Comments by "William Cox" (@WildBillCox13) on "Cordite and Poudre B - Why things start exploding at just the wrong time" video.

  1. The way I read it described, a 10pt type dot of Nitroglycerine creates 9 cubic meters of gas when it detonates.
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  2. "Something seems to be wrong with our bloody chemistry . . ." -Anon.
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  3. France produced two very large rail howitzers near the end of WW1: the O 520: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obusier_de_520_mod%C3%A8le_1916. These were huge weapons for the day, but not used in combat at the time. One exploded while test firing, but the other fell into the German bag in 1940. This one similarly detonated spectacularly during use at the siege of Leningrad. So many had their hearing damaged by this burst that it spawned a newer, louder, type of music; one familiar to today's audiences as "Deaf Metal". Sorry. Had to do that. Will let myself out through the scuttle.
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