The friction sensitivity (FS) of five aliphatic linear and eight cyclic nitramines has been determined and correlated with DFT B3LYP/6-31-G(d,p) // 6-311+G(d,p) positive (V_S,max) and negative (V_S,min) extremes of molecular surface electrostatic potentials V_S(r). While there is an ambiguous relationship between the V_S,max values and FS values, the decrease of FS is connected (more or less) with increase in V_S,min values.