Explosives used during WW II

Almost all the common explosives listed here were mixtures of TNT, RDX or PETN. Please note that this is only a partial list; there were many others.

Name	Composition
Amatol	Ammonium nitrate and TNT
Baronal	Barium nitrate, TNT and aluminium
Baratol	Barium nitrate and TNT
Composition A	88.3% RDX and 11.7% plasticizer
Composition B	RDX, TNT and wax
H-6	45% RDX, 30% TNT, 20% aluminium and 5% wax
Minol	40% TNT, 40% ammonium nitrate and 20% aluminium (Minol-2)
Octol	75% HMX (cyclotetramethylene-tetranitramine) and 25% TNT
Pentolites	50% PETN and 50% TNT
Picratol	52% Picric acid and 48% TNT
PIPE	81% PETN and 19% Oil
PTX-1	30% RDX, 50% tetryl and 20% TNT
PTX-2	41-44% RDX, 26-28% PETN and 28-33% TNT
PVA-4	90% RDX, 8% PVA and 2% dibutyl phthalate
RIPE	85% RDX and 15% Oil
Tetrytols	70% Tetryl and 30% TNT
Torpex	42% RDX, 40% TNT and 18% aluminium