Primers (cap composition):

1.

Potassium chlorate,
anitmony Sulfide

Primer cap composition

Initiators (detonators):

2.

Mercury fulminate

Initiator for fuzes.

In some instantaneous gaines
the striker may fire the initiator
directly.

3.

Lead azid

Initiator for fuzes.

Chikkaen

Boosters:

4.

Tetryl

Subbooster in gaines; oc-
casionally sole booster.

Pressed. Toxic.

5.

Picric acid

Main booster in many
gaines

Shimose bakuyaku = shi-
mose explosive.

Pressed. Toxic.

6.

Trinitroanisol, 70 per-cent; H.N.D., 30 per-
cent.

Auxiliary booster in bombs.

H₂ kongo-H₂ mixture
(abbr. for Type 98).

Pressed. Toxic.

Main charges:

7.

Picric acid

Bombs, projectiles, land
mines.

Shimose Explosive

Cast either into case or into
preformed paper-wrapped
blocks. Toxic.

8.

Ammonium perchlorate,
66 percent; silicon carbide, 16 percent; wood pulp, 12 percent; oil, 6 percent.

Mines and depth charges.

Type 88

Loose grey powder. Dangerous
to burn, very sensitive to frict-
ion. Documents given ferro-sili-
con in place of silicon carbide.

9.

Trinitroanisol

Bombs

Type 91

Cast. Toxic.

10.

Trinitroanisol, 60 per-cent; R.D.X. 40 per-cent

Torpedo warheads.

Type 94

Know from documents only.
Toxic.

11.

TNT, 60 percent; H.N.D., 40 percent.

Torpedo warheads, depth charges (documents only).

(Seigate) = Type 97
block-fitted.

Cast into blocks which are
packed into warhead. Yellow
(darker than picric). Toxic.

12.

Trinitroanisol, 70 per-cent; H.N.D., 30 per-cent.

Bombs, sea mines, depth charges.

Type 98

Cast into case. Greenish-yel-
low. Stains brown. Toxic.

13.

Ammonium picrate, 81 percent; aluminium powder, 16 percent; wood pulp, 12 percent; oil, 1 percent.

Depth charges.

Type 1

Loose greenish-yellow powder.

14.

TNT, 60 percent; H.N.D., 24 percent; aluminium powder, 16 percent.

Torpedo warheads.

Otsu-B

Known from documents only.
Approximates German hexanite.
Toxic.