| 单词 | high explosive |
| 例句 | Hour after hour, for days on end, high explosives poured from the sky like metal rain. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z “I urge you not to make that mistake. Your trailer is currently wired with a large quantity of high explosives.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Loaded with high explosives, their aim was to dive right into the target, especially big targets like our battleships and aircraft carriers. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Sticks of high explosives fell swishing from two-engine bombers, including one old plane that came over every night. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z To blow the tunnels, they carried one-pound blocks of pentrite high explosives, four blocks to a man, 68 pounds in all. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z From high in the sky B-29s dropped thousands of tons of high explosives on every Japanese city. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Some rounds of high explosives came in on top of the hill. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z On the night of March 9th, 1945, an air attack on Tokyo by American heavy bombers, using incendiary and high explosive bombs, caused the death of 83,193 people. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z He went home and started writing down his ideas right away, pointing out which American industries could be easily destroyed with high explosives. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z Only later would he learn that it was pure, crystalline high explosive. How the US let al-Qaida get its hands on an Iraqi weapons factory 2011-01-07T07:59:02Z Det, or detonation cord, is a thin, flexible plastic tube filled with high explosive and used for initiating larger charges. A soldier’s best friend 2013-05-08T19:34:00Z Blitz Street treated it like a laboratory experiment, measuring precisely what happens when 250kg of high explosive TNT hits a house. Blitz Street, Out of the Frying Pan and Coronation Street 2010-04-19T22:05:00Z At last, the truth: 341 tonnes of high explosive were missing. How the US let al-Qaida get its hands on an Iraqi weapons factory 2011-01-07T07:59:02Z A huge quantity of high explosives had gone missing, he was told. How the US let al-Qaida get its hands on an Iraqi weapons factory 2011-01-07T07:59:02Z As plutonium is compressed with the high explosives, a detector will convert the X-rays into images recorded by a sensitive camera that can capture images at speeds of 1 billion per second. U.S. moves closer to underground testing of nuclear weapons stockpile without any actual explosions 2023-10-05T04:00:00Z It almost led the crew to blow up the boat, which was packed with high explosives on its bows. World War Two: The Australian commando raid in Singapore 2023-09-25T04:00:00Z The LNR continued until World War Two when, during the night of 16 April 1941, in one of the last major air raids on London, the station was hit by high explosive and incendiary bombs. Necropolis Railway: The railway trip where only some returned 2023-09-17T04:00:00Z So Bradbury Reid’s father moved his family into tents a couple of miles from the lab, within earshot of high explosive tests, until permanent housing on the site became available. The untold story of the Manhattan Eight: FBI’s secret spying on Hanford women 2023-07-22T04:00:00Z All of this is covered by pre-determined artillery impact zones calibrated to rain down high explosive on Ukraine's armoured vehicles as they and their crews wait for their engineers to find a way through. The Ukraine offensive: What will win it or lose it? 2023-06-12T04:00:00Z The shells break open midair and release nine small puck-like munitions that fall to the ground unguided, with each containing about one and a quarter pound of high explosives. Pentagon Aid Package to Ukraine Includes Decades-Old Anti-Tank Land Mines 2023-04-21T04:00:00Z In October 2000, a billion-dollar American destroyer, the USS Cole, was nearly sunk at dock in the Yemeni Port of Aden by a small fiberglass boat carrying high explosives. Is China ‘probing with bayonets’? 2023-02-15T05:00:00Z "That means bomb disposal teams are often called out across many parts of what was rural Wales to unearth high explosives in what were just fields during World War Two." World War Two: Thousands of bombs still left unexploded 2022-12-26T05:00:00Z In that same amount of time, a high explosive shell could land, shattering windows, maiming customers or demolishing his snack stand in a neighborhood increasingly bombarded by Russian artillery. Frontline City’s Final Food Stand Finds a Way to Keep the Pizza Coming 2022-12-22T05:00:00Z Dirty bombs are improvised bombs that use conventional high explosives to spread radioactive material into the surrounding area. The U.N.’s nuclear watchdog finds no evidence for Russia’s claim that Ukraine is readying a ‘dirty bomb.’ 2022-11-03T04:00:00Z Rattling under the driver’s seat were eight small bombs, each packed with a pound and a half of high explosives, enough to obliterate an armored vehicle. With Western Weapons, Ukraine Is Turning the Tables in an Artillery War 2022-10-29T04:00:00Z Essentially, they are improvised bombs that use conventional high explosives to spread radioactive material into the surrounding area. Why Is Russia Suddenly Talking About ‘Dirty Bombs’? 2022-10-25T04:00:00Z “The Russians are most likely to deliver these warheads with a variety of missiles that they currently use to deliver conventional high explosives.” Uncharted territory: High-stakes questions swirl around Russia’s tactical nuke threats in Ukraine 2022-10-17T04:00:00Z Sabotage to the gas pipelines shows that Russia might use more prosaic “kinetic” tools — high explosives — to achieve the same purposes. Opinion | Undersea pipeline sabotage demands the West prepare for more attacks 2022-10-04T04:00:00Z After the invasion, Svarog said, he was directed to a storage shed outside Melitopol, where he found slabs of high explosives, detonators, Kalashnikov rifles, a grenade launcher and two pistols equipped with silencers. Behind enemy lines, Ukrainians tell Russians ‘you are never safe’ 2022-08-17T04:00:00Z Mortars of that size are infantry weapons that can generally fire a projectile containing about seven pounds of high explosive over a range of about four and a half miles. Your Tuesday Briefing 2022-08-09T04:00:00Z Mortars of that size are infantry weapons that generally can fire a projectile containing about seven pounds of high explosive to a range of approximately four and a half miles. The U.S. Will Send Another $1 Billion in Aid to Ukraine. 2022-08-08T04:00:00Z In 2000 it rammed a tiny speedboat packed with high explosives into the side of the USS Cole in Aden harbour, killing 17 sailors and crippling this billion-dollar warship. What now for al-Qaeda? 2022-08-02T04:00:00Z Even without a warhead, they will hit targets with a force equal to five to 10 tons of high explosive. With New Threats Looming, Canada Commits Billions to Air Defense 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z It can shoot a standard M-107 high explosive round about 15 miles, or 25 miles if using an M-982 Excalibur extended range guided artillery shell. Biden presses $33B aid package for Ukraine as Russia steps up bombardment in the east 2022-04-28T04:00:00Z It can shoot a standard M-107 high explosive round about 15 miles or 25 miles if using an M-982 Excalibur extended range guided artillery shell. U.S. provides artillery, training for Ukrainian troops 2022-04-28T04:00:00Z According to form, Putin is attempting a trumped-up ideological task — “denazification” — with high explosives. Opinion | What Zelensky can teach Biden about fighting on the side of good 2022-03-22T04:00:00Z "If it was a target that was so important Russia had to launch a strike against it, you would use a missile with a high explosive unitary warhead," says Mr Cranny-Evans. Why were people filling up water bottles attacked? 2022-03-03T05:00:00Z At one picnic area, the lesson of the day was topical, if nerve-rattling: how to screw a fuse into the slab of high explosives of an anti-tank mine. Training Civilians, Ukraine Nurtures a Resistance in Waiting 2021-12-26T05:00:00Z Killed by a suicide imbecile wearing a vest loaded with 25 pounds of high explosives and shrapnel, they were trying to help Afghans escape the country that we built and then donated to the Taliban. Opinion | The departures from Afghanistan and Vietnam are not the same. But they raise the same haunting question. 2021-08-31T04:00:00Z “The remaining problems can be solved with the proper placement and application of high explosives.” Capital Gazette shooter had delusions, mental disorders, defense attorney says 2021-06-29T04:00:00Z A Russian bomber dropped four high explosive fragmentation bombs as a warning in the British destroyer’s path, according to the Russian ministry. Russian forces reportedly fire warning shots at British destroyer in Black Sea 2021-06-23T04:00:00Z Nine others were hurt in the blast, he added, while the police categorised the bombing as “high explosive”. Indonesia police: one killed in church bombing was the attacker 2021-03-28T04:00:00Z The magnetic bombs are typically assembled using plastic high explosives and powerful magnets, a government intelligence official said, speaking on condition of anonymity. ‘Sticky Bombs’ Sow Terror and Chaos in a City on Edge 2020-12-16T05:00:00Z The missile does not carry a high explosive warhead greatly reducing collateral damage and killing innocent civilians. US drone strike kills 2 senior Al Qaeda operatives in Syria 2020-10-15T04:00:00Z The container had on board confiscated "high explosive materials," including sodium nitrate. Beirut blasts likely accidental – but Hezbollah activities at the port under scrutiny 2020-08-04T04:00:00Z Modeling a high explosive is difficult, researchers say, because its behavior depends on its density, which can vary from batch to batch and within a single piece. Lawsuit alleges scientific misconduct at U.S. nuclear weapons lab 2020-06-24T04:00:00Z According to a report last week from the nonprofit Institute for Science and International Security, one site appears to be a testing range for high explosives near Abadeh, in central Iran. New tensions dim hopes for salvaging Iran nuclear deal 2020-06-17T04:00:00Z Oil well fires are often extinguished using high explosives that disrupt the supply of oxygen to the flames. Russia to use anti-tank shells in attempt to put out oilfield fire 2020-06-05T04:00:00Z The DOE’s Office of Environmental Management at Los Alamos will be developing recommendations later this year to remediate plumes of chromium and other contamination resulting from the machining of high explosives compounds. Community forum to focus on cleanup at Los Alamos lab 2020-02-19T05:00:00Z Planes carried a mix of high explosive and incendiary bombs: the explosives would blast buildings apart, while the incendiaries would set the remains on fire, causing further destruction. Why a historic German city was destroyed in 1945 2020-02-12T05:00:00Z At Livermore, Williams was given the unclassified task of modeling the behavior of a high explosive. Lawsuit alleges scientific misconduct at U.S. nuclear weapons lab 2020-06-24T04:00:00Z It said: “There are very few problems in the world that cannot be solved by clear and concise communication. The remaining problems can be solved with the proper placement and application of high explosives.” Jarrod Ramos admits killing five in Capital Gazette newsroom attack 2019-10-28T04:00:00Z “The artillery fired 3,500 rounds of high explosives which took a terrible toll on the enemy and saved us from annihilation.” Recalling the horror of Long Tan: 'I was too bloody busy to be frightened' 2019-08-10T04:00:00Z This video helps communicate that by talking through details such as removing and burning the high explosives and safely disposing of the ash. A nuclear missile gets dismantled in this new stop-motion video 2019-04-08T04:00:00Z Bombs fell all over London that night, but one high explosive bomb hit the corner of Old Compton Street and Dean Street. Who was the mysterious Madame Valerie? 