How to calculate shaped-charge damage for theoretical explosives?

[Rupert]

Originally Posted by sir_pudding

The M433 was developed in the 60s. There are a couple of DoD procurement efforts to find a replacement.

Its also possible that the M433 waa deliberately less explosive than is possible in 40 mm x 46 mm grenades. The original procurement specs called for a 5m kill radius.

You don't really want a huge kill radius on a low velocity grenade that you fire from an infantry weapon.

It was about all they could do to get that much effect into the 40mm shell at the time - the fuse filled the whole front half of the shell.