Nitrolite Explained

Nitrolite is an older form of powdery high explosive with an ammonium nitrate base, mixed with a smaller amount of TNT and nitroglycerin etc.[1] [2] [3] [4] It is used for mining, construction as well as military purposes. During World War II it came to be a budget replacement for more expensive TNT.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 1929 . nitrolit . 2023-11-20 . saob.se.
  2. Book: Thorsson, Nils . Historik och kartläggning av vapenmateriel för flygplan . 1975 . Sweden . 74 . sv.
  3. 1944 . Svensk militär explosivämnesutveckling i modern tid – från Nobel till kvävekluster, Del I: intill ca 1980 . Kungl. Krigsvetenskapsakademiens Handlingar och Tidskrift . Kungliga Krigsvetenskapsakademien (Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences) . booklet 5, 2005 . 41.
  4. Book: AMORDLISTA, Preliminär ammunitionsordlista . . 1979 . 1979 . Stockholm, Sweden . 49 . sv.

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