2019-01-26T05:00:00Z The official cause of most serious injuries is cheap, illegal fireworks - packed with high explosive, combined with a lethally short fuse. The English comedy spicing up Germany's New Year 2018-12-29T05:00:00Z "We have seen an increase in high explosives and people making their own explosives that are very sensitive, that are very volatile," intelligence analyst Rebecca Miller told Fox News last month. Many of the suspicious devices sent to Obama, Clinton, CNN had similar appearances, official says 2018-10-24T04:00:00Z And a third request for technical information about the laboratory’s “redefinition” of what constitutes a high explosive violent reaction has similarly been spurned. White House Hobbles Nuclear Weapons Safety Agency 2018-09-12T04:00:00Z Today, the VDC mainly documents shelling and barrel bombs dropped by helicopters filled with high explosives, shrapnel and oil. Why database of Syrian atrocities may hold key to future justice 2018-07-23T04:00:00Z That presentation included sketches of a “spherical device” that could be detonated using high explosives, similar to plans Mr. Netanyahu showed on Monday. Israel Says Secret Files Prove Iran Lied About Nuclear Program 2018-04-30T04:00:00Z This minuet with high explosives appears to have been successfully executed on this occasion, but that offers no guarantees it will work in the future. Syria crisis: danger awaits in rush for influence on crowded battlefield 2018-04-14T04:00:00Z Most bombings use what is called a low explosive, something like black powder, instead of a high explosive like dynamite. Anatomy of a Bomb Investigation: Inside an A.T.F. Lab 2018-04-01T04:00:00Z The weapons, believed to include two AK47 rifles, a hand gun, a sawn-off shotgun, ammunition and a number of high explosive grenades, are being examined by forensic and ballistic specialists. AK47s and grenades found during search 2018-01-05T05:00:00Z These suits can operate on a variety of planetary surfaces and environments, and come equipped not only with rifles and high explosives, but also tactical nuclear warheads that can eliminate an opponent in seconds. 18 suits of power armor from science fiction you don’t want to meet on the battlefield 2017-12-10T05:00:00Z He expressed concern that the New IRA had access to high explosives, and appealed for new information regarding the device found under the officer's car at Ardanleee, in the Culmore area of the city. New IRA 'develops new under-car bomb' - BBC News 2017-09-01T04:00:00Z A nuclear detonation occurs when the high explosive implodes the hollow sphere of fissile material next to it to start an uncontrolled chain reaction. North Korea has made a nuclear weapon small enough to fit on a missile. How worried should the world be? 2017-08-09T04:00:00Z And the special high explosives fabricated by nuclear scientists to compress the plutonium cores in a deliberate detonation also have an unstable molecular structure. Safety problems at a Los Alamos laboratory delay U.S. nuclear warhead testing and production 2017-06-30T04:00:00Z There is hardly a note of the tunneling efforts that allowed British sappers, working in secret and in darkness, to place tons of high explosive in deep chambers. This Explosion Was the Biggest Blast Before Atomic Bombs 2017-06-06T04:00:00Z That he would eschew humanitarian interventions featuring high explosives? Opinion | The ‘Oh, never mind’ president 2017-04-21T04:00:00Z In a hearing at the Old Bailey on Friday 14 October, Shannon admitted selling a prohibited weapon, possessing a shortened shotgun, possessing seven high explosive grenades and purchasing 1,400 rounds of ammunition. Royal Marine reservist jailed over arms sales - BBC News 2016-12-21T05:00:00Z The first step is understanding how to reduce the amount of conventional high explosives that surround a hollow pit of highly enriched uranium or plutonium. North Korea has made a nuclear weapon small enough to fit on a missile. How worried should the world be? 2017-08-09T04:00:00Z On Saturday, Indonesian police arrested three suspected terrorists and safely detonated a 3-kilogram, high explosive “rice cooker” bomb on the outskirts of Jakarta, Mr. Yuwono said. Indonesia Tightens Security After Foiling Terrorist Bomb Plot in Jakarta 2016-12-11T05:00:00Z The weapons include Scud B missiles with a payload of nearly one tonne of high explosives, and the smaller Tochka with a payload of 482kg of explosives. Yemen conflict: What Saudis seek to achieve in messy war? - BBC News 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z You see farmers who were on their way to market, shredded by the high explosives and shrapnel of a Saudi air strike; the children emaciated from malnutrition and disease. Yemen's suffering knows no bounds as war drags on - BBC News 2016-12-06T05:00:00Z Syria also denies using barrel bombs - improvised ordnance made by oil drums filled with high explosive and shrapnel and dropped from helicopters. Syrian family of six among dozens killed in Aleppo attacks 2016-11-20T05:00:00Z It has been argued that Syrian helicopters are doing all the damage with chemical, napalm and high explosive barrel bombs. West must confront Russia over Aleppo, emergency Commons debate to hear 2016-10-11T04:00:00Z Assad also rejected criticism of his forces’ use of barrel bombs, improvised crates of high explosives most often dropped on urban areas from helicopters. Aleppo enters second day of bombing in new Syrian army offensive 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z Some of the trucks are glowing, twisted wrecks, clearly hit by some form of high explosive. Syria aid convoy attack: what evidence is there for claims Russia is to blame? 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z The ATF also advised that once mixed, the compounds are “high explosives.” Explosive found in New York blast used for target shooting 2016-09-18T04:00:00Z Their machine gunners might have been demoralised by tons of high explosives falling on their bunkers, but soon they were galvanised by the opportunity to hit back. Battle of the Somme: Carnage for the Scots battalions - BBC News 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z Lightning strikes at the plant can set off the high explosives used in destroying nuclear arms. Reduction of Nuclear Arsenal Has Slowed Under Obama, Report Finds 2016-05-26T04:00:00Z Brandishing a weapon and forcing Gates to don a vest filled with high explosives, Budwell turns out to be irate because he lost his life savings when he listened to Gates’ Ibis tip. George Clooney and Julia Roberts get mauled by 'Money Monster' 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z "The use of high explosives in civilian populated areas, in circumstances almost certain to cause immense suffering to civilians, may amount to war crimes." UN chief condemns deadly Taliban assault in Kabul, sends condolences to victims, families of those killed 2016-04-19T04:00:00Z What did the damage was a huge amount of high explosives that Daesh intended to turn into murderous weapons to kill Iraqi forces and innocent civilians. U.S. Confirms 16 Civilian Deaths in Anti-ISIS War 2016-01-22T05:00:00Z South Korean experts put the blast’s energy as equivalent to six kilotons of high explosives. Comparisons Don’t Support North Korea’s Claims of a Hydrogen Bomb, Experts Say 2016-01-06T05:00:00Z They dropped high explosives, nail-filled barrel bombs and even chemical weapons on helpless civilians. The Syrian immigration cul-de-sac 2015-11-26T05:00:00Z It was one of several sites built in World War One to fill shells with high explosives. The stone dinosaurs and other treasures in danger - BBC News 2015-10-19T04:00:00Z While it is unclear what weapons were employed, the AC-130U’s 40mm round has a high explosive incendiary munition that is lined with zirconium. By evening, a hospital. By morning, a war zone. 2015-10-10T04:00:00Z It is suspected of carrying out experiments on high explosives — the kind required to detonate a nuclear weapon. Prospect of Self-Inspections by Iran Feeds Opposition to Nuclear Deal 2015-08-21T04:00:00Z The array is designed to detect nuclear blasts as small as one kiloton, or equal to 1,000 tons of high explosives. Comparisons Don’t Support North Korea’s Claims of a Hydrogen Bomb, Experts Say 2016-01-06T05:00:00Z Among the possibilities, he said, were experiments with high explosives that could be used to trigger a nuclear weapon, or the construction of a small plant to make centrifuges. Provision in Iran Accord Is Challenged by Some Nuclear Experts 2015-07-22T04:00:00Z “The secondary explosion, which was caused from a massive amount of Daesh high explosives, was very large, and it destroyed much of that industrial area.” Pentagon Scrambles to Explain Iraqi Civilian Deaths in anti-ISIS Hawija Bombing 2015-06-27T04:00:00Z The AC-130U plane, circling above in the dark, raked the medical compound with bursts of cannon fire, potentially even using high explosive incendiary munitions, for more than an hour. By evening, a hospital. By morning, a war zone. 2015-10-10T04:00:00Z Authorities also found acetone peroxide, or TATP, a primary high explosive, at the home of other suspects. 9 arrests in Hong Kong reportedly linked to explosives cache 2015-06-15T04:00:00Z If civilians were killed the blame rested with the Islamic State, he said, for having stored “a massive amount” of high explosives that were ignited by the airstrike. Air strikes against Isis resume day after US general defends bombing campaign 2015-06-06T04:00:00Z If civilians were killed the blame rests with the Islamic State, he said, for having stored “a massive amount” of high explosives that were ignited by the airstrike. US general says air war against IS forces has been effective 2015-06-06T04:00:00Z Foreign affairs and antiquities officials from 11 Arab countries gathered in Egypt to condemn the jihadists’ demolition of Iraq’s heritage, with sledgehammers, bulldozers and high explosives. Isis reaches gates of ancient Syrian city Palmyra, stoking fears of destruction 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z Davis took possession on Nov. 21 of what he believed were "three high explosives or bombs," the indictment said. Men accused of plotting to set off bombs during Ferguson protests 2015-04-02T04:00:00Z The bomb that killed him, packed in a van filled with the equivalent of 2.5 tons of high explosive, was detonated by an unidentified suicide bomber. Former Lebanon PM Hariri returns for anniversary of father's death 2015-02-14T05:00:00Z And the majority of those casualties were caused by makeshift bombs made with high explosives. An Iraq Veteran's Experience With Chemical Weapons 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z “Let’s be clear. What did the damage was the huge amount of high explosives that Daesh intended to turn into murderous weapons to kill Iraqi forces and innocent civilians,” Hesterman said. US general says air war against IS forces has been effective 2015-06-06T04:00:00Z Then pack high explosives around it so that when they explode, the Pu is compressed to super high density and goes critical. The Nuclear Weapons States - Who Has Them And How Many 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z An Army technical officer was called to the scene and established there was a commercial detonator inserted into a quantity of high explosives. Three caught with bomb in car jailed 2014-05-15T04:00:00Z The western niche remains in danger of collapse, he said, with rocks and stones falling regularly, partly a legacy of the high explosives the Taliban set to destroy the monuments. Countries Divided on Future of Ancient Buddhas 2014-03-23T02:58:11Z Blown apart by high explosive or drowned in the mud, huge numbers of men simply vanished or were impossible to identify. Could there be a third world war? 2014-02-24T01:30:54Z There are also seven plastic bags, each labelled as containing half a kilo of Pentrita high explosive, plus what look like three anti-tank rockets, but without a launcher, as well as detonators and timing devices. Spain wants more than Eta arms gesture 2014-02-21T16:45:16Z “The attackers used an extraordinary amount of high explosives, far more than necessary,” the prosecution said. Trial Opens Into Killing of Lebanese Prime Minister 2014-01-16T10:41:10Z "The attackers used an extraordinary amount of high explosives, far more than necessary," Farrell said. Hariri murder trial opens in The Hague 2014-01-16T09:44:45Z In a tweet, the South Down Coastguard said the mortar "was high explosive and was fused". Army experts deal with WWII bomb 2013-11-04T07:10:05Z The bomb, in a Mitsubishi van filled with the equivalent of 2.5 tons of high explosive, was detonated by a still unidentified suicide bomber. Lebanon tribunal names new suspect in 2005 Hariri killing 2013-10-10T16:53:26Z “You need to drill a hole in the side of a high explosive rocket and suck the stuff out,” Kaszeta said. Obama’s Sarin Plan B 2013-09-23T09:45:00Z "It is likely that it was a suicide explosion as a result of a high explosive device," an Interior Ministry statement said. Egypt minister warns of terrorism wave after assassination attempt 2013-09-05T17:46:11Z First, high explosive bombs shook the region and incendiaries burned. Remembering the terror the Luftwaffe's butterfly bombs brought to the North 2013-06-21T09:00:04Z "The Marines employing one of the mortars did not follow correct procedures, resulting in the detonation of a high explosive round at the mortar position." 