Table of Contents
151 relations: AGM-114 Hellfire, Aluminium, Ames National Laboratory, Anti-tank guided missile, Anti-tank rifle, Anti-tank warfare, Armour, Battle of Fort Ében-Émael, Bazooka, Beryllium, Beyond-armour effect, BGM-71 TOW, Bimetal, Brazing, Brittleness, Building implosion, Cadmium, CBU-97 Sensor Fuzed Weapon, Ceramic, Charles Edward Munroe, Cluster munition, Cobalt, Completion (oil and gas wells), Composite armour, Composition B, Compressible flow, Concrete, Cone, Copper, Copper–tungsten, Cubic crystal system, Cyclotol, Düsseldorf, Dendrite (metal), Density, Depleted uranium, Detonation, Detonator, Diamond anvil cell, Drag (physics), Ductility, Ellipse, Eryx (missile), Eutectic system, Explosion welding, Explosive, Explosive lens, Explosively formed penetrator, Fluid dynamics, Franz Xaver von Baader, ... Expand index (101 more) »
- Anti-tank weapons
- Explosives engineering
AGM-114 Hellfire
The AGM-114 Hellfire is an American missile developed for anti-armor use, later developed for precision drone strikes against other target types, especially high-value targets.
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Aluminium
Aluminium (Aluminum in North American English) is a chemical element; it has symbol Al and atomic number 13.
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Ames National Laboratory
Ames National Laboratory, formerly Ames Laboratory, is a United States Department of Energy national laboratory located in Ames, Iowa, and affiliated with Iowa State University.
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Anti-tank guided missile
An anti-tank guided missile (ATGM), anti-tank missile, anti-tank guided weapon (ATGW) or anti-armor guided weapon is a guided missile primarily designed to hit and destroy heavily armored military vehicles.
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Anti-tank rifle
An anti-tank rifle is an anti-materiel rifle designed to penetrate the armor of armored fighting vehicles, most commonly tanks, armored personnel carriers, and infantry fighting vehicles.
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Anti-tank warfare
Anti-tank warfare originated during World War I from the desire to develop technology and tactics to destroy tanks. Shaped charge and Anti-tank warfare are anti-tank weapons.
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Armour
Armour (Commonwealth English) or armor (American English; see spelling differences) is a covering used to protect an object, individual, or vehicle from physical injury or damage, especially direct contact weapons or projectiles during combat, or from a potentially dangerous environment or activity (e.g.
Battle of Fort Ében-Émael
The Battle of Fort Ében-Émael was a battle between Belgian and German forces that took place between 10 May and 11 May 1940, and was part of the Battle of Belgium and Fall Gelb, the German invasion of the Low Countries and France.
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Bazooka
The Bazooka is a man-portable recoilless anti-tank rocket launcher weapon, widely deployed by the United States Army, especially during World War II. Shaped charge and Bazooka are anti-tank weapons.
Beryllium
Beryllium is a chemical element; it has symbol Be and atomic number 4.
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Beyond-armour effect
Beyond-armour effect is a term coined by Försvarets Fabriksverk (FFV), a semi-governmental Swedish defense firm, while developing the AT4. Shaped charge and Beyond-armour effect are anti-tank weapons and explosives.
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BGM-71 TOW
The BGM-71 TOW ("Tube-launched, Optically tracked, Wire-guided", pronounced) is an American anti-tank missile.
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Bimetal
Bimetal refers to an object that is composed of two separate metals joined together.
Brazing
Brazing is a metal-joining process in which two or more metal items are joined by melting and flowing a filler metal into the joint, with the filler metal having a lower melting point than the adjoining metal.
Brittleness
A material is brittle if, when subjected to stress, it fractures with little elastic deformation and without significant plastic deformation.
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Building implosion
In the controlled demolition industry, building implosion is the strategic placing of explosive material and timing of its detonation so that a structure collapses on itself in a matter of seconds, minimizing the physical damage to its immediate surroundings.
