Explosive devices for foxhole manufacture, demolition and urban warfare

摘要

Explosive devices for foxhole manufacture, demolition and urban warfare. devices comprise a hollow metal cylinder; a cap at the top end closing said metal liner, said cap having a waveshaper on the interior thereof, and said cap having a hole therethrough for insertion of an ignition charge; a closure at the bottom end of said liner, said closure having the form of a liner, depressed inwardly; and an explosive composition disposed within the metal liner between the waveshaper of said cap and the depressed cone of said closure. An alternative explosive device is disclosed wherein the closure at one end of the metal cylinder is spaced apart and inwardly from the open end of said line to form a standoff space. A further explosive device is disclosed wherein additional explosive is disposed within the standoff space but leaving spaces for jet formation.