'Human error' caused marine deaths 2013-05-29T18:04:54Z More likely, he says, the mass poisonings were a “side effect of a high explosive device that released a chemical in the vicinity.” Syria's Civil War: The Mystery Behind a Deadly Chemical Attack 2013-04-01T10:50:24Z An 8km comet weighing 200 billion tonnes hitting Mars at that velocity would produce a blast equivalent to 60m megatons of high explosive—a million times the yield of the largest hydrogen bomb ever tested. Cometary billiards: Have you heard, it’s in the stars 2013-03-07T16:08:25Z Surprised analysts judged its strength to be less than one kiloton, or equal to less than 1,000 tons of high explosive. U.S. Analysts See Opportunity if North Korea Tests Nuclear Bomb 2013-01-30T22:25:33Z However, this week, the conspiracy theories seemed to gain more traction when one of Poland’s leading daily newspapers, Rzeczpospolita, published an article claiming traces of high explosives had been found in the plane’s wreckage. Deadly Polish Plane Crash Still Mired in Mystery 2012-11-02T08:45:00Z In the Pentagon’s programs, they said, some rounds are packed with relatively small amounts of high explosives, enough to jam a firearm permanently. Syrian Government Booby-Traps Rebels’ Ammunition 2012-10-20T16:57:16Z They included suspected high explosive experiments and possible work on designing a device to produce a burst of neutrons for setting off a fission chain reaction. Iran may still be years away from any nuclear-armed missile 2012-10-02T12:47:51Z Cars could be stopped in their tracks, radars blinded and computers destroyed, with no need for high explosives. Microwave weapons: Wasted energy 2012-09-12T17:21:24.203Z The overall Parchin complex is one of Iran's leading munitions centres - for the research, development and production of ammunition, rockets and high explosives. Iran 'doubles capacity at plant' 2012-08-30T20:39:16Z The local people think the idea of stationing high explosives in residential sites is a completely irresponsible and stupid thing to do. Hundreds in Games protest march 2012-07-28T16:38:09Z A large earth berm between the building containing the cylinder and a neighboring building indicated the probable use of high explosives in the chamber. Image shows buildings gone at Iran site: diplomats 2012-05-31T00:11:41Z Physicists at Los Alamos National Laboratory, where the bomb was designed, estimated that it would have a yield equivalent to 5 million tons, or megatons, of conventional high explosives. What Are Science's Ugliest Experiments? 2012-05-14T23:45:07.783Z Sometimes, owing to the extreme sensitiveness of many high explosives, shells will burst on impact with the water, which is churned white by the explosion, as under the triple screws of an Atlantic liner. Submarine U93 2012-04-07T02:00:34.693Z Fred was wounded in the left side by a piece of high explosive shell at about 5:30 a.m. Immortal Youth A Study in the Will to Create 2012-04-03T02:00:30.247Z They appeared to have forgotten that they were treading on dangerous ground, but long familiarity with high explosives had made them careless. The Iron Boys in the Mines or, Starting at the Bottom of the Shaft 2012-03-11T03:00:13.327Z By equipping ships with railguns rather than standard artillery, the Navy could eliminate the hazards of having high explosives on board ships. Navy Unleashes Its Electromagnetic Railgun Outside of the Lab [Video] 2012-02-29T00:15:00.217Z In the meantime Steve, having penetrated beyond the fire zone, made his way quickly to the wooden partition behind which lay the boxes of high explosives. The Iron Boys as Foremen or, Heading the Diamond Drill Shift 2012-02-28T03:00:24.413Z The rights group said the video, “documents the use of 240mm F-864 high explosive mortar bombs,” which are “designed to ‘demolish fortifications and fieldworks,’ according to a Russian arms merchandizing catalogue.” The Lede Blog: Huge, Russian-Made Shells Deployed to Crush Syrian Resistance, Rights Group Says 2012-02-24T23:00:27Z These experiments, which involve high explosives in conjunction with nuclear material or nuclear material surrogates, were "strong indicators of possible weapon development", the report said. UN 'concerned' over nuclear Iran 2012-02-24T16:47:36Z I always have considered those open lights dangerous, especially where high explosives are used. The Iron Boys in the Mines or, Starting at the Bottom of the Shaft 2012-03-11T03:00:13.327Z Hydrodynamic experiments, which involve high explosives in conjunction with nuclear material or nuclear material surrogates, were "strong indicators of possible weapon development", the report said. US dismay at IAEA Iranian visit 2012-02-22T22:09:16Z Is it not clear that the supply cannot be maintained without a steady munitionment of high explosives, more especially in the case of rockets? Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, June 21st, 1916 2012-02-21T03:00:19.417Z To the left the village of Locre was aflame under a storm of high explosives, and the enemy's guns were putting heavy shells down the roads which lead out to that place. Current History: A Monthly Magazine of the New York Times, May 1918 Vol. VIII, Part I, No. 2 2012-02-04T03:00:16.443Z Clouds of black smoke began to rise, and below tongues of flame presently appeared, licking their way in the direction of a large quantity of ammunition, cordite, and other high explosives. The Victory At Sea 2012-01-17T03:00:15.547Z That was the reason officials used high explosives to open the gaps in May. Along Mississippi River, Rebuilding Levee After Spring?s Flood 2012-01-12T02:56:49Z Some belonged to modern warfare, produced by fragments of high explosive shells, others came from machine guns, and even that cough which interrupted his speech from time to time was caused by asphyxiating gases. The Enemies of Women (Los enemigos de la mujer) 2012-01-02T03:00:27.980Z His reason for this statement was the use of high explosives and quick-firing guns. The Romance of Industry and Invention 2011-12-19T03:00:43.870Z It consisted mainly of gas and high explosive shells. Current History: A Monthly Magazine of the New York Times, May 1918 Vol. VIII, Part I, No. 2 2012-02-04T03:00:16.443Z The old mine consisted of a huge steel globe, filled with high explosive, which could be fired only by contact. The Victory At Sea 2012-01-17T03:00:15.547Z The news had the lifting power of a high explosive. In Mr. Knox's Country 2011-11-21T03:00:16.010Z Sir Andrew Noble, a member of the great firm of Armstrong, Whitworth & Co., of Elswick, tried the experiment of exploding some cordite, a high explosive, inside a steel vessel of enormous strength. Marvels of Scientific Invention An Interesting Account in Non-technical Language of the Invention of Guns, Torpedoes, Submarine Mines, Up-to-date Smelting, Freezing, Colour Photography, and many other recent Discoveries of Science 2011-11-19T03:00:24.517Z "Our past test experience has shown that 2,000-pound penetrators carrying 500 pounds of high explosive are relatively ineffective against tunnels, even when skipped directly into the tunnel entrance," the report said. Boeing delivers first batch of 30,000-pound bombs to Air Force 2011-11-17T01:59:00Z The output of high explosives has been sufficient to meet the increased demands of our armies, to build up stocks, and to supply part of the needs of the Allies. Current History: A Monthly Magazine of the New York Times, May 1918 Vol. VIII, Part I, No. 2 2012-02-04T03:00:16.443Z If the high explosives aren’t detonated simultaneously, then the bomb will fail to explode properly and won’t deliver its maximum yield. Iran?s nuclear plan revealed 2011-11-16T18:20:26.600Z Citing what it called "credible" information from member states and elsewhere, the agency listed a series of activities applicable to developing nuclear weapons, such as high explosives testing and development of an atomic bomb trigger. U.S. mulls Iran sanctions but not on oil, central bank 2011-11-09T01:52:31Z So now we come to the great question, how can the modern farmer benefit by the use of high explosives such as these? Marvels of Scientific Invention An Interesting Account in Non-technical Language of the Invention of Guns, Torpedoes, Submarine Mines, Up-to-date Smelting, Freezing, Colour Photography, and many other recent Discoveries of Science 2011-11-19T03:00:24.517Z "Instead, several thousand pounds of high explosives coupled to the tunnel are needed to blow down blast doors and propagate a lethal air blast throughout a typical tunnel complex." Boeing delivers first batch of 30,000-pound bombs to Air Force 2011-11-17T01:59:00Z Iran worked on high explosives design and the development of a neutron generator, the part of an atomic bomb that starts a nuclear chain reaction, according to the senior international official. Iran Continued Nuclear Weapons Work Seeking Warhead Design 2011-11-09T00:14:02Z Iran worked on high explosives design and the development of a neutron generator, the part of an atomic bomb that generates a nuclear chain reaction, according to the senior official. Iran Sought Miniaturized Nuclear Bomb Design to Fit Missiles 2011-11-08T23:46:30Z It said it had also received intelligence information from “more than 10” other countries, which it did not name, including some demonstrating Iranian “manufacturing techniques for certain high explosive components.” U.N. Finds Signs of Work by Iran Toward Nuclear Device 2011-11-08T20:28:23Z The chamber may be used to show how high explosives inside a nuclear warhead interact with uranium. UN Report May Show Iran Is Moving Closer to Nuclear Bomb 2011-11-08T09:36:04Z Sources briefed on the document said it would support allegations that Iran built a large steel container for carrying out tests with high explosives that could be used in nuclear weapons. U.S., Israel talk tough ahead of Iran nuclear report 2011-11-05T00:08:22Z McConaha says it contained about 300 pounds of high explosive surrounding the uranium, referred to as 'the pit.' U.S. dismantles last of powerful bomb class 2011-10-25T20:02:04Z In the recess thus formed was four pounds of very high explosive, sufficient to blow a hole completely through the steel plating of a merchant-ship's hold. The Wireless Officer 2011-10-24T02:00:17.560Z Then a high explosive would be used, and, unless protective decks are materially strengthened, would be terribly effective. Dropping Bombs from Flying Machines 2011-10-13T12:15:03.687Z Theory after theory has been disproved by the devastating power of the high explosive and the giant gun. Servants of the Guns 2011-10-06T02:00:39.987Z Here too, cleared the supply and munition boats—some laden with empty shells, others with high explosives destined for the distant fields of battle. Catastrophe and Social Change Based Upon a Sociological Study of the Halifax Disaster 2011-10-02T02:00:12.020Z In its place he put his precious packet, which was a charge of high explosive. 'Green Balls' The Adventures of a Night-Bomber 2011-09-13T02:00:34.080Z Very high explosives were used by the Germans, and some of their projectiles made very large holes in the ground. In the Russian Ranks A Soldier's Account of the Fighting in Poland 2011-09-11T02:00:08.747Z The building is being demolished by crane and not dynamite, she added, in part because the police balked at the notion of bringing high explosives into the neighborhood. La Courneuve Journal: Razing a French Neighborhood and a Social Engineering Idea 2011-09-07T02:18:07Z From the corner of my eye I had a vision of Fat trying to disguise himself as a high explosive. Conscript 2989 Experiences of a Drafted Man 2011-07-26T02:00:15.197Z Other shells have been invented carrying a high explosive and capable of penetrating armour plates of great thickness, and exploding after such penetration has taken place. Inventions in the Century 2011-07-20T02:00:14.643Z Mercuric fulminate, HgC2N2O2, is one of the most useful high explosives known. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" 2011-07-16T02:00:16.387Z The indictment also said gang members used high explosives, committed arson, and were ordered to carry guns, hammers and knives. Feds indict 18 alleged Wheels of Soul motorcycle gang leaders 2011-07-12T23:08:05Z The bombardment was of high explosive shells and gas, apparently an effort to disable the return fire from American artillery. Our Army at the Front 2011-06-26T02:00:07.933Z Prince von Wittgenstein simply said that it was a pity that the Lusitania carried munitions of war, though they were not high explosives, but he made no excuses. Ten Years Near the German Frontier A Retrospect and a Warning 2011-06-16T02:00:15.297Z He walked on at a dignified pace, while the shells continued to burst over the woods and occasional high explosives in the village. The Old Blood 2011-06-13T02:00:22.897Z But the use of high explosive in WWI gave it a new dimension. Miners' war 2011-06-10T04:27:25Z These torpedoes are long sections of tin tubing loaded with high explosive and are used for tearing up the enemy wire in order that the raiding party may get through into the trenches. Average Americans 2011-06-02T02:00:20.387Z Suddenly a high explosive shell burst near him—quite close: and a mass of earth crashed down on his legs and back, half burying him. Men, Women and Guns 2011-05-27T02:00:17.367Z But nothing could, alas! resist the high explosives used, and in the end breaches were made, in all cases, and wealth uncounted and untold extracted and conveyed to Threadneedle Street for safe keeping. The Invasion 2011-05-20T02:00:29.260Z Phil understood that this was shrapnel and the other which burst in the earth was a high explosive. The Old Blood 2011-06-13T02:00:22.897Z A small charge of high explosives is then pushed up to the end of the borehole and fired. