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Old 12-05-2014, 07:11 PM
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I am enjoying this discussion, but I do have a question. I was just comparing dpw numbers from the rules versus the calculation given here. There are some fairly large discrepancies. There are a few that I find perplexing and wonder if there is a reason. Take for example a TOW missile. It has about 3kg of LX-14, which is 95.5% HDX. Using the RE of 1.28, we get dpw of 8867 using the calculation. The rules show a dpw of 3120. My question is, would the fact that the warhead is a shaped charge inside a titanium form to direct the charge forward be the reason the dpw is lower? In my mind, that sort of makes sense, but does make dpw calculation just that much more complicated.
The data was classified in the 1970s when third edition was written..... These days the warhead data is much more public. The U.S. arms industries relies heavily on foreign sales to make U.S. equipment and R&D for future equipment so this is disclosed at arms expos.
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