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Cadmium
Cadmium is a chemical element; it has symbol Cd and atomic number 48.
CBU-97 Sensor Fuzed Weapon
The CBU-97 Sensor Fuzed Weapon is a United States Air Force -class freefall Cluster Bomb Unit. Shaped charge and CBU-97 Sensor Fuzed Weapon are anti-tank weapons.
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Ceramic
A ceramic is any of the various hard, brittle, heat-resistant, and corrosion-resistant materials made by shaping and then firing an inorganic, nonmetallic material, such as clay, at a high temperature.
Charles Edward Munroe
Charles Edward Munroe (May 24, 1849 – December 7, 1938) was an American chemist, discoverer of the Munroe effect, and chair of the department of chemistry at the George Washington University.
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Cluster munition
A cluster munition is a form of air-dropped or ground-launched explosive weapon that releases or ejects smaller submunitions.
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Cobalt
Cobalt is a chemical element; it has symbol Co and atomic number 27.
Completion (oil and gas wells)
Well completion is the process of making a well ready for production (or injection) after drilling operations.
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Composite armour
Composite armour is a type of vehicle armour consisting of layers of different materials such as metals, plastics, ceramics or air.
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Composition B
Composition B (Comp B), also known as Hexotol and Hexolite (among others), is a high explosive consisting of castable mixtures of RDX and TNT. Shaped charge and Composition B are explosives.
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Compressible flow
Compressible flow (or gas dynamics) is the branch of fluid mechanics that deals with flows having significant changes in fluid density.
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Concrete
Concrete is a composite material composed of aggregate bonded together with a fluid cement that cures to a solid over time.
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Cone
A cone is a three-dimensional geometric shape that tapers smoothly from a flat base (frequently, though not necessarily, circular) to a point called the apex or vertex.
Copper
Copper is a chemical element; it has symbol Cu and atomic number 29.
Copper–tungsten
Copper–tungsten (tungsten–copper, CuW, or WCu) is a mixture of copper and tungsten.
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Cubic crystal system
In crystallography, the cubic (or isometric) crystal system is a crystal system where the unit cell is in the shape of a cube.
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Cyclotol
Cyclotol is an explosive consisting of castable mixtures of RDX and TNT. Shaped charge and Cyclotol are explosives.
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Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf is the capital city of North Rhine-Westphalia, the most populous state of Germany.
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Dendrite (metal)
A dendrite in metallurgy is a characteristic tree-like structure of crystals growing as molten metal solidifies, the shape produced by faster growth along energetically favourable crystallographic directions.
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Density
Density (volumetric mass density or specific mass) is a substance's mass per unit of volume.
Depleted uranium
Depleted uranium (DU; also referred to in the past as Q-metal, depletalloy or D-38) is uranium with a lower content of the fissile isotope 235U than natural uranium. Shaped charge and Depleted uranium are ammunition.
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Detonation
Detonation is a type of combustion involving a supersonic exothermic front accelerating through a medium that eventually drives a shock front propagating directly in front of it. Shaped charge and Detonation are explosives engineering.
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Detonator
A detonator, sometimes called a blasting cap in the US, is a small sensitive device used to provoke a larger, more powerful but relatively insensitive secondary explosive of an explosive device used in commercial mining, excavation, demolition, etc. Shaped charge and detonator are explosives.
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Diamond anvil cell
A diamond anvil cell (DAC) is a high-pressure device used in geology, engineering, and materials science experiments.
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Drag (physics)
In fluid dynamics, drag, sometimes referred to as fluid resistance, is a force acting opposite to the relative motion of any object, moving with respect to a surrounding fluid.
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Ductility
Ductility refers to the ability of a material to sustain significant plastic deformation before fracture.
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Ellipse
In mathematics, an ellipse is a plane curve surrounding two focal points, such that for all points on the curve, the sum of the two distances to the focal points is a constant.