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" 2011-04-22T02:00:08.637Z The industrial and blasting powders may be either low or high explosives. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 3: Estremoz to Felspar 2011-04-14T02:00:59.373Z Messenger, indeed! carrying contraband, not to say high explosive, to and from the sober precincts of Berkeley Street! The Messenger 2011-03-26T02:00:14.523Z But the big high explosive projectiles continued to fall with such accuracy and persistence that the attackers fell sullenly back, losing heavily as they did so. The Invasion 2011-05-20T02:00:29.260Z Another high explosive had burst, and where they had been sitting beside the road a rising column of smoke showed a hole. The Old Blood 2011-06-13T02:00:22.897Z Some recent high explosives, however, have been specially designed to be comparatively innocuous in this respect. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" 2011-04-22T02:00:08.637Z Service explosives, for naval and military purposes, are divided into propellants and high explosives. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 3: Estremoz to Felspar 2011-04-14T02:00:59.373Z Whatever the cause, there was a strange absence of high explosives, and the line was not thickly held by the men of the 40th Division, who have lately come from Russia. From Bapaume to Passchendaele, 1917 2011-03-04T03:01:00.007Z Suddenly one of the German high explosive shells burst on the top of the Victoria Tower, blowing away all four of the pinnacles, and bringing down the flagstaff. The Invasion 2011-05-20T02:00:29.260Z These guns throw a shower of high explosive shells on to the enemy's trenches. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) 2011-02-26T03:00:45.583Z The Germans used shell containing from 60 to 130 ℔ of high explosive. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" 2011-04-22T02:00:08.637Z Substances are termed low explosives or high explosives according as they are set off by combustion or detonation. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 3: Estremoz to Felspar 2011-04-14T02:00:59.373Z The city was dead, killed by storms of high explosives. From Bapaume to Passchendaele, 1917 2011-03-04T03:01:00.007Z Westward, however, as the hours went on, the howitzers at Hampstead began to drop high explosive shells into the Strand, around Charing Cross, and in Westminster. The Invasion 2011-05-20T02:00:29.260Z Against a tiny table top of 250 yards long by 200 yards deep tons of metal and high explosives were flung from howitzers and field guns at close range. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) 2011-02-26T03:00:45.583Z Methods of mining have not advanced much, and the increased power of high explosives as compared with gunpowder has its least advantage in moving masses of earth. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" 2011-04-22T02:00:08.637Z His levity, at the possibility of his parent's annihilation by a few hundred pounds of high explosive, seemed altogether out of place. Billy Barcroft, R.N.A.S. A story of the Great War 2011-02-24T03:01:02.917Z The enemy was there in strength, and his guns were answering ours with a heavy barrage of high explosives. From Bapaume to Passchendaele, 1917 2011-03-04T03:01:00.007Z When Paris had been bombarded years ago, artillery was not at the perfection it now was, and there had been no such high explosive known as in the present day. The Invasion 2011-05-20T02:00:29.260Z At 6.30 on the morning of 25th September the guns lifted their muzzles, and the high explosive shells rained a deluge of fire behind the first line of German defence. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) 2011-02-26T03:00:45.583Z The effect of heavy artillery and high explosive shells was studied, and the great armament works were ordered to turn out huge howitzers and the necessary ammunition for them. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) From the First Battle of Ypres to the End of the Year 1914 2011-02-23T03:00:28.797Z All this sounds very formidable; but we know that the strongest forts cannot stand against modern siege guns and high explosives. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 2 (of 10) From the Battle of Mons to the Fall of Antwerp. 2011-02-19T03:01:10.063Z So there were the Canadians between two walls of high explosives, and it was between that inferno that they fought in the great death struggle. From Bapaume to Passchendaele, 1917 2011-03-04T03:01:00.007Z Big high explosive shells from Richmond Hill, too, began to drop among the Saxons. The Invasion 2011-05-20T02:00:29.260Z Inside the shell there is a high explosive. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 1 (of 10) From the Beginning of the War to the Landing of the British Army in France 2011-02-19T03:01:09.157Z Liége, Namur, Maubeuge, and Antwerp all fell before the high explosive shells of the huge howitzers in an astonishingly brief time. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) From the First Battle of Ypres to the End of the Year 1914 2011-02-23T03:00:28.797Z She said: "It is my opinion that a grenade which contained high explosive was inserted in the wheel area which would explain the damage to the vehicle." Grenade 'could kill 10m away' 2011-02-10T15:08:42Z There were gas-shells among the high explosives, and their poison filtered down into the cellars. From Bapaume to Passchendaele, 1917 2011-03-04T03:01:00.007Z More than once a high explosive shell burst right among the crowd of riflemen behind a barricade, sweeping dozens into eternity in a single instant. The Invasion 2011-05-20T02:00:29.260Z The shells fired from them were filled with some high explosive which gave forth a bright greenish light as they burst. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 1 (of 10) From the Beginning of the War to the Landing of the British Army in France 2011-02-19T03:01:09.157Z Months passed, however, before their supply of howitzers and high explosive shells was sufficient to enable them to cope with the Germans on equal terms. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) From the First Battle of Ypres to the End of the Year 1914 2011-02-23T03:00:28.797Z Less often a cloud of thick black smoke, and a hole twenty feet deep showed the landing place of a high explosive shell. Trenching at Gallipoli The personal narrative of a Newfoundlander with the ill-fated Dardanelles expedition 2011-02-02T03:00:25.187Z Whatever their motive had been, many of these men had come out, and they lay in heaps, mangled by shell-fire that came across the fields to them in a deep belt of high explosives. From Bapaume to Passchendaele, 1917 2011-03-04T03:01:00.007Z A police raid at 18 Alexandra Grove five days after the London bombings uncovered high explosive, a detonator, respirators, and other items. 7/7 bomb factory images released 2011-02-01T17:13:59Z It consists of a hollow, pear-shaped case, containing an electric battery and a large amount of gun-cotton, or some other high explosive. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 1 (of 10) From the Beginning of the War to the Landing of the British Army in France 2011-02-19T03:01:09.157Z The Germans believed that no fortress along the line of their advance could long resist their big howitzers and high explosive shells. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) From the First Battle of Ypres to the End of the Year 1914 2011-02-23T03:00:28.797Z It was not the roar of the artillery and the bursting of high explosives that had unnerved him, but the self-sacrifice of a Dublin Fusilier, who, in succouring him, lost his own life. The Irish on the Somme Being a Second Series of 'The Irish at the Front' 2011-01-12T03:00:32.843Z They were high explosives, but shrapnel was bursting high, with thunderclaps, which left behind greenish clouds and scattered bullets down. From Bapaume to Passchendaele, 1917 2011-03-04T03:01:00.007Z He was arrested last month after police found the dwelling crammed with high explosives, bomb-making materials, handmade grenades, guns and ammunition mixed in with paper and other debris piled floor to ceiling. Demolition teams torch California "bomb house" 2010-12-10T00:40:00Z Jakubec, 54, was arrested last month after authorities found his house packed from floor to ceiling with high explosives, bomb-making materials, handmade grenades and guns mixed in with piles of paper and other debris. "Bomb house" suspect seeks to block burning of home 2010-12-08T18:12:00Z Another theory of the German Staff was that high explosive shells could be used with great effect not only against fortresses but against troops in the field. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) From the First Battle of Ypres to the End of the Year 1914 2011-02-23T03:00:28.797Z Advantage was to be taken of any cover afforded by the natural features of the country or the state into which it had been transformed by the pounding of high explosives. The Irish on the Somme Being a Second Series of 'The Irish at the Front' 2011-01-12T03:00:32.843Z A great fire of high explosives burst over our assembly lines. From Bapaume to Passchendaele, 1917 2011-03-04T03:01:00.007Z As authorities entered the home, they found it stuffed to the ceiling with piles of paper and other debris, mixed in with large quantities of high explosives and bomb-making materials, including 13 home-made shrapnel grenades. San Diego home filled with explosives to be torched 2010-12-03T18:21:00Z The process includes separating the high explosives from the nuclear material. Story of B-53 'bunker buster' is a lesson in managing nuclear weapons 2010-10-19T02:33:00Z Cummings made his best progress on high explosives. Locked and Loaded: The Secret World of Extreme Militias 2010-09-30T08:45:00Z So well-designed and powerful were their subterranean defences that large numbers were unaffected by the visitations of the high explosives, and through it preserved their courage and their rage. The Irish on the Somme Being a Second Series of 'The Irish at the Front' 2011-01-12T03:00:32.843Z They lie grey wet lumps of death over a great stretch of ground, many of them half buried by their comrades or by high explosives. From Bapaume to Passchendaele, 1917 2011-03-04T03:01:00.007Z Add the voices of Don Cheadle and Samuel L Jackson and you've got a press release full of high explosive action. Games picks of the week 2010-05-07T23:08:00Z As Israel found before its security barrier, it's almost impossible to secure a city against suicide bombers—especially if they have access to high explosives. The Attack Shows Russia Never Defeated Islamists 2010-03-29T16:58:00Z In two separate attacks, more than 800 bombers dropped more than a thousand tons of incendiary bombs and nearly 1,500 tons of high explosive on Dresden. 2010-02-12T13:49:00Z War was to be for them a mixture of mud and high explosives. The Irish on the Somme Being a Second Series of 'The Irish at the Front' 2011-01-12T03:00:32.843Z The enemy was shelling Arras heavily, and black shrapnel and high explosives came over from his lines. From Bapaume to Passchendaele, 1917 2011-03-04T03:01:00.007Z The projectiles employed are high explosive and shrapnel, the latter for use against personnel under cover, the former for demolition of field works, casemates or buildings. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 "Armour Plates" to "Arundel, Earls of" American guns, big and little, hurled torrents of high explosive and gas shells on the village with a deadly accuracy of aim. The Story of the Great War, Volume VII (of VIII) American Food and Ships; Palestine; Italy invaded; Great German Offensive; Americans in Picardy; Americans on the Marne; Foch's Counteroffensive. Fortunately, also, they had no high explosives, or Kut would have been a heap of ruins in no time. A Kut Prisoner In leaving Charpentry, the men were forced to run a gauntlet of high explosives, gas and shrapnel. History of Ambulance Company Number 139 The enemy was flinging high explosives into the city, and clouds of shrapnel burst above, black and green. From Bapaume to Passchendaele, 1917 2011-03-04T03:01:00.007Z Shells filled with high explosives, unless special arrangements are made to deaden the bursting charge and so obviate detonation upon impact, are only effective against the thinnest armour. