ,日本ではトロチルtrotyl,茶褐薬などとも呼ばれた。以前はピクリン酸(下瀬火薬)が主要炸薬として用いられたが,いくつかの欠点をもつためTNTにとって代わられた。…

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