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A high-explosive squash head (HESH), in British terminology, or a high-explosive plastic/plasticized (HEP), in American terminology, [1] is a type of explosive projectile with plastic explosive that conforms to the surface of a target before detonating, which improves the transfer of explosive energy to the target. Squash head projectiles are ...
High-Explosive Squash Head (HESH) / High explosive plastic (HEP) [xix] Designation Origin Year Weight, complete round Projectile weight Explosive filling Muzzle velocity Notes L35 HESH United Kingdom: 1962 (L35A2) 20.02 kg 11.35 kg 5.1 kg [6] of Composition A-3 (L35A1) 1.97 kg of Hexogen: 732 m/s used by the Swedish army as Slspgr m/61: M393 HEP-T
Purpose-designed anti-tank grenades generally use the shaped charge principle to penetrate tank armor, although the high-explosive squash head (HESH) concept is also used. In military terminology, warheads employing shaped charges are called high-explosive anti-tank (HEAT) warheads. Because of the way shaped charges function, the grenade must ...
The RAW's 1 kg (2.2 lb) high explosive squash head (HESH) warhead could penetrate 20 cm (7.9 in) of reinforced concrete (creating a 36 cm (14 in) hole) and hit moving targets at a range of 300 m (330 yd).
The gun is capable of firing a 29 kg (64 lb) High Explosive Squash Head (HESH) demolition projectile distances up to 2,400 m (2,600 yd). [1] The HESH shell contains 18 kg (40 lb) of C-4 explosive. [2] The L9 gun was mounted on Royal Engineers AVRE versions of the Churchill and Centurion tanks after the Second World War.
The bazooka also fired a high explosive squash head (HESH), effective against buildings and tank armour. The universally applied nickname arose from the M1 variant's vague resemblance to the musical instrument called a " bazooka " invented and popularized by 1930s U.S. comedian Bob Burns .
The bombs Shamsud-Din Jabbar built with the explosive known as RDX would have had devastating effects were it not for an amateurish blunder. New Orleans attacker's bombs were designed to cause ...
High-explosive squash head, a type of explosive ammunition; Fictional characters. Hesh Rabkin, a character from the HBO crime drama The Sopranos;