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 "Armour Plates" to "Arundel, Earls of" Ypres now came under heavy fire of the German guns; high explosives and gas shells rained down upon the ruins of the city for the first time in some months. The Story of the Great War, Volume VII (of VIII) American Food and Ships; Palestine; Italy invaded; Great German Offensive; Americans in Picardy; Americans on the Marne; Foch's Counteroffensive. In the distance heavy artillery was growling, and high explosive shells were bursting with a violence that seemed to rend the sky. The Day of Wrath A Story of 1914 Visions of a gang-plank and tug-boats changed into visions of litters loaded with wounded, and the loud cheers of Yanks bidding farewell to Gallant France changed into the shriek of gas and high explosive shells. History of Ambulance Company Number 139 It produced the shattering, shocking effect of high explosive. The Land of Strong Men When of good quality high explosives are safer to handle than gunpowder, 47 as they cannot be ignited by sparks and are not so easily exploded. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 "Bisharin" to "Bohea" At this time, in the course of the offensive, the Germans introduced, as a new form of "frightfulness," a sneezing powder, that was fired by high explosive shells. The Story of the Great War, Volume VII (of VIII) American Food and Ships; Palestine; Italy invaded; Great German Offensive; Americans in Picardy; Americans on the Marne; Foch's Counteroffensive. We have high explosives you never heard of. The Day of Wrath A Story of 1914 And you say that the hoodoo hasn't got around to using high explosives yet, eh? The King of Arcadia A high explosive shell had struck directly under it. The Black Watch A Record in Action The high explosives are specially liable to be wasted, probably through lack of appreciation of their power as compared with that of black powder. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 "Bisharin" to "Bohea" Aimed at a wood, a rain of shells, largely composed of gas and high explosives, came from the German minenwerfers. The Story of the Great War, Volume VII (of VIII) American Food and Ships; Palestine; Italy invaded; Great German Offensive; Americans in Picardy; Americans on the Marne; Foch's Counteroffensive. Thus the cellulose nitrates are the bases of our modern high explosives, as well as those now used for military purposes. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" Evidently the walls had been charged with enough of high explosives not only to derange the machinery but possibly to blow it into fragments. Bert Wilson at Panama Here some shelter was afforded from the high explosives of the Turks, but not from their machine-guns and rifles, and the progress was still more slow and difficult. The Irish at the Front This name was originally applied to his mixture of nitroglycerin with kieselguhr, but now includes also other mechanical mixtures or chemical compounds which develop a high explosive force as compared with gunpowder. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 "Bisharin" to "Bohea" The wood was raked with more than 5,000 high explosive and gas shells. The Story of the Great War, Volume VII (of VIII) American Food and Ships; Palestine; Italy invaded; Great German Offensive; Americans in Picardy; Americans on the Marne; Foch's Counteroffensive. Each box bore this inscription in red letters: high explosives. dangerous. Careers of Danger and Daring Shooting skyward, a column of flame not a hundred yards from them showed where the high explosive had landed in the red mass. Astounding Stories, August, 1931 Separate members of the series with semicolons if there are commas within the phrase, as: There were boxes of guns, bayonets and cartridges; casks of powder, high explosives and chemicals; and many other prohibited articles. The Style Book of The Detroit News The high explosives, on the other hand, are exploded by detonation, through the agency of a fuze and fulminating cap, exerting a quick, shattering, rather than a rending force. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 "Bisharin" to "Bohea" The assault was especially violent in the Vaux area, which was enveloped in a heavy barrage following the usual bombardment of high explosives and gas. The Story of the Great War, Volume VII (of VIII) American Food and Ships; Palestine; Italy invaded; Great German Offensive; Americans in Picardy; Americans on the Marne; Foch's Counteroffensive. Shells of all calibers, high explosive and gas, came down in droves. Triplanetary A small leaden cask was set apart from the other equipment and it was marked with three xxx's, the indication of high explosive contents. Monsoons of Death We live in an age of long-range artillery and of high explosives. Religious Perplexities In a well-ventilated mine, however, where high explosive is used and handled by experienced men, there's not likely to be much danger from white damp. The Boy With the U.S. Miners They vented their wrath the next morning by sending thousands of high explosive and noxious gas shells into the American lines. The Story of the Great War, Volume VII (of VIII) American Food and Ships; Palestine; Italy invaded; Great German Offensive; Americans in Picardy; Americans on the Marne; Foch's Counteroffensive. And upon that teeming, seething highway there had descended a rain of steel-encased high explosive. Triplanetary Not the man who invented Lithamite?—the greatest authority on high explosives in England? Cleek of Scotland Yard Detective Stories It recovered its balance amazingly, and loped on, even though one leg was buckling beneath it— Then it was hit dead-on by what must have been at least a hundred-pound high explosive rocket. World of the Drone Their minelayers, creeping in to the fairways in cloak of the darkness, are anxious to settle their cargo of high explosive as quickly as possible. Merchantmen-at-arms : the British merchants' service in the war The Germans began their great offensive by an intense bombardment of both high explosives and gas shells, while a powerful infantry attack was launched on a front extending from Croisilles to La F�re. The Story of the Great War, Volume VII (of VIII) American Food and Ships; Palestine; Italy invaded; Great German Offensive; Americans in Picardy; Americans on the Marne; Foch's Counteroffensive. Medicines and dyes and high explosives are distilled from it. Conservation Through Engineering Extract from the Annual Report of the Secretary of the Interior He could see great oceans of smoke arising that told of innumerable high explosives bursting, and enormous guns being discharged. Air Service Boys Over The Enemy's Lines The German Spy's Secret The ugly puffs encircled us, and it seemed unlikely that an aeroplane could get away without being caught in a patch of hurtling high explosive. Cavalry of the Clouds To such men, administering, under his direction, the heroic but destructive remedies of high explosive and compressed air, there cannot be a normal allowance for the economic use of gear and material. Merchantmen-at-arms : the British merchants' service in the war Before attacking the sector between the Canal du Nord and Croisilles the Germans for four hours deluged the British with every kind of projectile and high explosive that a gun could throw. The Story of the Great War, Volume VII (of VIII) American Food and Ships; Palestine; Italy invaded; Great German Offensive; Americans in Picardy; Americans on the Marne; Foch's Counteroffensive. "No doubt the master machine is hurrying over high explosives to blast us out," Keston said indifferently; "but we won't be here." Astounding Stories, July, 1931 And, later on, a party of Allied aviators paid a night visit to the German camp, and dropped several tons of high explosives from bombing 101 planes, that were heavily guarded by the fighting Nieuports. Air Service Boys Over The Enemy's Lines The German Spy's Secret Three times we hear the hiss of flying fragments of high explosive, and the lower left plane is unevenly punctured. Cavalry of the Clouds Our guns for the last three minutes have been dumping gas and high explosives on every battery position behind the German lines. "And they thought we wouldn't fight" It was found that the retreating Germans had set traps there in the form of boxes containing high explosives to which they had attached wires stretched across the streets. The Story of the Great War, Volume VII (of VIII) American Food and Ships; Palestine; Italy invaded; Great German Offensive; Americans in Picardy; Americans on the Marne; Foch's Counteroffensive. But these secrets are not about high explosives or torpedoes or aeroplanes, or motor-cars that can do the distance between Paris and Berlin at the very shortest record. Fairy Tales from the German Forests Clouds are particularly welcome when Archie gunners begin to plaster the air with high explosive shells. Aces Up These home pirates are more destructive of civilization than poison gases or high explosives. History of Human Society At any minute of the night or day a terrific bombardment of high explosive or gas might break out on either side. "And they thought we wouldn't fight" A wisp of brownish smoke puffed out of it, and the stinging reek of high explosive tainted the air. The Fifth-Dimension Tube The heavy bombardment was continuing with unabated fury, the horizon was black with the smoke of bursting high explosives, huge masses of shrapnel were showering their leaden messengers of death upon the enemy. How I Filmed the War A Record of the Extraordinary Experiences of the Man Who Filmed the Great Somme Battles, etc. It was not pleasant to think of meeting up with one of those big G.I. cans loaded with enough high explosive to demolish a building. Aces Up If the knowledge of chemistry is to be used to destroy nations and races with gases and high explosives, such knowledge turns civilization to destruction. History of Human Society Enemy gun positions far behind the lines are being plastered with high explosives and anesthetised with gas shells. "And they thought we wouldn't fight" Towing torpedoes or high explosive charges behind moving vessels has been developed by the Italian Navy, but the chances of hitting a submersible with such devices are not very great. The Journal of Submarine Commander von Forstner I started filming them and got some interesting bursts, both high explosive and H.E. shrapnel. How I Filmed the War A Record of the Extraordinary Experiences of the Man Who Filmed the Great Somme Battles, etc. If damage to buildings, on the other hand, was desired, some high explosive such as picric acid would be used which would totally wreck any moderate-sized building upon which the shell might fall. Aircraft and Submarines The Story of the Invention, Development, and Present-Day Uses of War's Newest Weapons The artillery was inadequate and was inadequately supplied with high explosives to prepare for an attack in the style afterwards perfected on the Western Front. With Manchesters in the East They went through barrages of shrapnel and high explosive shell. "And they thought we wouldn't fight" Depth charges, each containing 300 lb. of high explosive. Submarine Warfare of To-day How the Submarine Menace was Met and Vanquished, With Descriptions of the Inventions and Devices Used, Fast Boats, Mystery Ships Several times high explosives and shrapnel came unpleasantly near. How I Filmed the War A Record of the Extraordinary Experiences of the Man Who Filmed the Great Somme Battles, etc. They were planes of the larger type, biplanes or triplanes carrying two men, usually equipped with two motors and heavily laden with high explosive bombs. Aircraft and Submarines The Story of the Invention, Development, and Present-Day Uses of War's Newest Weapons In a moment he had unlocked the padlock and swung open the iron door, exposing case after case of high explosive within the stone structure. The Coyote A Western Story The following night our artillery concentrated on the southern end of the woods and literally turned it into an inferno with high explosive shells. "And they thought we wouldn't fight" A. The mine-casing containing about 300 lb. of high explosive, and the electric firing device which is put in force when the horns B are struck and bent by a passing ship. Submarine Warfare of To-day How the Submarine Menace was Met and Vanquished, With Descriptions of the Inventions and Devices Used, Fast Boats, Mystery Ships The old gateway and drawbridge across the moat were destroyed; the huge blocks of masonry were tossed about, were playthings in the hands of the mighty force of high explosives which flung