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Despite the adoption of smokeless powder, black powder still continued in use as a burster charge for projectiles until just before World War I, when more powerful and less sensitive explosives were adopted. In the U.S. Navy, trinitrotoluene ([[TNT]]) was adopted for smaller projectiles and Explosive D (ammonium picrate) for the larger ones. These continued in use throughout World War II, although by the end of the war more powerful explosives had come into use, particularly in the smaller antiaircraft projectiles. If the entire spectra of powder uses is considered--torpedoes, mines, aerial bombs, and rockets, as well as large and small projectiles--the trend in explosive development, beginning with the adoption of smokeless powder, was to recognize the special demands of various uses and to formulate specialized compounds tailor-made to particular requirements.
Despite the adoption of smokeless powder, black powder still continued in use as a burster charge for projectiles until just before World War I, when more powerful and less sensitive explosives were adopted. In the U.S. Navy, trinitrotoluene ([[TNT]]) was adopted for smaller projectiles and Explosive D (ammonium picrate) for the larger ones. These continued in use throughout World War II, although by the end of the war more powerful explosives had come into use, particularly in the smaller antiaircraft projectiles. If the entire spectra of powder uses is considered--torpedoes, mines, aerial bombs, and rockets, as well as large and small projectiles--the trend in explosive development, beginning with the adoption of smokeless powder, was to recognize the special demands of various uses and to formulate specialized compounds tailor-made to particular requirements.
==Quotes==
* "[[Keep your powder dry]]." - [[Anonymous]] - common expression among American conservative [[gun enthusiast]]s and [[patriot]]s.
==See Also==
==See Also==
* [[Ammunition]], [[bullet]], [[primer]]
* [[Ammunition]], [[bullet]], [[primer]], [[cartridge case]]
* [[Ammunition reloading]]
* [[Ammunition reloading]]
* [[Firearms]]
* [[Firearms]]
==Bibliography==
==Bibliography - Main Sources==
* [[Boston T. Party|Party, Boston T.]], ''[[Boston's Gun Bible]]''. [[Wyoming]]: [[American Redoubt]] [[Javelin Press]], 2009 revision to 2002 edition. Chapter 9: [[Combat rifle cartridge]]s. Chapter 21: [[Bolt action rifle cartridge]]s. Chapter 25: [[Handgun]]s - [[Handgun cartridge]]s. Chapter 26: My Shopping List - [[Rifle ammunition|Ammo for your rifle]]. Chapter 29: [[Handloading|Reloading]].
* [[James Wesley Rawles|Rawles, James Wesley]], ''[[How to Survive the End of the World as We Know It]] - Tactics, Techniques, and Technologies for Uncertain Times''', [[New York City|New York]]: [[Plume]]/[[Penguin Books]], 2009. Released September 30, 2009, 336 pages, ISBN-10: 0452295831, ISBN-13: 978-0452295834, [https://www.audible.com/pd/Self-Development/How-to-Survive-the-End-of-the-World-as-We-Know-It-Audiobook/B002ZEQI9Q [[Audible.com]] Audio book], [https://www.amazon.com/How-Survive-End-World-Know/dp/0452295831 Amazon.com Paperback]. Chapter 10: Home security and [[Self-defense]]. Chapter 11: [[Firearm]]s for [[Self-sufficiency]] and Self-defense.
* [[James Wesley Rawles|Rawles, James Wesley]], ''Tools for Survival: What You Need to [[Survive]] When You’re on Your Own''. [[New York City|New York]]: [[Plume]]/[[Penguin Books]], 2015. Released December 30, 2014, 368 pages, ISBN-10: 0452298121, ISBN-13: 978-0452298125, [https://www.amazon.com/review/R2CUQ89CXOYB48 Reviews], [https://www.audible.com/pd/Self-Development/Tools-for-Survival-Audiobook/B00QFUC7BE [[Audible.com]] Audio book], [https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0452298121 [[Amazon.com]] Paperback]. Chapter 11: [[Rifle]]s, [[Shotgun]]s, and [[Handgun]]s
* [[Mel Tappan|Tappan, Mel]], ''[[Survival Guns]]''. [[Boulder]], [[Colorado]]: [[Paladin Press]], Released November 1, 2009. 480 pages. ISBN-10: 1581607199, ISBN-13: 978-1581607192. [https://www.amazon.com/Survival-Guns-Mel-Tappan/dp/1581607199] Amazon.com Paperback]
==Further Reading - Secondary Research==
* Buchanan, Brenda J. ed. ''Gunpowder: The History of an International Technology,'' (1996) 430pp [http://books.google.com/books?id=7n6Cg9znFrUC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:gunpowder&lr=&num=30&as_brr=0&ei=CCS1R96qCJb4tgOG39yXBQ&sig=2n5yoCm5T4NxzhoUBnVPbf2v10A excerpt and text search]
* Buchanan, Brenda J. ed. ''Gunpowder: The History of an International Technology,'' (1996) 430pp [http://books.google.com/books?id=7n6Cg9znFrUC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:gunpowder&lr=&num=30&as_brr=0&ei=CCS1R96qCJb4tgOG39yXBQ&sig=2n5yoCm5T4NxzhoUBnVPbf2v10A excerpt and text search]
* Cocroft, Wayne. ''Dangerous Energy: The Archaeology of Gunpowder and Military Explosives'' (2000) 222 pages
* Cocroft, Wayne. ''Dangerous Energy: The Archaeology of Gunpowder and Military Explosives'' (2000) 222 pages
* Norris, John. ''Early Gunpowder Artillery: C.1300-1600'' (2003) 144 pages
* Norris, John. ''Early Gunpowder Artillery: C.1300-1600'' (2003) 144 pages
* Partington, J. R. ''A History of Greek Fire and Gunpowder'' (1960, reprinted 1999) 420pp; standard history, but weak on Arabic and Chinese uses
* Partington, J. R. ''A History of Greek Fire and Gunpowder'' (1960, reprinted 1999) 420pp; standard history, but weak on Arabic and Chinese uses
===Primary sources===
===Primary Sources===
* Anderson, William. ''Sketch of the mode of manufacturing gunpowder at the Ishapore mills'' (1862) [http://books.google.com/books?id=-lEBAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:gunpowder&lr=&num=30&as_brr=1&ei=rSS1R9TVAoKAsgOJpsyGBQ full text online]
* Anderson, William. ''Sketch of the mode of manufacturing gunpowder at the Ishapore mills'' (1862) [http://books.google.com/books?id=-lEBAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:gunpowder&lr=&num=30&as_brr=1&ei=rSS1R9TVAoKAsgOJpsyGBQ full text online]
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