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Explosive developed in Germany and used during World War II From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Trialen was an explosive developed in Germany.[1] It was used during World War II in the V-1 flying bomb[2] and Arado E.377 glide bomb,[3] among other weapons, as an enhanced blast explosive. Trialen was the German equivalent of the British explosive Torpex, though its production was hindered by a shortage of the aluminium powder that was added to increase its explosive power.[4]
It comprised a mixture of TNT, hexogen, and aluminium powder in varying proportions for each of three versions, known as trialen (or filler) 105, 106 and 107 respectively. The proportions for each version were:
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