them there. How I Filmed the War A Record of the Extraordinary Experiences of the Man Who Filmed the Great Somme Battles, etc. For a few moments all was quiet and then the factory disappeared in a smother of bursting high explosive shells. The Solar Magnet Notwithstanding bad weather conditions and the violent fire of the Austrian artillery, the aviators came down low to drop a ton and half of high explosives. The Story of the Great War, Volume VI (of VIII) History of the European War from Official Sources Considerable damage was inflicted with high explosive bombs. The Story of the Great War, Volume V (of 8) Battle of Jutland Bank; Russian Offensive; Kut-El-Amara; East Africa; Verdun; The Great Somme Drive; United States and Belligerents; Summary of Two Years' War In addition to this heavy gun for small craft they carried about 1200 lb. of high explosive in the form of depth charges for bombing under-water craft, a Lewis machine gun, rifles and revolvers. Submarine Warfare of To-day How the Submarine Menace was Met and Vanquished, With Descriptions of the Inventions and Devices Used, Fast Boats, Mystery Ships It was nothing but high explosives, high explosive shrapnel, ordinary shrapnel, trench bombs, and bullets from German machine-guns. How I Filmed the War A Record of the Extraordinary Experiences of the Man Who Filmed the Great Somme Battles, etc. A bit of high explosive shell plowed a way through the after compartment and wrecked the duplicate instrument board. The Solar Magnet The Germans in the Gommecourt salient shelled Miraumont and bombarded the neighborhood with high explosives in reckless fashion as if eager to consume their supplies. The Story of the Great War, Volume VI (of VIII) History of the European War from Official Sources Into a very hell of shrapnel, high explosives, rifle and machine-gun fire they pushed on in ordered lines. The Story of the Great War, Volume V (of 8) Battle of Jutland Bank; Russian Offensive; Kut-El-Amara; East Africa; Verdun; The Great Somme Drive; United States and Belligerents; Summary of Two Years' War On one section, according to a German report, the British fired 1,700 shrapnel shells, 700 high explosive shells, and about the same number of bombs within twenty-four hours. The Story of the Great War, Volume IV (of 8) Champagne, Artois, Grodno; Fall of Nish; Caucasus; Mesopotamia; Development of Air Strategy; United States and the War Among all industrial enterprises the Russian Government is most sensitive about that of high explosives. England and Germany What a huge relief to the Infantry to have a pause from the eternal "Whew-w-w-w-Crash" of the high explosives! War Letters of a Public-School Boy The Germans concentrated heavy shell fire on Irles, and showered high explosives on Miraumont and upon other places on the front from which they had withdrawn. The Story of the Great War, Volume VI (of VIII) History of the European War from Official Sources The amount of high explosive put into a torpedo or a submarine mine is only about 200 pounds. The Story of the Great War, Volume V (of 8) Battle of Jutland Bank; Russian Offensive; Kut-El-Amara; East Africa; Verdun; The Great Somme Drive; United States and Belligerents; Summary of Two Years' War With these he began a vigorous bombardment of the Bulgarian trenches, raining a continuous shower of shrapnel and high explosive shells on them. The Story of the Great War, Volume IV (of 8) Champagne, Artois, Grodno; Fall of Nish; Caucasus; Mesopotamia; Development of Air Strategy; United States and the War We in the chemical laboratory were engaged in compounding the high explosive used as fuel in the Pioneer. Astounding Stories of Super-Science July 1930 Again the shelling was singularly ineffective, due, probably, to the fact that the enemy was using high explosive and not shrapnel. From the St. Lawrence to the Yser with the 1st Canadian brigade Hammered with high explosives, drenched with chemicals, sprayed with machine-gun ballets, the fiery termites surged on unchecked, in ever-widening circles of death. Spawn of the Comet Furthermore, if the ship loaded with dynamite or high explosive, and the detonating wave of the first explosion reaches that cargo, the cargo also would explode. The Story of the Great War, Volume V (of 8) Battle of Jutland Bank; Russian Offensive; Kut-El-Amara; East Africa; Verdun; The Great Somme Drive; United States and Belligerents; Summary of Two Years' War Heavy shells, high explosives and shrapnel were raining in the trenches occupied by the French, and but for the new steel helmets which had recently been supplied, the casualties would have been enormous. The Story of the Great War, Volume IV (of 8) Champagne, Artois, Grodno; Fall of Nish; Caucasus; Mesopotamia; Development of Air Strategy; United States and the War "How can your antiquated war vessels, capable of hurling a high explosive shell no more than fifty miles, fight off an enemy that is thousands of miles distant?" asked Hart. Astounding Stories of Super-Science July 1930 Throwing a shell about six inches in diameter of high explosive, it could in three bursts do more damage than a whole company could repair in a night. From the St. Lawrence to the Yser with the 1st Canadian brigade It has two hundred and ten pounds of high explosive and makes a terrible hole. “Crumps”, The Plain Story of a Canadian Who Went Their arrests were the outcome of a police search for two Germans who secretly sought to purchase picric acid, a component of high explosives which had become scarce since the war began. The Story of the Great War, Volume V (of 8) Battle of Jutland Bank; Russian Offensive; Kut-El-Amara; East Africa; Verdun; The Great Somme Drive; United States and Belligerents; Summary of Two Years' War But a shell containing high explosive, though, fortunately for the driver, not a large one, landed near the automobile and shattered it. Ned, Bob and Jerry on the Firing Line The Motor Boys Fighting for Uncle Sam These mines were small boxes of high explosive, inside of which was a little metal tube with trigger and detonator attached. Life in a Tank Any small package that will contain a high explosive would serve the purpose. The Story of the Great War, Volume I (of 8) Introductions; Special Articles; Causes of War; Diplomatic and State Papers For example, high explosives in the early part of the war were called “black Marias,” that being the slang name for the English police patrol wagon. “Crumps”, The Plain Story of a Canadian Who Went If the mine was filled with trinitrotoluol the weight of the high explosive would be about 180 pounds. The Story of the Great War, Volume V (of 8) Battle of Jutland Bank; Russian Offensive; Kut-El-Amara; East Africa; Verdun; The Great Somme Drive; United States and Belligerents; Summary of Two Years' War Through the barbed wire now, trampling down the cruel strands, never heeding the bleeding wounds it tore in them, never heeding the storm of bullets, minding not the burst of shrapnel or high explosive. Ned, Bob and Jerry on the Firing Line The Motor Boys Fighting for Uncle Sam Shells, high explosives and shrapnel, were coming over every now and then. Attack An Infantry Subaltern's Impression of July 1st, 1916 Beyond that range up to the average range, trench mortars which "lobbed" a charge of high explosive from trench to trench could be used. The Story of the Great War, Volume I (of 8) Introductions; Special Articles; Causes of War; Diplomatic and State Papers The Germans were shelling us with high explosive shells from the north rim of the salient. "The Red Watch" With the First Canadian Division in Flanders Neither had ever seen the effect of high explosives before, and they remained transfixed with utter astonishment at what they saw. The Chestermarke Instinct They fired a 500-pound projectile charged with high explosive, and had a range which enabled them to command the entire area of the fortress, including the harbour. Under the Ensign of the Rising Sun A Story of the Russo-Japanese War I saw the work wrought by shrapnel, by gas, and the mangled red havoc of high explosive. Great Britain at War Mercury fulminate is used as a detonator for high explosives and to some extent for small-arms ammunition—a use which was exceedingly important during the war, but is probably of minor consequence in normal times. The Economic Aspect of Geology Some of them were dead in their cellars, which were not proof against the high explosive shells. "The Red Watch" With the First Canadian Division in Flanders Neck and shoulder, front and back and arm, had been shattered and torn by high explosive shell. The Rough Road To-day they make instruments of death; high explosives to shatter flesh and bone to pulp and powder, deadly gases to sear men's eyes, to choke out human life. The Orchard of Tears Only too soon the anti-aircraft started their harassing fire, throwing up a startling number of nerve-racking, high explosive shells, each one a curling black sausage of hate and steel splinters. 'Brother Bosch', an Airman's Escape from Germany "Some new kind of high explosive Wilbraham got to try and never did," Collins returned casually. The La Chance Mine Mystery On the 28th all the Canadians were west of the canal having a little rest which was enlivened constantly by salvos of high explosive shells sent by the Germans into our vicinity. "The Red Watch" With the First Canadian Division in Flanders "But," I answered, "it seems to me the high explosives which we now have are sufficiently powerful if we knew how to use them with safety." Montezuma's Castle and Other Weird Tales Even then Western supremacy was gradual and only recently completed by the exploitation of petroleum, rubber and high explosives. Pan-Islam This necessitates the addition of a parados to the fire trench to protect against the back blast of high explosives. Manual of Military Training Second, Revised Edition It was torn constantly by high explosive, and Turkish bodies were flung high in the air, in whole or in part. The Tale of a Trooper They are the safest trenches to be in when high explosive shells or Mauser bullets are about. "The Red Watch" With the First Canadian Division in Flanders "I remarked that the subject of high explosives was decidedly interesting," answered the shape. Montezuma's Castle and Other Weird Tales He knew very well that they contained high explosives. Boy Scouts in the Canal Zone The Plot Against Uncle Sam Bombs from air-craft are some form of high explosive bomb which burst on striking. Manual of Military Training Second, Revised Edition Destroyers close in below sent high explosive shell whirring upwards to burst in a pall of black smoke and dust on the narrow neck between the Turkish and Australian lines. The Tale of a Trooper The German artillery south of Zonnebeke sent a storm of shell, raking the rear of the trenches held by our troops from end to end with high explosives. "The Red Watch" With the First Canadian Division in Flanders Though the flames rage fiercely, and the part of the ship which they have not yet reached is full of high explosives, there is no panic. The Naval History of the United States Volume 2 The fact that it is possible is due to the enormous number of guns and the unlimited supply of high explosive shells. New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 4, July, 1915 April-September, 1915 He believed that the use of high explosives, by which war could be rendered more dangerous, would result in reducing the probability of war.” Buchanan's Journal of Man, May 1887 Volume 1, Number 4 But the gas shells were followed by a few high explosives. In the Flash Ranging Service Observations of an American Soldier During His Service With the A.E.F. in France The charred church spire was lit up with the high explosive shells, and several fires broke out in the village and made the night hideous. "The Red Watch" With the First Canadian Division in Flanders When the high explosives, such as dynamite and gun-cotton, appeared, the idea suggested itself that they might be used in the shells with vastly greater effect than gunpowder, which had been employed. The Naval History of the United States Volume 2 Second—The Cabinet have not been kept informed by Lord Kitchener as to the supplies of high explosive shells sent out to our troops at the front. New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 4, July, 1915 April-September, 1915 Yesterday I had sixteen men killed by high explosive bombs. World's War Events, Vol. I Soil from ten to fifteen feet in depth covered these stone compartments and they were proof from the bombs of other days, but would have but feebly resisted the modern high explosives. In the Flash Ranging Service Observations of an American Soldier During His Service With the A.E.F. in France How anything could live in that seething vortex, created by the bursting high explosive shells, is a mystery. "The Red Watch" With the First