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Dean Hedin's avatar

"In reference to Sherman tanks, manufacturing the

propellant for high-velocity ammunition for the main

gun required types of alcohol that could only be distilled

from honey, and there were no substitutes at the time."

Alcohol that can only be distilled from Honey? You need to clarify this for me.

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John Beatty's avatar

Certain types of alcohol, not all alcohol. Alcohols vary in chemical compositions regarding their origins. Honey-derived alcohol—left on its own is mead—was used as a solvent for some faster-burning grades of TNT into the 1950s, according to my sources.

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