hollow charge


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hollow charge

A shaped charge producing a deep cylindrical hole of relatively small diameter in the direction of its axis of rotation.
Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. US Department of Defense 2005.
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"Today [Monday], Russian Su-34 fighter-bombers have made their first sortie equipped not only with high explosive aviation bombs and hollow charge bombs, but also with short- and medium-range air-to-air missiles," said Igor Klimov, aAaAaAeAeAaAeAeA spokesman for the Russian Air Force,AaAaAeAeAaAeAeA a to (https://www.rt.com/news/323992-russia-syria-air-missile/) RT.com .
Russia Says NATO Covered For Turkey
What is more certain, however, is that the detonation of a hollow charge against an armour plate will definitely generate a consistent dispersion of debris outside the vehicle as well, especially when ceramic armour is involved.
Active armoured vehicle protection, or an extra seven tonnes?
Once Student confirmed that it was possible to land gliders on such a small landing zone, Hitler revealed the other component that would ensure the downfall of the Belgian fort, a new development in explosives called the Hohlladung or hollow charge. The hollow charge is a specialized military explosive where the charge has been hollowed out in a conical shape and lined with sheet metal.
Glider assault on Eben Emael as an archetype for the future
The weapon features a two-stage warhead, the first being a hollow charge with a 106 mm diameter (the warhead calibre being 110 mm) with a piezoelectric impact fuse to ensure penetration.
Breaching walls: a must in mout operations: why breach walls during a military operation? At least two answers immediately come to mind; (1) to neutralise enemy troops that are hiding in the building and (2) to open an access for one's own troops, avoiding too-obvious accesses that would quite certainly be booby-trapped. Those two aspects require two different approaches, however
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.
Anti-armour from the east: although the consequences of Tsahal's faux pas in south Lebanon in 2006 have not yet been fully analysed, observers and experts agree upon the fact that modern anti-armour weapons in well-trained hands remain lethal. Despite Israeli air, armour, electronics support and supposed C31 superiorities, Hezbollah scored dozens of deadly hits on Tsahal's heavy armoured vehicles
And more is to come, like cutting up a 61-centimetre diameter hole in a concrete wall by using a ring-shaped hollow charge.
The Ruag golden rule. (Special Report)
For example, Ruag has managed to develop an asymmetrical hollow charge that allows the impact of the downwards-fired dart to remain over the same single spot on the attacked armour in spite of the forward movement of the horizontally moving warhead.
Do-it-all anti-armour? Only if one believes in serendipity! (Complete Guide)
Unlike the tandem hollow charge follow-through grenade design of the Bunkerfaust, this round will penetrate cleanly into 25 cm of sollid concrete to explode inside the building.
Unguided missiles: as said in the previous introduction, unguided rocket launched weapons, often called recoilless guns, have been around for a while. However, due to their restricted calibres they cannot be regarded stricto sensu as antitank weapons, but rather as anti-light armoured vehicle armament. (Complete Guide)
To make a hole in a thick piece of concrete with a hollow charge is one thing, but to entirely disable what might be on the other side is another.
Scientia potestas est * true of Ruag. (What's Up?)
The Kovrov Mechanical Plant offers three warhead upgrades for the Phalanga: an improved hollow charge, a blast device and an anti-personnel HE/fragmentation warhead.
Earth-moving add-ons for choppers: scout, utility and transport helicopters can be transformed into effective ground attack systems by the addition of guns, bombs, grenade-launchers, mine-dispensers, rocket projectiles, guided missiles and appropriate sighting systems
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