High-Velocity Impact Fragmentation of Projectiles Experimental Results

Abstract : This report documents the results of experiments conducted by the joint efforts of the United States (U.S.) Army Aviation and Missile Research, Development, and Engineering Center (AMRDEC) and Armament Research, Development, and Engineering Center (ARDEC) in support of the Joint Insensitive Munitions Program (JIMTP) Tube-Launched, Optically Tracked, Wire-Guided (TOW) 2B Insensitive Munitions (IM) Warhead effort. The referenced experiments were conducted to determine the velocity reduction and fragmentation profile of barrier materials subjected to impact by the IM Fragment Impact (FI) test. Velocity reduction and the distribution in collected fragment sizes are presented for a total of 40 impact tests.