High explosive launcher system

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1975-07-09

1976-12-28

Tudor, Harold

Ammunition and explosives

Igniting devices and systems

102 6, 102 66, 102 90, F42B 2500

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039994821

ABSTRACT:
A cloud detonation initiator on a fuel-air-explosive (FAE) weapon in the form of a high-explosive retrolauncher attached thereto wherein a plurality of gun tubes each deploy an explosive grenade rearwardly to compensate for the forward motion of the FAE weapon. The grenades are essentially stopped in space as the cloud forms around them. The retrolauncher includes a plurality of different size charges in operative communication with a single chamber so that the velocity of the grenades can be controlled within a predetermined range by selectively detonating the charges singly and in combination.

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