-
started manufacturing a very
similar mixture in Lydd, Kent, with the name
Lyddite. ****an
followed with an
alternative stabilization approach known as Shimose...
-
filled with TNT.
Common lyddite s**** were
British explosive s****
filled with
Lyddite were
initially designated "common
lyddite" and
beginning in 1896...
-
Lyddite were
initially designated "common
lyddite" and
beginning in 1896 were the
first British generation of
modern "high explosive" s****.
Lyddite...
-
Ammunition 10th
Edition 1915
quotes 8 lb
Lyddite. Hogg &
Thurston 1972
quote 4 lb
Lyddite and 6 lb Amatol, but 4 lb
Lyddite is ****umed to be a
misprint as Amatol...
- had
penetrated the
armour of
British capital ships,
whereas the
British Lyddite-filled s****
tended to
explode upon
striking armour, thus
expending much...
-
propellant charge approximately twice as large, but it
initially fired the same
Lyddite and
steel s**** as the Hotchkiss.
Starting in 1904, the
Royal Navy bought...
-
using a
picric acid
mixture (
Lyddite). The
shock of
impact of a s****
against armour often prematurely detonated Lyddite in
advance of fuze
function while...
-
already used by
France in the form of
Melinite and by
Britain in the form of
Lyddite.
Picric acid has an
instability problem when in
contact with iron or other...
- S****ite
originated after World War I as a
development of
lyddite (picric acid).
During the war,
lyddite-filled, armour-piercing s**** had been
found to be...
-
Diameter 2.5
inches (64 mm) Effective firing range 70 yd (64 m)
Filling Lyddite,
Pentolite or RDX/beeswax Filling weight 156
grams (5.5 oz) Detonation...
