The characteristics of fragments from embedded warhead

Abstract The Embedded warhead is a kind of warhead which is embedded into the target plate by its own kinetic energy and uses its effective fragments and whole or residual projectile to interdict the target. The fragments generated by the embedded warhead embedded in the target plate will impact the target plate and ricochet, which makes the dispersion of the fragments significantly different from that of warhead which is detonated in the air. However, there are no relevant researches which have been published. Therefore, in this paper, the dispersion of fragment from embedded warhead was investigated based on the experiment results, and the embedded warhead was detonated at center of the tail end. According to the experiment results, the fragments ricocheted from the target plate because the incident angle was too large. According to the statistics of fragments on the distribution plate, the average direction Angle of fragments went up (about 6°) due to part of fragments ricocheting from the target plate, which increased the damage effect of embedded warhead. The blocking diameter was 25m for human being. This study can provide a reference for the optimal design of embedded warhead.