Study on a new shaped charge warhead

A new shaped charge warhead has been put forward based on energy viewpoint, which has combined the usage of shaped charge jet and explosively formed projectile. The static steel target experiments were systematically made in order to find the influence of the key configuration parameters on penetration. The experimental results reveal that the penetration of the new shaped charge warhead can achieve an increment of about 50% than that of the current EFP under the same crater and charged conditions. Another related experiment proves that the dissected small angle liner is a better choice than the ordinary small angle liner. Also, the equivalent charge method is used to calculate maximal bottom radius of the small angle liner.