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Fragmentation is the process by which the casing, shot, or other components of an anti-personnel weapon, bomb, barrel bomb, land mine, IED, artillery, mortar, tank gun, autocannon shell, rocket, missile, grenade, etc. are dispersed and/or shattered by the detonation of the explosive filler.
Weapon Weight In service Variants Photo Country RGD-5 offensive fragmentation grenade 310g 1954–present replaced by RGN can still be found in large numbers Soviet Union: RGO defensive fragmentation grenade 530g 1990s–present Soviet Union: RGN offensive fragmentation grenade 290g 1990s–present Soviet Union
Arena firing of continuous-rod warhead, 1972 at Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake.. A continuous-rod warhead is a specialized munition exhibiting an annular blast fragmentation pattern, thus when exploding it spreads into a large circle cutting through the target.
Projectiles with enhanced fragmentation are called high-explosive fragmentation (HE-FRAG). [29] RDX and TNT mixtures are the standard chemicals used, notably Composition B and Cyclotol. The introduction of "insensitive munition" requirements, agreements and regulations in the 1990s caused modern western designs to use various types of plastic ...
Formation of an EFP warhead. USAF Research Laboratory.. An explosively formed penetrator (EFP), also known as an explosively formed projectile, a self-forging warhead, or a self-forging fragment, is a special type of shaped charge designed to penetrate armor effectively, from a much greater standoff range than standard shaped charges, which are more limited by standoff distance.
This engraving shows a 12-pounder U.S. shrapnel shell c. 1865. It is fitted with a Borman fuse. In the cutaway view, the dark grey is the wall of the shell, the medium grey is sulphur resin, the light grey are the musket balls, and the black is the bursting charge.
They are weapons that are designed to disperse fragments on detonation, aimed to damage targets within the lethal and injury radii. The body is generally made of a hard synthetic material or steel, which will provide some fragmentation as shards and splinters, though in modern grenades a pre-formed fragmentation matrix is often used.
Light machine guns and light support weapons (LMG/LSW) QJB-191: Light support weapon: 5.8×42mm China: 30-round magazine or 75-round drum magazine. Light support weapon derived from QBU-191 marksman rifle. QBB-95: Bullpup light support weapon: 5.8×42mm DBP87 China: 30-round magazine or 75-round drum magazine. Light support weapon variant of ...