Military explosives

Japanese: 軍用爆薬 - ぐんようばくやく(英語表記)military explosive
Military explosives
High explosives are used primarily for military purposes and are used in shells, bombs, torpedoes, rocket warheads, nuclear weapons, etc. Their performance requires high power per unit volume or weight, high detonation velocity, good storage stability, and low sensitivity to impact. Typical military explosives include picric acid, ammonium picrate (Explosive D), trinitrotoluene (TNT), pentitol (PETN), tetryl, hexogen (RDX), octogen (HMX), and mixtures of these.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:
軍事目的に主として使用される爆薬high explosiveで,砲弾,爆弾,魚雷,ロケットの弾頭,核兵器などに充てんして用いられる。その性能としては,単位容積または単位重量当り大きな威力があること,爆ごう(轟)速度が大きいこと,貯蔵安定性が良いこと,打撃に対する感度が低いこと,などが要求される。 代表的な軍用爆薬としては,ピクリン酸,ピクリン酸アンモニウム(エクスプローシブD),トリニトロトルエン(TNT),ペントリット(PETN),テトリル,ヘキソーゲン(RDX),オクトーゲン(HMX)およびこれらを組み合わせて混合したものなどがある。

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