Eryx (missile)
Eryx is a French short-range portable semi-automatic command to line of sight (SACLOS) based wire-guided anti-tank missile (ATGM) manufactured by MBDA France and by MKEK under licence.
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Eutectic system
A eutectic system or eutectic mixture is a homogeneous mixture that has a melting point lower than those of the constituents.
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Explosion welding
Explosion welding (EXW) is a solid state (solid-phase) process where welding is accomplished by accelerating one of the components at extremely high velocity through the use of chemical explosives.
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Explosive
An explosive (or explosive material) is a reactive substance that contains a great amount of potential energy that can produce an explosion if released suddenly, usually accompanied by the production of light, heat, sound, and pressure. Shaped charge and explosive are explosives.
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Explosive lens
An explosive lens—as used, for example, in nuclear weapons—is a highly specialized shaped charge. Shaped charge and explosive lens are explosives engineering.
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Explosively formed penetrator
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. Shaped charge and explosively formed penetrator are ammunition and explosives.
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Fluid dynamics
In physics, physical chemistry and engineering, fluid dynamics is a subdiscipline of fluid mechanics that describes the flow of fluids—liquids and gases.
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Franz Xaver von Baader
Franz von Baader (27 March 1765 – 23 May 1841), born Benedikt Franz Xaver Baader, was a German Catholic philosopher, theologian, physician, and mining engineer.
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G. I. Taylor
Sir Geoffrey Ingram Taylor OM FRS FRSE (7 March 1886 – 27 June 1975) was a British physicist and mathematician, who made contributions to fluid dynamics and wave theory.
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Garrett Birkhoff
Garrett Birkhoff (January 19, 1911 – November 22, 1996) was an American mathematician.
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Glossary of firearms terms
The following are terms related to firearms and ammunition topics.
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Gold
Gold is a chemical element; it has symbol Au (from the Latin word aurum) and atomic number 79.
Graphite
Graphite is a crystalline form of the element carbon.
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Guided bomb
A guided bomb (also known as a smart bomb, guided bomb unit, or GBU) is a precision-guided munition designed to achieve a smaller circular error probable (CEP).
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Harz
The Harz is a highland area in northern Germany.
Hayabusa2
is an asteroid sample-return mission operated by the Japanese state space agency JAXA.
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Henry Mohaupt
Wolfdieter Hans-Jochem Mohaupt, known as Heinrich Mohaupt, in the U.S. Henry (Hans) Mohaupt (August 16, 1915 – May 20, 2001) was a Swiss American inventor.
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Hexanitrohexaazaisowurtzitane
Hexanitrohexaazaisowurtzitane, also called HNIW and CL-20, is a polycyclic nitroamine explosive with the formula.
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High-explosive anti-tank
High-explosive anti-tank (HEAT) is the effect of a shaped charge explosive that uses the Munroe effect to penetrate heavy armor.
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High-explosive squash head
A high-explosive squash head (HESH), in British terminology, or a high-explosive plastic/plasticized (HEP), in American terminology, 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.
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HMX
HMX, also called octogen, is a powerful and relatively insensitive nitroamine high explosive chemically related to RDX.
HOT (missile)
The HOT (French: Haut subsonique Optiquement Téléguidé Tiré d'un Tube, or High Subsonic, Optical, Remote-Guided, Tube-Launched) is a second-generation long-range anti-tank guided missile system.
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Hubert Schardin
Hubert Hermann Reinhold Schardin (17 June 1902 Plassow – 27 September 1965 in Freiburg im Breisgau) was a German ballistics expert, engineer and academic who studied in the field of high-speed photography and cinematography.
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Hydrocarbon exploration
Hydrocarbon exploration (or oil and gas exploration) is the search by petroleum geologists and geophysicists for deposits of hydrocarbons, particularly petroleum and natural gas, in the Earth's crust using petroleum geology.
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Hydrogen
Hydrogen is a chemical element; it has symbol H and atomic number 1.
