Air burst ammunition
An air burst ammunition , also briefly ABM (, English exploding ammunition in the air ) is a special type of ammunition, by a bursting in the air is caused to explode.
ABM is characterized by the fact that it explodes in front of or above the target without being triggered, for example, by an impact detonator. This type of decomposition creates a cloud of fragments or submunitions and is therefore a modern form of shrapnel .
use
Originally designed as an artillery projectile in the 19th century, such ammunition was tested for small arms as part of the US Army's OICW program, but was ultimately not introduced in the United States when the program was stopped . The purpose of this was to fight against targets that are behind cover. The idea is carried forward by the Korean Daewoo K11 .
Lack clout air burst ammunition against heavily armored targets is less effective, however, because they work practically the only type of ammunition with which effectively called RAM (targets R aketen , A rtilleriegranaten or M örsermunition ) can be combated. That is why it is used, for example, in short-range defense systems.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ OICW on Global Security , accessed on October 9, 2009 (English)