To defeat such targets in future close-combat scenarios, the individual infantryman requires lightweight and multi-function, multi-mission antistruc-ture munitions. Their warheads should be based upon two principal functions (anti-structure and anti-armour), whereby the user will be able to easily switch from one mode to the other. This functionality may enable the soldier to engage hardened or armoured targets as well as the spectrum of urban targets. In the past, the effects of shaped-charge warheads typical found in anti-armour weapons were often used against urban structures, however. Therefore, the effectiveness of such weapons has been often found to be not good enough for engaging urban structures. With the shift of military operations to urban areas, the only alternative is to utilise an anti-structure munition which could be used in two specific functions.
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