SHAPED WARHEAD

FIELD: blasting operations, applicable for piercing of complicated obstacles. SUBSTANCE: the shaped warhead has a body, at least two explosive charges with a protective screen between them installed for movement under the action of the explosion products; at least one of the charges is provided with...

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Main Authors CHIBIREV O.N, SKLJAROV V.M, KLIMOV S.A, NECHAEV A.I, KOTOV V.A, SVIRSKIJ O.V, KIRJUSHKIN I.N
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 20.08.2003
Edition7
Subjects
AMMUNITION
BLASTING
EXPLOSIVE CHARGES, e.g. FOR BLASTING, FIREWORKS, AMMUNITION
HEATING
LIGHTING
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
WEAPONS
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Summary:FIELD: blasting operations, applicable for piercing of complicated obstacles. SUBSTANCE: the shaped warhead has a body, at least two explosive charges with a protective screen between them installed for movement under the action of the explosion products; at least one of the charges is provided with an explosive device with a contact firing panel located between the protective screen and the charge, the protective screen has a different thickness with a thinning to the warhead axis. The protective screen may be made in the form of a truncated cone, the smaller base of the truncated cone faces the warhead nose compartment. The contact firing panel of the explosive device is made in the form of a truncated cone facing the warhead nose compartment. EFFECT: enhanced armor piercing of obstacles. 4 cl, 2 dwg
Bibliography:Application Number: RU20010125195