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Old 12-20-2014, 08:11 PM   #9
Anthony
 
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Berkeley, CA
Default Re: Linear shaped charge to cut through DR 1900?

The problem with comparing with a single shaped charge is that you want to make a linear cut, not a narrow hole, so you multiply the weight by the length of the desired cut. Looking at UT, a 100m shaped charge or HEMP round will blow through DR 1900, but it probably only makes a 1" hole, so you need 12 of them per foot...

In the end, you're talking armor thicknesses where no-one is going to try to cut through them. They'll figure out how to bypass them, or if they don't need whatever is behind the door intact they'll just fire an APEX missile through it.
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