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Hypersonic speed
In aerodynamics, a hypersonic speed is one that exceeds five times the speed of sound, often stated as starting at speeds of Mach 5 and above.
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Incendiary ammunition
Incendiary ammunition is a type of ammunition that contains a chemical that, upon hitting a hard obstacle, has the characteristic of causing fire/setting flammable materials in the vicinity of the impact on fire. Shaped charge and Incendiary ammunition are ammunition.
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Infantry
Infantry is a specialization of military personnel who engage in warfare combat.
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Intermetallic
An intermetallic (also called intermetallic compound, intermetallic alloy, ordered intermetallic alloy, long-range-ordered alloy) is a type of metallic alloy that forms an ordered solid-state compound between two or more metallic elements.
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Inviscid flow
In fluid dynamics, inviscid flow is the flow of an inviscid fluid which is a fluid with zero viscosity.
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Kinetic energy
In physics, the kinetic energy of an object is the form of energy that it possesses due to its motion.
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Krakatoa (explosive)
Krakatoa is a modular explosive device used for explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) or demolitions developed by the British company Alford Technologies.
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Land mine
A land mine, or landmine, is an explosive weapon concealed under or camouflaged on the ground, and designed to destroy or disable enemy targets, ranging from combatants to vehicles and tanks, as they pass over or near it.
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Lead
Lead is a chemical element; it has symbol Pb (from Latin plumbum) and atomic number 82.
List of established military terms
This is a list of established military terms which have been in use for at least 50 years.
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M150 Penetration Augmented Munition
The M150 Penetration Augmented Munition (PAM) is an explosive device developed for the Special Operations Forces of the United States Army, such as Delta Force. Shaped charge and M150 Penetration Augmented Munition are ammunition.
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M9 rifle grenade
The M9 rifle grenade was an American anti-tank rifle grenade used during World War II.
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Magnesium
Magnesium is a chemical element; it has symbol Mg and atomic number 12.
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Metal matrix composite
In materials science, a metal matrix composite (MMC) is a composite material with fibers or particles dispersed in a metallic matrix, such as copper, aluminum, or steel.
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MILAN
Missile d'Infanterie Léger Antichar (French for "Lightweight Infantry Anti-tank Missile") or MILAN is a Franco-West German anti-tank guided missile system.
Mistel
Mistel (German for "mistletoe", a parasitic plant) was the larger, unmanned component of a composite aircraft configuration developed in Germany during the later stages of World War II.
Molybdenum
Molybdenum is a chemical element; it has symbol Mo (from Neo-Latin molybdaenum) and atomic number 42.
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Multistage rocket
A multistage rocket or step rocket is a launch vehicle that uses two or more rocket stages, each of which contains its own engines and propellant.
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Natural gas
Natural gas (also called fossil gas, methane gas or simply gas) is a naturally occurring mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons consisting primarily of methane (95%) in addition to various smaller amounts of other higher alkanes.
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Naval Undersea Warfare Center
The Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) is the United States Navy's full-spectrum research, development, test and evaluation, engineering and fleet support center for submarines, autonomous underwater systems, and offensive and defensive weapons systems associated with undersea warfare.
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Newport, Rhode Island
Newport is a seaside city on Aquidneck Island in Rhode Island, United States.
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Nickel
Nickel is a chemical element; it has symbol Ni and atomic number 28.
Nitrocellulose
Nitrocellulose (also known as cellulose nitrate, flash paper, flash cotton, guncotton, pyroxylin and flash string, depending on form) is a highly flammable compound formed by nitrating cellulose through exposure to a mixture of nitric acid and sulfuric acid.
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No. 68 AT grenade
The Grenade, Rifle No.
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Normal (geometry)
In geometry, a normal is an object (e.g. a line, ray, or vector) that is perpendicular to a given object.
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Nuclear shaped charge
Nuclear shaped charges refers to nuclear weapons that focus the energy of their explosion into certain directions, as opposed to a spherical explosion.
