Penetrator and method for the manufacture thereof

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1988-02-03

1989-09-19

Nelson, Peter A.

Ammunition and explosives

Blasting

Detonation wave modifying

102476, F42B 102

Patent

active

048670618

ABSTRACT:
A penetrator which is constituted of a heavy-metal, for example, a metal such as tungsten or depleted uranium, and which possesses a differently designed tensile strength and ductility along its length; and a method of manufacturing the penetrator. The penetrator is constituted of a single-crystal of the heavy-metal. The penetrator can be constituted from tungsten; however, it can also be constituted of an alloy whose main component is tungsten, to which rhenium is alloyed.

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