R. Meyer J. Köhler A. Homburg Explosives

31 Bengal Fireworks
An oxidizer in propellant formulations and for W Pyrotechnical Compositions.
Barricade
Schutzwall; merlon, écran
Barricades are grown-over earth embankments erected for the protection
of buildings which may be endangered by an explosion. The
overgrown height of the barricade must be at least one meter above
the building to be protected. The required safety distances between
explosive manufacture buildings or storage houses can be halved if
the houses are barricaded.
Base-Bleed Propellants
Gas generating elements inserted in the bottom of projectiles. The
generated gas fills the subathmosperic pressure behind the projectile.
Base Charge
Sekundärladung; charge de base de détonateur
The main explosive charge in the base of a blasting cap, an electric
blasting cap, or a non-electric delay cap.
Bazooka
A shaped-charge anti-tank weapon first used by the Americans in the
Second World War; W Shaped Charges. Its operating method is identical
with that of the “Panzerfaust” developed in Germany at that time.
B-Black Powder
Sprengsalpeter; poudre noir au nitrate de soude
is a W Black Powder mixture which contains sodium nitrate instead of
potassium nitrate. It is marketed and utilized in the form of compressed
cylinder-shaped grains, 25 and 30 mm of diameter, with a
central hole 5 mm in diameter.
Bengal Fireworks
W Pyrotechnical Compositions.