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Nuclear weapon
A nuclear weapon is an explosive device that derives its destructive force from nuclear reactions, either fission (fission bomb) or a combination of fission and fusion reactions (thermonuclear bomb), producing a nuclear explosion.
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Nucleation
In thermodynamics, nucleation is the first step in the formation of either a new thermodynamic phase or structure via self-assembly or self-organization within a substance or mixture.
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Octol
Octol is a melt-castable, high explosive mixture consisting of HMX and TNT in different weight proportions. Shaped charge and Octol are explosives.
Overpressure
Overpressure (or blast overpressure) is the pressure caused by a shock wave over and above normal atmospheric pressure. Shaped charge and overpressure are explosives.
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Panzerfaust
The Panzerfaust ("tank fist" or "armour fist", plural: Panzerfäuste) was a development family of single-shot man-portable anti-tank systems developed by Nazi Germany during World War II. Shaped charge and Panzerfaust are anti-tank weapons.
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Panzerschreck
Panzerschreck (lit. "tank fright", "tank's fright" or "tank's bane") was the popular name for the Raketenpanzerbüchse 54 ("Rocket Anti-armor Rifle Model 54", abbreviated to RPzB 54), an 88 mm reusable anti-tank rocket launcher developed by Nazi Germany in World War II. Shaped charge and Panzerschreck are anti-tank weapons.
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Panzerwurfmine
The Panzerwurfmine (abbreviated to PWM) was a shaped charge hand-thrown anti-tank grenade used by Luftwaffe ground troops in World War II.
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Perforation (oil well)
A perforation in the context of oil wells refers to a hole punched in the casing or liner of an oil well to connect it to the reservoir.
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Petroleum
Petroleum or crude oil, also referred to as simply oil, is a naturally occurring yellowish-black liquid mixture of mainly hydrocarbons, and is found in geological formations.
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Phosphorus
Phosphorus is a chemical element; it has symbol P and atomic number 15.
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PIAT
The Projector, Infantry, Anti Tank (PIAT) Mk I was a British man-portable anti-tank weapon developed during the Second World War. Shaped charge and PIAT are anti-tank weapons.
Platinum
Platinum is a chemical element; it has symbol Pt and atomic number 78.
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Popular Science
Popular Science (also known as PopSci) is a U.S. popular science website, covering science and technology topics geared toward general readers.
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Powder metallurgy
Powder metallurgy (PM) is a term covering a wide range of ways in which materials or components are made from metal powders.
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Pressure
Pressure (symbol: p or P) is the force applied perpendicular to the surface of an object per unit area over which that force is distributed.
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Project Orion (nuclear propulsion)
Project Orion was a study conducted in the 1950s and 1960s by the United States Air Force, DARPA, and NASA into the viability of a nuclear pulse spaceship that would be directly propelled by a series of atomic explosions behind the craft.
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Pyrophoricity
A substance is pyrophoric (from πυροφόρος, pyrophoros, 'fire-bearing') if it ignites spontaneously in air at or below (for gases) or within 5 minutes after coming into contact with air (for liquids and solids).
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Range safety
In rocketry, range safety or flight safety is ensured by monitoring the flight paths of missiles and launch vehicles, and enforcing strict guidelines for rocket construction and ground-based operations.
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Raymond Jeanloz
Raymond Jeanloz is a professor of earth and planetary science (EPS) and astronomy at the University of California, Berkeley.
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RDX
RDX (abbreviation of "Research Department eXplosive" or Royal Demolition eXplosive) or hexogen, among other names, is an organic compound with the formula (CH2N2O2)3.
Reactive armour
Reactive armour is a type of vehicle armour used in protecting vehicles, especially modern tanks, against shaped charges and hardened kinetic energy penetrators. Shaped charge and Reactive armour are explosives engineering.
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Rifle grenade
A rifle grenade is a grenade that uses a rifle-based launcher to permit a longer effective range than would be possible if the grenade were thrown by hand.
