Complex sentence: However the sensitivity of the explosives made them occasionally detonate in the tube, there were a large number of these incidents, one of which claimed the life of Karl Völler, head designer of Rheinmetall in 1916.
Split into simpler sentences: However the sensitivity of the explosives made them occasionally detonate in the tube. There were a large number of these incidents, one of which claimed the life of Karl Völler, head designer of Rheinmetall, in 1916.