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Many projectiles, e.g. shells, may carry an explosive charge or another chemical or biological substance. Aside from explosive payload, a projectile can be designed to cause special damage, e.g. fire (see also early thermal weapons), or poisoning (see also arrow poison).
Warhead: Multi-function warhead, reduced net explosive weight for low collateral damage (R-9E and R-9H). Weight: 108 lb (49 kg) Speed: Mach 1.3; Length: 71 in (180 cm) [42] Unit Cost: $99,600 (all-up round, 2015 USD) [49] M36 Captive Flight Training Missile The M36 is an inert device used for training in the handling of the Hellfire.
During conflicts in the 2010s and 2020s, conventional armies and non-state militants alike began modifying common commercial racing drones into an "FPV loitering munition" by the attachment of a small explosive, so-named because of the first-person view (FPV) they provide the operator.
KonoSuba: An Explosion on This Wonderful World! (Japanese: この素晴らしい世界に爆焔を！, Hepburn: Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Bakuen o!) is a Japanese light novel trilogy by Natsume Akatsuki, a spin-off of his KonoSuba: God's Blessing on This Wonderful World! series.
The 9K35 Strela-10 (Russian: 9К35 «Стрела-10»; English: arrow) is a Soviet highly mobile, short-range surface-to-air missile system. It is visually aimed, and utilizes optical/infrared-guidance.
Formation of an EFP warhead. USAF Research Laboratory.. An explosively formed penetrator (EFP), also known as an explosively formed projectile, a self-forging warhead, or a self-forging fragment, is a special type of shaped charge designed to penetrate armor effectively, from a much greater standoff range than standard shaped charges, which are more limited by standoff distance.
The M1128 consists of a high fragmentation steel body with a streamlined ogive and a drag-reducing base burner. The projectile body is filled with insensitive explosive and a supplementary charge. On gun launch propellant gases enter the base burner cavity and ignite dual tracer cups in the ignition assembly.
A typical cherry bomb contains a core of explosive composition (e.g., flash powder or, less commonly, black powder) which is generally encapsulated inside two nested paper cups, typically of the type used to plug the ends of an M-80, which is in turn most commonly surrounded by a layer (approx. one-quarter inch thick) of sawdust infused with a ...