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High velocity jet shaped charge

US4466353A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMar 24, 1983
Grant dateAug 21, 1984
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Expiry dateMar 24, 2003

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF42B1/02
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Two sections of explosives are utilized in a shaped charged device to first accelerate liner material to high velocity and secondly to collapse the moving liner on a projectile's longitudinal axis to produce a high velocity jet and slug. The apparatus utilizes the principle of superposition of velocity generated by sequentially activated explosives to attain jet and slug velocities having greater ability to defeat armored targets.

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