page_title: Amatol
hierarchical_section_title: Amatol
caption_attribution_description: English: 152 mm shell production in Finland - filling with amatol. Suomi: 152 amatoolikranaatin (6 tuuman) valamista. Kuopio, Ammuslataamo 1942.05.15
context_page_description: Amatol is a highly explosive material made from a mixture of TNT and ammonium nitrate. The British name originates from the words ammonium and toluene. Similar mixtures were known as Schneiderite in France. Amatol was used extensively during World War I and World War II, typically as an explosive in military weapons such as aircraft bombs, shells, depth charges, and naval mines. It was eventually replaced with alternative explosives such as Composition B, Torpex, and tritonal.
context_section_description: Amatol is a highly explosive material made from a mixture of TNT and ammonium nitrate. The British name originates from the words ammonium and toluene (the precursor of TNT). Similar mixtures (one part dinitronaphthalene and seven parts ammonium nitrate) were known as Schneiderite in France. Amatol was used extensively during World War I and World War II, typically as an explosive in military weapons such as aircraft bombs, shells, depth charges, and naval mines. It was eventually replaced with alternative explosives such as Composition B, Torpex, and tritonal.
caption: 152 mm shells being filled with liquid amatol. Finland, 1942
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