Canadian Division in Flanders Careful and protracted experiments with high explosives were also carried on, with the result of developing an explosive that can be safely used in shells fired from high-power guns. The Naval History of the United States Volume 2 Third—The Opposition leaders were in possession of the facts as to the high explosive shells, and threatened a debate in the House of Commons, in which their statements should be proved. New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 4, July, 1915 April-September, 1915 As it is, the aviators will arrive and we shall have more high explosive bombs and flank firing on the trenches. World's War Events, Vol. I Into that softness he had come with a high explosive and an aim. Young Hilda at the Wars The latter was to protect the men from the "kick back" of the German high explosive shells. "The Red Watch" With the First Canadian Division in Flanders The worst was the enfilade fire of two batteries on our right which with six-inch high explosive shells tore our front line to fragments so that we were glad indeed to see the night come. The Escape of a Princess Pat Being the full account of the capture and fifteen months' imprisonment of Corporal Edwards, of the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, and his final escape from Germany into Holland For over ten years Russia has had 100-lb. howitzer batteries in the field, firing high explosives. Khartoum Campaign, 1898 or the Re-Conquest of the Soudan In ten minutes every Turkish gun, from the giant howitzers to the more simple field pieces, were pounding shrapnel, common shell, and high explosives into the Australasian lines. The Kangaroo Marines It is said the Turks have placed a new disappearing gun in position, which is doing this, and is firing high explosives with jet black smoke. The Incomparable 29th and the "River Clyde" The shell, a four inch high explosive, tore a couple of sandbags out of the back window, and as it apparently had a "delay action" fuse it burst fairly in the middle of the room. "The Red Watch" With the First Canadian Division in Flanders This would take the form of a bombardment of from 20 to 80 rounds of 77 millimeter shrapnel and high explosive shells. The 28th: A Record of War Service in the Australian Imperial Force, 1915-19, Vol. I Egypt, Gallipoli, Lemnos Island, Sinai Peninsula It was arranged that the new 5-inch howitzer battery, with the "Lyddite" or high explosive shells, was to make the first attempt to breach or throw down the wall. Khartoum Campaign, 1898 or the Re-Conquest of the Soudan Was it a gorilla or a high explosive? At Good Old Siwash Yesterday we used very little shrapnel, it was almost entirely high explosives. The Incomparable 29th and the "River Clyde" During the night my slumbers were disturbed with the whistling of German high explosive shells in our vicinity. "The Red Watch" With the First Canadian Division in Flanders With the high explosive projectiles was used a percussion fuse, and these were intended more for the demolition of works than man killing. The 28th: A Record of War Service in the Australian Imperial Force, 1915-19, Vol. I Egypt, Gallipoli, Lemnos Island, Sinai Peninsula Every breath one drew was poison; the acrid smells of high explosives were everywhere. "The Pomp of Yesterday" It was decided by the superior gunnery of the Japanese, and the damage done by their high explosive shells. Famous Sea Fights From Salamis to Tsu-Shima The Turks have now a plentiful supply of ammunition, and all yesterday afternoon and this morning have poured a constant stream of high explosives into the French side of Kereves Dere. The Incomparable 29th and the "River Clyde" The vigilant Germans' aircraft took it for a field gun, and notifying their batteries they proceeded to shell it with shrapnel and high explosive shells. "The Red Watch" With the First Canadian Division in Flanders Shrapnel and high explosive were supported by rifle and machine-gun fire at a rapid rate. The 28th: A Record of War Service in the Australian Imperial Force, 1915-19, Vol. I Egypt, Gallipoli, Lemnos Island, Sinai Peninsula She hesitated to give the grisly details, but Tam, who had seen the effect of high explosive bombs, had no difficulty in reconstructing the scene where Hector laid down his life for his adopted country. Tam o' the Scoots From then on, for at least two hours, the shells poured excruciating-wise into our deserted trenches without cessation,—shrapnel, high explosive, six inch, twelve inch—thousands of pounds the Huns wasted that night. War and the Weird To-morrow once more the flat, dusty country with the heat haze shimmering over it and every now and then the dull drone of some bursting crump, or the vicious crack of high explosive. Mufti Their high explosive shells strike the ground, bound in the air and burst about thirty feet forward from where they strike. "The Red Watch" With the First Canadian Division in Flanders The firing, meanwhile, was terrific—high explosive shells shrieking overhead and bursting on every side. The Greater Love Shrapnel and high explosives burst in a storm about the cloud. Tam o' the Scoots These brutes have now changed from shrapnel to high explosives, which are whirling over our heads and bursting in the town about 400 yards farther down. Letters of Lt.-Col. George Brenton Laurie (commanding 1st Battn. Royal Irish Rifles) Dated November 4th, 1914-March 11th, 1915 Dry-eyed, she watched with him, while the wounded dragged themselves painfully past the still smoking crater, and the acrid smell of high explosive tainted the air. Mufti I began to retrace my steps to St. Julien, but the Germans spotted me in some way and followed me across the fields with salvos of high explosive shells. "The Red Watch" With the First Canadian Division in Flanders Like the flare of June bugs along the roadside in summer, high explosive shells would burst every few minutes, here, there, and in most unexpected places. The Greater Love That Mr Lennard, whom your lordship met on board the Ithuriel, has given me the formula of a new high explosive. The World Peril of 1910 After all our demands, less than 8 per cent. of our shells were high explosive, and we had only sufficient supply for about 40 minutes of artillery preparation for this attack. 1914 Very early in the advance the bursting of a high explosive shell had buried him, buried the whole gun team with its officer, buried the gun. Our Casualty, and Other Stories 1918 At a steady lope the runner went over the back of the trench, into the barrage of German shrapnel and high explosive. No Man's Land We hope he feels that it reveals The danger he is stood in Who steals a high explosive bomb, Mistaking it for Puddin'.' The Magic Pudding About the same time also, means were found of firing with safety what are called “high explosives,” that is, explosives of far greater destructive power than the same weight of gunpowder. How Britannia Came to Rule the Waves Updated to 1900 The War Office then declined to work up to more than 20 rounds a day, and refused a request for 50 per cent, of high explosives. 1914 The main building of the shell-loading plant had suffered considerably, but a portion was still standing, and some underground vaults, filled with high explosives, had not been reached. The Rover Boys Under Canvas or The Mystery of the Wrecked Submarine That high explosive shell had obviously not come from the fort; where, then, had it come from? A Chinese Command A Story of Adventure in Eastern Seas During this time thousands of shells of high explosive gas and shrapnel were placed in the village proper with telling effect. The History of the American Expedition Fighting the Bolsheviki Campaigning in North Russia 1918-1919 The superiority of the Germans in material was most marked in their heavy guns, their high explosive shells, their rifles, and perhaps most of all their machine-guns. New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 5, August, 1915 Meantime, Mr. Winning, who had not committed any overt act, had retired to a camp near by with his high explosives. Policing the Plains Being the Real-Life Record of the Famous North-West Mounted Police But no experience of war could save men from the high explosive shell which burst throughout the day among the trenches, destroying indiscriminately parapet and defenders. With a Highland Regiment in Mesopotamia 1916—1917 But they were badly handicapped by want of shells, especially howitzer high explosives, and we had to suffer a great deal of shell fire without returning it. The Doings of the Fifteenth Infantry Brigade August 1914 to March 1915 His high explosive tore up the track but did no damage to the bridge. The History of the American Expedition Fighting the Bolsheviki Campaigning in North Russia 1918-1919 The Germans never harbored that delusion, and were fully prepared to batter down the deepest trenches of the enemy with the heavy guns and high explosives, and to defend their own trenches with machine-guns. New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 5, August, 1915 No high explosive—and fighting is still going on! Gallipoli Diary, Volume 2 Undoubtedly the high explosive as well as the mysterious German had been landed from a German submarine. Face to Face with Kaiserism Thus do the anti-Semites play with fire in close proximity to the high explosives of human nature. The Jew and American Ideals There�s always one in every crowd and this lad set the mortar as near vertical as he could and dropped in a high explosive bomb.�� Coming of Age: 1939-1946 Each side has been employing formidable artillery both of small and heavy calibre, the French guns being somewhat more numerous and served with unlimited quantities of high explosive shells. New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 5, August, 1915 At midnight an enemy aeroplane let us have a taste of his high explosive—no harm done. Gallipoli Diary, Volume 2 He told me of the finding of a quantity of high explosives, marked by a little buoy, in one of the secluded bays of the coast. Face to Face with Kaiserism Fragments a and b also show an appearance suggestive of partial fusion, characteristic of high explosive action, in the turning of the prominent margins. Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre We did take our turns at firing a two-inch mortar, both smoke and high explosive and when we all had had a go there were a few bombs left over. Coming of Age: 1939-1946 In the last fight around Przemysl the Germans fired in one hour, from field guns, 200,000 shells carrying high explosives. New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 5, August, 1915 We have great difficulty in sending you the amounts of ammunition mentioned in our No. 5770, cipher, and even now the proportion of 18-pr. high explosive will be less than stated therein. Gallipoli Diary, Volume 2 The Germans were deluging the French trenches with a deadly hail of high explosive shells. Fighting in France Not the ruins that a storm would make, but the ruins that high explosives would make. Islands of Space Even Kitchener argued for shrapnel when Lloyd George wanted high explosives. The Masques of Ottawa They're shooting high explosive shells, too, or I never heard any. The Skylark of Space What I want in a hurry is as much additional high explosive shell as you can send me up to amounts asked for in my No. M.F. Gallipoli Diary, Volume 2 He had heard a sound which he knew meant danger and possibly death; the awful whistling roar of a high explosive. Fighting in France Finally, only a scant few hundreds of yards from its goal, the protective mirror was punctured and the freight of high explosive let go, with a silent, but nevertheless terrific, detonation. Spacehounds of IPC He started everything—even to shells, high explosives and aeroplanes. The Masques of Ottawa We needed immensely greater numbers of shells, enormously improved shells, vast amounts of high explosive, new big guns, indeed a score of things, which were afterward obtained. Lloyd George The Man and His Story What the Turks want is a gift, not of ground but of high explosive shell. Gallipoli Diary, Volume 2 He did give us trouble, though, with that devilish Minenwerfer which sent over a wheel-barrow load of high explosive at each shot. The Emma Gees In addition to high explosive he now began to send over for the first time "lachrymatory" gas shells, having a sweet smell and doing little harm except to make our eyes water. The Sherwood Foresters in the Great War 1914 - 1919 History of the 1/8th Battalion Steel came into universal use for gun founding; breech and recoil mechanisms were perfected; smokeless powder and high explosives came into the picture. Artillery Through the Ages A Short Illustrated History of Cannon, Emphasizing Types Used in America Delicate chemical processes connected with high explosives rapidly became an open book to