One solution is to use a binary explosive where the two components are stored and pumped separately only being mixed as they enter the hose and fill it.
some gelified version of amfo?Or an explosive that is set off by something other than shock?
you can make a hose with powdered ammoniumnitrate and when in position pump the diesel in. can have mesh dividers in the hose that keep it in place, but that let the fuel through(think of sections like in bamboo)One solution is to use a binary explosive where the two components are stored and pumped separately only being mixed as they enter the hose and fill it.
Put something big and heavy enough which isn't resting on the ground on one end of a tank, and centre of gravity issues start to emerge...15 June 1942. Salisbury Plain, England.
...Both versions of the flail struggled because of the weight at the front of the tank. The heavy chains and drum on the long arms projecting from the front of the hull meant that counter weights had to be added to the back of the tank. The Matilda, already underpowered, struggled to cope with the extra weight. The Valiant versions had a bit more power to play with, and coped a bit better. Getting the flail right was the first thing, then the best tank or tanks to fit it too would be next.
The fact that the team could sit around having a cup of tea and each person, from Major-General to private to civilian, were able to speak and be taken seriously was one of Hobart’s principles that made his work progress so well. Everyone was encouraged to put forward bright ideas, from whole systems to improvements to existing ones. This was paying dividends time and again.
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Think that's wrong, Python, unless they reused the name, is the modern system. Think it was Conger ( liquid explosive WW2) , Giant Viper ( plastic explosive Cold War) and then Python ( modern day ) in British service.It was called "Snake". Python was a wartime development that carried a hose in a de-engined Universal Carrier but it wasn't a success the one time they used it, the nitroglycerine which was pumped into the hose exploded.
That's how wikipedia states it.Think that's wrong, Python, unless they reused the name, is the modern system. Think it was Conger ( liquid explosive WW2) , Giant Viper ( plastic explosive Cold War) and then Python ( modern day ) in British service.
Oh, yeah. Vigorously sloshing nitroglycerin. Excellent plan. What could go wrong?(...) a tank of nitroglycerin (...) desperately rocking the carrier back and forth as it had become stuck in a shell hole
Well, it would be one way of rapidly exiting the shell hole...Oh, yeah. Vigorously sloshing nitroglycerin. Excellent plan. What could go wrong?
In small parts, going in many different directions...Well, it would be one way of rapidly exiting the shell hole...
As long as there is no airspace to allow it to slosh around, Nitroglycerin in liquid form is quite safe.Oh, yeah. Vigorously sloshing nitroglycerin. Excellent plan. What could go wrong?
Shaking up nitroglycerin eh? Brings to mind this scene. The Wages of Fear. A movie with a real bang to it.