Abstract:
1. In an explosive assembly, in combination, primary and secondary explosive charges; directing means common to both of said charges and cooperating therewith for directing the blasts from both of said charges along the same path in the same direction toward a given target; and means operatively connected to both charges for igniting said secondary explosive charge at an interval of 10-150 microseconds subsequent to the ignition of said primary charge, whereby the blast from said secondary charge will enter an area which has previously been entered by the blast of said primary charge to augment the destructive effects of said primary charge.
Abstract:
A COMPOSITE SOLID PROPELLANT BODY WHICH UPON COMBUSTION WILL NOT FORM A PRESSURE DROP IN THE ZONE OF ADHESION BETWEEN THE INDIVIDUAL BODIES OF THE COMPOSITE BODY, CONSISTING OF A PLURALITY OF SOLID PROPELLANT BODIES, EACH OF WHICH CONSISTS OF AN EXPLOSIVE COMPOSITION BASED ON THE COMBINATION OF NITROCELLULOSE AND POLYALCOHOL NITRATE AND WHICH INDIVIDUAL BODIES ARE ADHERED TO EACH OTHER BY MEANS OF NITROMETHANE AS THE SOLE OR ESSENTIAL CONSTITUENT OF AN ADHESIVE MATERIAL.