Re: Extra-Large shaped charges
- From: kenney@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 07 Nov 2005 05:08:37 -0600
In article <Xns9706926D0348juergennieveler@xxxxxxxxxxxx>,
juergen.nieveler.nospam@xxxxxxxx (Juergen Nieveler) wrote:
> Just how deep would such a charge penetrate, not accounting for
> aquifers, caverns etc.?
From memory penetration of early shape charges was roughly equivalent
to the diameter. Later development using various ways of shaping the
jet raised that to roughly four to five times diameter. So anything
from 100 to 500m depending on how well designed the charge was.
Ken Young
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