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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 2003
Filed:
Oct. 12, 2001
Richard Fong, Rockaway, NJ (US);
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
A segmented, kinetic energy projectile is formed by stacking several liners in a single warhead, for effectively producing a longer penetrator capable of greatly enhancing penetration. Each individual liner forms a separate penetrator, so that the liners are successively fired and allow for a greater overall target penetration. In one embodiment, the flight path of at least one liner is diverted from the flight paths of the other liners, so that the liners could attack several adjacent targets or provide multiple penetrations. The EFP assembly has the additional capability of utilizing a single warhead that incorporates multiple hits mechanisms. The EFP assembly includes multiple liners that are separated by multiple separators. The separators are non-symmetrically disposed relative to each other, in order to divert the liners toward multiple targets. The liners are diverted from a reference trajectory because the separators impart different angles to the liners. Alternatively, the liners can be deviated from the reference trajectory, by varying the densities of the liners, or by varying their thicknesses.