Carbon, in black powder, is a constituent of fireworks rocket propellants, bursting charges, and effects mixtures, and military delay fuses and igniters.
12.
U . S . high explosive ammunition for the TRP was the Mark II HE shell with a projectile weighing and a TNT bursting charge of 27.2 grams.
13.
The incendiary properties of exploding shells demonstrated the obsolescence of wooden warships in the 1853 Battle of Sinop; but detonation effectiveness was limited by use of gunpowder bursting charges.
14.
The 100mm OF-412 HE fragmentation warhead was 60 % heavier in both total weight and bursting charge than the equivalent 88mm tank guns found on German Tiger tanks.
15.
The bursting charge of tetryl weighed 0.10 lb ( 45 g ), and the alternate Composition " A " charge weighs 0.105 lb ( 48 g ).
16.
In 1942, " Nevada " was also supplied with high capacity ( HC ) shells, with no armor-piercing capability but a maximized bursting charge for shore bombardment.
17.
In the 1870s William Armstrong provided a design with the bursting charge in the head and the shell wall made of steel and hence much thinner than previous cast-iron shrapnel shell walls.
18.
For unarmored targets and shore bombardment, the 1, 900 lb ( 862 kg ) Mk . 13 HC ( High-Capacity referring to the large bursting charge ) shell was available.
19.
In the 1870s, William Armstrong provided a design with the bursting charge in the head and the shell wall made of steel and hence much thinner than previous cast-iron shrapnel shell walls.
20.
It used a much thinner forged steel shell case with a timer fuze in the nose and a tube running through the centre to convey the ignition flash to a gunpowder bursting charge in the shell base.
