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Old 09-11-2015, 01:02 PM
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Originally Posted by CDAT View Post
Yes as a HE not HEAT round.
HEAT is an inverted cone with a detonator affixed in front equal to the depth of the cone. This focuses the blast like a Fresnel lens..... no magic or complicated machining.... The copper cone the HE is applied to on the back side is a stamped sheet of copper.

This is late 1930's refined bazooka or late 1940s panzerfaust technology not Javelin or Bill.