Claims
- 1. An apparatus for producing a shaped charge which comprises:
- detonator means for initiating an explosive charge:
- booster charge means operatively disposed in juxtaposition with said detonator means and capable of being explosively activated by said detonator means;
- jacket explosive means disposed adjacent to and in axial alignment with said booster charge means for being explosively activated by said booster charge means and for generating high detonation velocities;
- core explosive means axially disposed within said jacket explosive means for generating a Chapman-Jougnet detonation velocity lower than the detonation velocity of said jacket explosive means and for achieving a highly over driven Mach stem detonation; and
- disc means operatively disposed against said jacket and core explosive means for interacting with the Mach stem detonation of said core explosive means to produce a penetrating jet of disc material, including a tapered circular flyer plate disc having a taper extending from the outer edge of said jacket explosive annular configuration to the diameter of a central Mach stem region of an impacting detonation wave, which will be smaller than the diameter of said core explosive.
- 2. An apparatus as described in claim 1 wherein the length of said booster charge, jacket explosive and core explosive assembly is less than 1.4 times the diameter of the assembly.
GOVERNMENTAL INTEREST
The invention described herein may be manufactured, used and licensed by or for the Government for Governmental purposes without the payment to us of any royalty thereon.
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