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31artillery — /ahr til euh ree/, n. 1. mounted projectile firing guns or missile launchers, mobile or stationary, light or heavy, as distinguished from small arms. 2. the troops or the branch of an army concerned with the use and service of such weapons. 3.… …
32High explosive anti-tank warhead — High explosive anti tank (HEAT) rounds are made of an explosive shaped charge that uses the Neumann effect (a development of the Munroe effect) to create a very high velocity jet of metal in a state of superplasticity that can punch through solid …
33Hand grenade — M67 fragmentation grenade, a widely used modern hand grenade. A hand grenade is any small bomb that can be thrown by hand. Hand grenades are classified into three categories, explosive grenades, chemical and gas grenades.[1] Explosive grenades… …
34Anti-tank mine — A Russian TM 46 anti tank blast mine. An anti tank mine, (abbreviated to AT mine ), is a type of land mine designed to damage or destroy vehicles including tanks and armored fighting vehicles. Compared to anti personnel mines, anti tank mines… …
35Munroe effect — The Munroe effect refers to the partial focusing of blast energy caused by a hollow or void cut into a piece of explosive, a property which is exploited by a shaped charge. Explosive energy is released directly away from (normal to) the surface… …
36Shell (projectile) — This article is about the artillery projectile. For the small arms ammunition, see Shotgun shell. Some sectioned shells from the First World War. From left to right: 90 mm fragmentation shell, 120 mm pig iron incendiary shell, 77/14 model 75 mm… …
37125 mm smoothbore rounds — The following is a list of ammunition fired by 125 mm Smoothbore guns series used in the T 64, T 72, T 80 and T 90 tanks as well as the 2A45 Sprut Anti Tank gun.APFSDS TArmour piercing fin stabilized discarding sabot or APFSDS rounds. Typically… …
38explosive — explosively, adv. explosiveness, n. /ik sploh siv/, adj. 1. tending or serving to explode: an explosive temper; Nitroglycerin is an explosive substance. 2. pertaining to or of the nature of an explosion: explosive violence. 3. likely to lead to… …
39AGM-114 Hellfire — Infobox Weapon is missile=yes name=AGM 114 Hellfire caption=A model of a Hellfire s components origin=United States type=Air to surface and surface to surface missile used by= manufacturer=Lockheed Martin unit cost= propellant= production date=… …
40Voitenko compressor — In 1965 a Russian scientist proposed that the shaped charge originally developed for piercing thick steel armor be adapted to the task of accelerating shock waves. The resulting device, looking a little like a wind tunnel, is called a Voitenko… …
