U.S. Military Uses the Force

[Steve Furlong]

On Thursday 22 August 2002 14:26, Mike Rosing wrote:
> On Thu, 22 Aug 2002, Major Variola (ret) wrote:
> > The specific heat of Cu is <blah> heat of vaporization is <blah>
> > and the
...
> > And, where does the momentum of <blah> grams x <blah-thousand>
> > m/sec go?
>
> According to the article it leaves dents.  So instead of a focused
> blast puncturing a hole, it gets splayed out all over the place.
>
> > Also, just out of curiousity, what are the health effects of finely
> > dispersed Cu oxide ?
> > Does anyone make liners out of DU?  Yummy.

Steven denBeste (the captain of U.S.S. Clueless) discussed anti-tank 
weapons and anti-anti-tank defenses at 
http://denbeste.nu/cd_log_entries/2002/08/MoreontheT-72.shtml . The 
HEAT discussion applies to RPGs. It doesn't answer all of Major 
Variola's questions, but gives a conceptual overview without the math.

Note: Although denBeste generally writes good essays on the technical 
subjects he covers, he's been known to make omissions and errors. As 
with everything on the net, read with a grain of salt.

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Steve Furlong    Computer Condottiere   Have GNU, Will Travel

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