him. Lloyd George The Man and His Story Each successive fight shows more clearly than the last how much may hang on an ample supply of ammunition, more especially high explosive howitzer ammunition. Gallipoli Diary, Volume 2 Lethal and non-lethal gas were intermingled both by the Germans and ourselves with high explosive shells; the effect of each assisted the effect of the other. The Story of the 2/4th Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry In going to Li�vin they usually got shelled with high explosive and at Loos with gas, and it says much for the excellent way in which Capt. The Sherwood Foresters in the Great War 1914 - 1919 History of the 1/8th Battalion Just as we were about to "Stand To" in the evening, a barrage of gas shell and high explosive came down on the whole line. The Fifth Battalion Highland Light Infantry in the War 1914-1918 They had been sprayed by an incessant hail of shrapnel and high explosive for over three hours, and even their fatalistic courage could not stand the strain. With Our Army in Palestine He was standing near the place where the high explosives were stored, and the torpedo was headed for that spot. Winning a Cause World War Stories For 30 to 40 high explosive shells to fall all round a post was quite common. The Story of the 2/4th Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry The nearest approach to a wound was a big triangular bruise on his shoulder, made by a piece of spent high explosive. On the Fringe of the Great Fight The roads were exposed over their whole length but certain special points were usually selected as targets, and several high explosives would land at short intervals on one of these. The Fifth Battalion Highland Light Infantry in the War 1914-1918 That little corner where our guns were concentrated was an easy target for the German artillery, and many were the high explosives and gas-shells which they dropped. The Great War As I Saw It What the Germans thought of this will never be known; for the baby was made of rubber filled with high explosive, and it blew the sub to smithereens. Flag and Fleet How the British Navy Won the Freedom of the Seas Throughout this period we were firing nothing but high explosive shells. Three years in France with the Guns: Being Episodes in the life of a Field Battery The authorities in England had not yet realized that high explosives were necessary to cut wire in spite of the fact that everybody in the field knew it. On the Fringe of the Great Fight Only once in these weeks were we treated to a dose of high explosives. The Fifth Battalion Highland Light Infantry in the War 1914-1918 As they couldn't do that, they did what Cardinal Mazarin wasn't able to do with his picked engineers; they blew it up with high explosives. Everyman's Land Holes dug by high explosive shells in the roadway were filled up with fallen masonry. The Red Horizon But although they were solidly built they had not been proof against the rain of high explosives. Kitchener's Mob Adventures of an American in the British Army It required a newspaper agitation to convert some of the authorities as to the need of high explosives. On the Fringe of the Great Fight Their route led along the lower end of F12A, which had been almost pounded out of existence by our high explosives. The Fifth Battalion Highland Light Infantry in the War 1914-1918 "The condition of the hull looked very much like the effect of a charge of high explosive exploding in the engine room," I finished. Four-Day Planet A woman it was stated, had disclosed their location to the enemy, and the billet in which they were staying was struck fair by a high explosive shell. The Red Horizon But if the shells were large-caliber high explosives, he crouched close to the front wall of the trench, lamenting the day he was foolish enough to become an infantryman, "a bloomin' 'uman ninepin!" Kitchener's Mob Adventures of an American in the British Army A German high explosive percussion bomb was brought in one day for us to identify the explosive present. On the Fringe of the Great Fight They had walked but a short distance, when a high explosive shell burst behind them, and a piece of the casing whizzed between their heads. With The Immortal Seventh Division I should, therefore, like as much as you can spare, particularly high explosive. Gallipoli Diary, Volume I The high explosive shells boomed slowly in from every quarter now, and burst all round us. The Red Horizon Our projectiles were immense balls of hollow steel, filled with high explosive of tremendous power. Kitchener's Mob Adventures of an American in the British Army I would say that ten high explosive shells in Quebec and about twenty in Montreal would do the trick. On the Fringe of the Great Fight The fools will graze contentedly with shrapnel and high explosives bursting all about them, but go into a panic at the sight of a piece of paper in broad daylight. The Lion of Petra Anything made of iron and containing high explosive and detonator will be welcome. Gallipoli Diary, Volume I Without their diabolical products, ranging all the way from high explosives to poison gases, it would have few of the characteristics of ultra-frightfulness that render it unique in the history of international struggles. Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights It was the awful whistling roar of a high explosive. Kitchener's Mob Adventures of an American in the British Army The pressure of a finger—a little finger—upon that electric button was all that was necessary to start the torrent of iron and high explosives toward Paris. The Man Who Rocked the Earth What are you driving at, my dear fellow, I——" "Just this;" Jack's eyes fairly snapped in the starlight, as he looked straight into Harding's weak, good-natured countenance; "don't monkey with high explosives. The Border Boys Across the Frontier "I believe I could advance with half the loss of life that is now being reckoned upon, if I had a liberal supply of gun ammunition, especially of high explosive." Gallipoli Diary, Volume I The bombs, in the main, however, consist of jacketed shells containing high explosives, some of which are constructed on what is called the delayed-action principle. Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights This was a welcome indication that England was at last meeting the longfelt need for high explosives. Kitchener's Mob Adventures of an American in the British Army The lyddite bombs, manufactured in vast quantities by the Krupps for the Relay Gun and all other high explosives, were used to demolish the fortresses upon every frontier of Europe. The Man Who Rocked the Earth It fires a shell 7 feet long, weighing nearly 3,000 pounds, and carrying a bursting charge of 660 pounds of high explosive. Italy at War and the Allies in the West But; to expect us to attack without giving us our fair share—on Western standards—of high explosive and howitzers shows lack of military imagination. Gallipoli Diary, Volume I The projectiles fired from these were empty provision tins filled with high explosives, scraps of metal, bits of stone or whatever, in the emergency, could be found to fill them. Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights In case of a heavy bombardment with high explosives, the men took shelter in deep and narrow "slip trenches." Kitchener's Mob Adventures of an American in the British Army It must have been all of 250 pounds of high explosive. History of the World War An Authentic Narrative of the World's Greatest War Acting on that hypothesis, a score of aviators were sent out with orders to pour upon the wood a torrent of high explosive. Italy at War and the Allies in the West They are prepared to make allowances for lack of shell; lack of guns; lack of high explosives. Gallipoli Diary, Volume I The German papers boast that it took 28 tons of high explosives, and any one can see, this hour, the plain of Coucy covered with a white layer of powdered limestone, for miles around. Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights The high explosive frightens the enemy aeroplane away by its terrific bang, he says: our own airmen say they don't mind the shrapnel. Diary of a Nursing Sister on the Western Front, 1914-1915 Then there was a grenade used for offensive work carrying about thirty-two ounces of high explosives. History of the World War An Authentic Narrative of the World's Greatest War Rents in the pavement show that shells charged with very high explosives were employed. The New York Times Current History: the European War, February, 1915 Prisoners say they thought so much high explosive would knock a hole in our line: the bombardment was all concentrated on the South Wales Borderers' trench. Gallipoli Diary, Volume I In this extraordinary warfare mining by means of high explosives was carried on upon a hitherto unequaled scale. Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights He showed us his two kinds of 12 lb. shells, high explosives and shrapnel. Diary of a Nursing Sister on the Western Front, 1914-1915 Trench artillery are Stokes guns and other mortars hurling aerial torpedoes containing great quantities of high explosives. History of the World War An Authentic Narrative of the World's Greatest War They contain two or three hundred pounds of high explosive, and all patrol vessels and destroyers carry them on deck and astern. Our Navy in the War The packers held their breath expecting to be blown away, as two of the horses that fell were loaded with the high explosive. I Married a Ranger Such work with high explosives was not only continually necessary in the construction of roads and fortifications in a region of solid rock, but sometimes proved the only effective means of attack upon the enemy. Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights There must be one under those balls of black smoke from high explosives from British guns and another a half mile away under the same kind of shower. My Second Year of the War "Not a high explosive shell in the lot," he mourned. Captain Scraggs or, The Green-Pea Pirates Numerous ammunition-plants throughout the country prepare the powder charge, load and fuse the shell, handle high explosives, and ship the ammunition to vessels in the naval service. Our Navy in the War Later an enormous charge of this high explosive was put back of a point that Rees Griffith, the veteran trail-builder, wished to remove, and the result was awaited anxiously. I Married a Ranger Shells are whizzing by at the rate of two or three a minute, high explosives bursting on contact behind their backs about as far away as the other side of a cottage parlor. Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights From the sky shrapnel descend with their showers of bullets, while the high explosives heave up the earth under foot. My Second Year of the War The enemy shelled the position heavily both with high explosives and gas and we suffered some casualties. The Fife and Forfar Yeomanry and 14th (F. & F. Yeo.) Battn. R.H. 1914-1919 The low and high explosives are differentiated, and the sensitiveness of fulminate of mercury and other detonators is clearly pointed out. Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, vol. LXX, Dec. 1910 Federal Investigations of Mine Accidents, Structural Materials and Fuels. Paper No. 1171 The black smoke of German high explosive streamed up the valley like a thundercloud. Letters from France England, for instance, will manufacture dyestuffs not only for her textile trades, but because coal-tar products are essential to the making of high explosives. The War After the War He was seeing a strange business, but high explosives shaking the earth, aeroplanes overhead, machine guns rattling in the war of the Pale Faces he accepted without emotion. My Second Year of the War Public Opinion, as we have seen, is a tremendous power but it is the power of a high explosive which misdirected and ill-used will spread disaster. Catholic Problems in Western Canada The shortage of high explosives is very great. My War Experiences in Two Continents But we could see that the fire was increasing every minute; 4.2's were joining in, and field guns; the lighter guns firing shrapnel, the heavier guns high explosive. Letters from France It contains enough of the high explosive to kill a whole group of men. With Our Soldiers in France Gas shells, lachrymatory shells and Flammenwerfer were as old-fashioned as high explosives and shrapnel. My Second Year of the War This work is effected by means of shrapnel shells that cut the wire into little strands, then high explosives are used to root out the remaining posts. S.O.S. Stand to! On one occasion, following his men after he had seen them all safely down, a piece of high explosive shell-dust bounced from the wall, and embedded itself in the skin of his temple. "Contemptible", by "Casualty" |
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