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Robert W. Wood
Robert Williams Wood (May 2, 1868 – August 11, 1955) was an American physicist and inventor who made pivotal contributions to the field of optics.
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Rocket
A rocket (from bobbin/spool) is a vehicle that uses jet propulsion to accelerate without using any surrounding air.
RPG-27
The RPG-27 is a Soviet single shot disposable rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) shoulder-fired missile and rocket launcher.
RPG-29
The RPG-29 "Vampir" is a Soviet reusable rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) launcher.
RPG-43
The RPG-43 (ruchnaya protivotankovaya granata obraztca 1943 goda, meaning hand-held anti-tank grenade) was a high-explosive anti-tank (HEAT) shaped charge hand grenade used by the Soviet Union during World War II.
RPG-6
The RPG-6 (Russian Ruchnaya Protivotankovaya Granata, "Handheld Anti-Tank Grenade") was a Soviet-era anti-tank hand grenade used during the late World War II and early Cold War period.
RPG-7
The RPG-7 (Ruchnoy Protivotankovyy Granatomot) is a portable, reusable, unguided, shoulder-launched, anti-tank, rocket launcher.
SADARM
Project Sense and Destroy Armor, or SADARM, is a United States 'smart' submunition capable of searching for, and destroying tanks within a given target area.
Shell (projectile)
A shell, in a military context, is a projectile whose payload contains an explosive, incendiary, or other chemical filling.
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Shock wave
In physics, a shock wave (also spelled shockwave), or shock, is a type of propagating disturbance that moves faster than the local speed of sound in the medium.
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Silicon
Silicon is a chemical element; it has symbol Si and atomic number 14.
Silver
Silver is a chemical element; it has symbol Ag (derived from Proto-Indo-European ''*h₂erǵ'')) and atomic number 47. A soft, white, lustrous transition metal, it exhibits the highest electrical conductivity, thermal conductivity, and reflectivity of any metal. The metal is found in the Earth's crust in the pure, free elemental form ("native silver"), as an alloy with gold and other metals, and in minerals such as argentite and chlorargyrite.
Sintering
Sintering or frittage is the process of compacting and forming a solid mass of material by pressure or heat without melting it to the point of liquefaction.
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Slat armor
Slat armor (or slat armour in British English), also known as bar armor, cage armor, and standoff armor, is a type of vehicle armor designed to protect against high-explosive anti-tank (HEAT) attacks, as used by anti-tank guided missiles (ATGMs) and rocket-propelled grenades (RPGs).
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Solder
Solder (NA) is a fusible metal alloy used to create a permanent bond between metal workpieces.
Spaced armour
Armour with two or more plates spaced a distance apart falls under the category of spaced armour.
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Spall
Spall are fragments of a material that are broken off a larger solid body. Shaped charge and Spall are ammunition.
Spin stabilization
In aerospace engineering, spin stabilization is a method of stabilizing a satellite or launch vehicle by means of spin, i.e. rotation along the longitudinal axis.
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Steel
Steel is an alloy of iron and carbon with improved strength and fracture resistance compared to other forms of iron.
Steelmaking
Steelmaking is the process of producing steel from iron ore and/or scrap.
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Tandem-charge
A tandem-charge or dual-charge weapon is an explosive device or projectile that has two or more stages of detonation, assisting it to penetrate either reactive armour on an armoured vehicle or strong structures. Shaped charge and tandem-charge are ammunition.
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Tantalum
Tantalum is a chemical element; it has symbol Ta and atomic number 73.
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Technische Universität Berlin
italic (TU Berlin; also known as Berlin Institute of Technology and Technical University of Berlin, although officially the name should not be translated) is a public research university located in Berlin, Germany.
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Ted Taylor (physicist)
Theodore Brewster "Ted" Taylor (July 11, 1925 – October 28, 2004) was an American theoretical physicist, specifically concerning nuclear energy.
