Empirically Based Analysis on the Response of HE Munitions to Impact by Steel Fragments.

摘要

Efforts to derive a satisfactory measure of the vulnerability of High Explosive munitions to steel fragment impact have been hampered by a lack of experimental data. In an attempt to remedy this deficiency, a number of tests have been carried out. This report presents the results of tests of firings of steel fragments against U. S. 90mm, 105mm, and 175mm HE (Comp. B) artillery projectiles, Soviet 57mm HE (RDX/aluminum/wax) artillery projectiles, Soviet 122mm and 152mm HE (TNT) artillery projectiles, Soviet 140mm HE (TNT) rocket projectiles, U. S. 81mm and Soviet/CHICOM 82mm mortars (TNT), and a variety of U. S. Sub-Missile munitions. These firing data were used to determine contributions of fragment striking mass and velocity required to initiate explosive reactions. (Author)