Among the new additions to the arsenal is the CBU 107, or Passive Attack Weapon. The PAW uses kinetic energy to release 3,700 "penetrator rods" -- projectiles used to disable an important enemy ...

UDRI's hypervelocity impact facility has 2 two-stage light-gas gun ranges for hypervelocity testing at velocities up to 24,600 ft/sec (7.5 km/sec). Applications for this facility include design and ...

The image below is a diagram from the original proposal for the Massive Ordnance Penetrator from February ... weight so that it hits with enormous kinetic energy. Put simply, the MOP hits exactly ...

The Kinetic Energy Penetrator, colloquially referred to as the "Batman design," was conceived by cadets who sought guidance from ARL on their idea to create an apparatus that could penetrate into ...

Also known as a kinetic energy penetrator, its job is to punch through metal and breach the internal compartments of a tank and knock it out of action. As such, its capabilities are a closely ...

The new 120mm x 570 KE2020Neo kinetic energy ammunition features new technologies that enables its high-strength tungsten penetrator to breach the latest armour protection technologies.

whose discarding sabot concentrates the kinetic energy from propellant into frontal area of the penetrator rod, which is the size of a half dollar coin. For comparison, current Chinese 125mm ...