A penetrating shell produced from a shaped charge

摘要

An active charge HE is provided for producing a penetrating shell P that includes an expanding material AWM consisting of a material having low compressibility that is ballistically almost ineffective in the target and of at least one jacket M radially surrounding the expanding material and consisting of a further material that is ballistically effective in the target. The shell is formed by the explosive HE which on detonation shapes and binds the core AWM and jacket M. The materials of the core AWM and of the jacket M differ with respect to their density so that on impact the low-density material of the core expands and scatters the jacket. In a further embodiment, an active charge L in an initial state includes a structural member B aligned in the direction of propagation of the detonating charge. The member B is destined to form the core AWM in the penetrating shell which is formed by the explosive HE which on detonation shapes and binds the core AWM and jacket M.