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A high-explosive squash head (HESH), in British terminology, or a high-explosive plastic/plasticized (HEP), in American terminology, [1] is a type of explosive projectile with plastic explosive that conforms to the surface of a target before detonating, which improves the transfer of explosive energy to the target. Squash head projectiles are ...
A FRAG-12 with the fins deployed. The FRAG-12 is a specialized 12-gauge shotgun shell which contains a small amount of high explosive to breach intermediate barriers, defeat light armored vehicles, and disrupt IEDs. [1]
The gun is capable of firing a 29 kg (64 lb) High Explosive Squash Head (HESH) demolition projectile distances up to 2,400 m (2,600 yd). [1] The HESH shell contains 18 kg (40 lb) of C-4 explosive. [2] The L9 gun was mounted on Royal Engineers AVRE versions of the Churchill and Centurion tanks after the Second World War.
The stretched slugs are able to penetrate a much greater depth of armor, at some loss to BAD. Multi-slugs are better at defeating light or area targets and the finned projectiles have greatly enhanced accuracy. The use of this warhead type is mainly restricted to lightly armored areas of MBTs—the top, belly and rear armored areas, for example.
When fighting broke out again between Israel and Hezbollah in 2006, a new U.N. Security Council Resolution called for a cessation of hostilities and the withdrawal of Israeli troops once again ...
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The RAW's 1 kg (2.2 lb) high explosive squash head (HESH) warhead could penetrate 20 cm (7.9 in) of reinforced concrete (creating a 36 cm (14 in) hole) and hit moving targets at a range of 300 m (330 yd).
This slug is projected toward the target at about two kilometers per second. The chief advantage of the EFP over a conventional (e.g., conical) shaped charge is its effectiveness at very great standoffs, equal to hundreds of times the charge's diameter (perhaps a hundred meters for a practical device).