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hollow charge

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A shaped charge producing a deep cylindrical hole of relatively small diameter in the direction of its axis of rotation.


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According to official Israeli reports, 50 Merkava tanks had been hit by missiles or rocket-propelled grenades, and three tanks out of the 22 that were penetrated by hollow charge jets were destroyed and 18 crew members had lost their lives.
On the hollow charge front, a very recent improvement came not from the warhead, per se, but from the addition of an improved sensor.
And more is to come, like cutting up a 61-centimetre diameter hole in a concrete wall by using a ring-shaped hollow charge.
 
 
 
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