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I suspect it’s that the tips of the shell are intended to be pressure sensitive and trigger an explosion that then detonated the main payload. The explosive in
by tempay 4y ago
I suspect it’s that the tips of the shell are intended to be pressure sensitive and trigger an explosion that then detonated the main payload. The explosive in the tip was so sensitive that tearing through paper was enough to detonate it.
- phkahler 4y agoYeah, and foam at several hundred kph was also enough the damage the wing of a space shuttle. Not sure the paper thing is terribly relevant. The shells were fired after all.
- bronson 4y agoNeither the foam or the shuttle wing detonated. It's about testing volatility, not doing damage.
- nine_k 4y agoI wonder how the stress of shooting the munition from the gun did not set it off. Must have something to do with the direction of acceleration, but I can't see how exactly.