Re: HEAT...Re: New 'electrical active' Armour to defeat hand held anti-tank rounds

At 1:34 PM -0500 1/13/04, rljoiner@mindspring.com wrote:
>Ryan:	You may find this a bit helpful if anyone questions the "plasma"
again.
>From: 
>http://www4.janes.com/K2/doc.jsp?t=Q&K2DocKey=/content1/janesdata/mags/
idr/history/dsm95/dsm00172.htm@current&QueryText=%3CAND%3E%28%3COR%3E%28
%28%5B80%5D%28HEAT+%3CAND%3E+warheads+%3CAND%3E+plasma%29+%3CIN%3E+body%
29%2C+%28%5B100%5D%28%5B100%5D%28HEAT+%3CAND%3E+warheads+%3CAND%3E+plasm
a%29+%3CIN%3E+title%29+%3CAND%3E+%28%5B100%5D%28HEAT+%3CAND%3E+warheads+
%3CAND%3E+plasma%29+%3CIN%3E+body%29%29%29%29&Prod_Name=IDR&
>
>First paragraph last 1/2, after the heading of Text:
>
>   The 1940s saw the rapid development of High Explosive Anti-Tank
(HEAT)
>   shaped-charge weapons, which used an explosive-backed copper cone to
>   melt through armour plate, using the focused energy of hot gas and
>   molten copper or plasma. This had a dramatic effect on armour
>   configurations and design, which has lasted for over 50 years.
>
>If Jane's isn't good enough for you, there's 
>many other references out there, tell me what 
>you consider authoritative and I'll supply the 
>reference.
>
>Although, I do have to agree with the original cut: 
>   "There is nothing "plasma-like" about the metal jet from a HEAT
round."
>Frankly, there's nothing plasma-like.	It _IS_ plasma.

Well, there's a lot of misinformation about the 
Monroe effect creating plasma from the liner. I'm 
really looking for our fried that works on the 
bloody things to pipe up. Oerjan?

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