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Thermobaric weapon
A thermobaric weapon, also called an aerosol bomb, or a vacuum bomb, is a type of explosive munition that works by dispersing an aerosol cloud of gas, liquid or powdered explosive. Shaped charge and thermobaric weapon are ammunition.
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Tin
Tin is a chemical element; it has symbol Sn and atomic number 50.
Titanium
Titanium is a chemical element; it has symbol Ti and atomic number 22.
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TNT
Trinitrotoluene, more commonly known as TNT (and more specifically 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene), and by its preferred IUPAC name 2-methyl-1,3,5-trinitrobenzene, is a chemical compound with the formula C6H2(NO2)3CH3.
Torpedo
A modern torpedo is an underwater ranged weapon launched above or below the water surface, self-propelled towards a target, and with an explosive warhead designed to detonate either on contact with or in proximity to the target. Shaped charge and torpedo are ammunition.
Tungsten
Tungsten (also called wolfram) is a chemical element; it has symbol W and atomic number 74.
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Walsrode
Walsrode (Wasra) is a town in the district of Heidekreis, in Lower Saxony, Germany.
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Warhead
A warhead is the section of a device that contains the explosive agent or toxic (biological, chemical, or nuclear) material that is delivered by a missile, rocket, torpedo, or bomb. Shaped charge and warhead are ammunition.
World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.
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Zinc
Zinc is a chemical element with the symbol Zn and atomic number 30.
Zirconium
Zirconium is a chemical element; it has symbol Zr and atomic number 40.
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162173 Ryugu
162173 Ryugu (provisional designation) is a near-Earth object and a potentially hazardous asteroid of the Apollo group.
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See also
Anti-tank weapons
- 2A28 Grom
- 55 S 55
- 95 S 58-61
- 9M133M Kornet-M
- Anti-tank dog
- Anti-tank grenade
- Anti-tank guided missiles
- Anti-tank gun
- Anti-tank guns
- Anti-tank missile carrier
- Anti-tank obstacles
- Anti-tank rifles
- Anti-tank rockets
- Anti-tank warfare
- BL755
- BLU-108
- Bazooka
- Beyond-armour effect
- Blacker Bombard
- Brilliant Anti-Tank
- CBU-100 Cluster Bomb
- CBU-97 Sensor Fuzed Weapon
- Carl Gustaf 8.4 cm recoilless rifle
- List of man-portable anti-tank systems
- Lunge mine
- M60 recoilless gun
- Man-portable anti-tank systems
- Miniman
- Model 1968 recoilless gun
- Northover Projector
- PBK-500U Drel
- PIAT
- Pansarvärnspjäs 1110
- Panzerfaust
- Panzerschreck
- Recoilless rifle
- Recoilless rifles
- Satchel charge
- Self-propelled anti-tank gun
- Shaped charge
- Solothurn-Arsenal
- Sturmpistole
- Tank destroyer
- Tank destroyers
- Top-attack
- Vickers 40 mm Class S gun
- XM1111 Mid-Range Munition
Explosives engineering
- Blast wall
- Blasting mat
- Bomb disposal
- Bruceton analysis
- Chapman–Jouguet condition
- Deflagration to detonation transition
- Detonation
- Detonation velocity
- Explosive lens
- Explosives engineering
- Explosives safety
- Figure of Insensitivity
- Friction sensitivity
- Gurney equations
- International Society of Explosives Engineers
- MKE TAMGEÇ
- Magneto Inductive Remote Activation Munition System
- Manhattan Project
- Neyer d-optimal test
- Oxygen balance
- Pakistan and weapons of mass destruction
- Reactive armour
- Remote Activation Munition System
- Safety testing of explosives
- Shaped charge
- Sympathetic detonation
- TNT equivalent
- Table of explosive detonation velocities
- Trauzl lead block test
- Use forms of explosives
- ZND detonation model
References
Also known as Cavity effect, Demolition charge, Hollow charge, Monroe effect, Munroe Effect, Neumann effect, Shape charge, Shaped charges, Shaped-charge.