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Use
Pentolites are castable explosive mixtures containing PETN and TNT.
Pentolite came into use by several countries during WW II, primarily as a bursting charge and as a booster surround charge.
Because Pentolite is readily initiated, brisant and castable, it is used as a bursting charge, shaped charge, rocket warhead charge, and as a demolition charge. During WW II Japan used Pentolite as a bursting charge for machine gun bullets as small as 7.7 mm in caliber.
Source(s)
TM 9-1300-214, Military Explosives (w/C4, 1990)
FSTC 381-5042, Handbook of Foreign Explosives (1965)
OP 1664, Volume 1 - US Explosive Ordnance (1947)
USNBD - Bombs and Fuzes, Pyrotechnics (1945)
TM 9-1904, Ammunition Inspection Guide (1944)
