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Old 01-12-2012, 10:31 AM   #1
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Default Blast-Penetration Warhead ?

Quite a few ASM uses either (in military jargon) a "Blast-Penetration Warhead" or even a "Penetration high-explosive blast warhead".

Now, these different nomenclatures probably means the same thing, but how would you treat these warheads in GURPS terms ?
Are they normal HE warheads ? SAPHE ? APEX ?

HEAT perhaps ? But the WDU-20/B for the AGM-65A/B/D is called "Shaped Charge Warhead", while the WDU-24/B for the AGM-65E/F/G is called "Blast-Penetration Warhead".
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Old 01-12-2012, 10:44 AM   #2
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Default Re: Blast-Penetration Warhead ?

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Quite a few ASM uses either (in military jargon) a "Blast-Penetration Warhead" or even a "Penetration high-explosive blast warhead".

Now, these different nomenclatures probably means the same thing, but how would you treat these warheads in GURPS terms ?
Are they normal HE warheads ? SAPHE ? APEX ?

HEAT perhaps ? But the WDU-20/B for the AGM-65A/B/D is called "Shaped Charge Warhead", while the WDU-24/B for the AGM-65E/F/G is called "Blast-Penetration Warhead".
I can't find anything specific. My first thought was also that it was a Shaped Charge or Explosively Formed Penetrator, but that doesn't seem to be the case. It may simply be a heavy explosive designed to overcome armor through brute force. I'd call it HE or SAPHE (effectively the same thing, just fused fused differently).
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Old 01-12-2012, 10:54 AM   #3
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Default Re: Blast-Penetration Warhead ?

The description of the AGM-65E/F/G sounds like APEX to me, a heavy penetrator with an explosive payload.
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