NODE b61916f1Re: Nuclear Weapons Material
jdd@aiki.demon.co.uk (Jim Dixon)Thu, 25 Aug 94 11:52:17 PDT
In message <9408251708.AA04970@vail.tivoli.com> Mike McNally writes:
> Mike Duvos writes:
> > The idea is that the
> > uranium penetrates the armor and the charge then explodes once
> > the round is inside.
>
> I don't know much about modern munitions, but I do know that armor
> piercing rounds may have no charge in them at all.
Most do. RPGs, for example, definitely do. As I recall, a shaped
charge punches a tiny hole through the armor and then injects a
blob or jet of liquified metal into the vehicle. It's much worse
than a ricochet.
The explosion occurs outside the tank, driving the jet of metal in.
Armor piercing artillery rounds are called HEAT (High Explosive Anti-
Tank). The name says it all.
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Jim Dixon