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Introduction to Explosive Effects
Explosive effects are an important consideration when dealing with projectiles that are
designed to deliver blast, fragments, or even deep penetrating effects such as a shaped
charge jet. The earlier sections on penetration focused on the penetration events that
occurred when a relatively solid projectile impacted the target. This impact resulted in
either a nonpenetration/partial penetration or a perforation. The latter effect was the sole
cause of damage considered. Before the advent of the KE long rod, even armor-piercing
projectiles carried some explosive that would burst the projectile (hopefully) af ...