HESH (high-explosive squash head)

Effect on the inside of a steel plate

As HESH ( high explosive squash head ) is ammunition referred to when it hits the target plastic explosive spread over this (wide squeezed) and then ignite, resulting in a large pressure effect on the target. In the English-speaking world, the term HESH ( H igh E xplosive S quash H ead ) is used for pinch-head projectiles , in the USA HEP ( H igh E xplosive P lastic ). They achieve their effect by the fact that the explosion on the outer wall of the tank breaks out numerous metal fragments on the inside, killing the crew.

literature

• Tom Warlow: Firearms, the Law, and Forensic Ballistics. Second Edition, CRC Press, 2004, ISBN 978-0-203-56822-4 .
• Gordon L. Rottman: World War II Infantry Anti-Tank Tactics. Osprey Publishing, 2005, page 47, ISBN 978-1-84176-842-7 . (67 pages online PDF)

See also

• Projectile-forming charge

Web links

• The ammunition for the 120 mm L11 and L30A1 cannons

Individual evidence

1. ^ Tom Warlow: Firearms, the Law, and Forensic Ballistics. Pp. 171-172.
2. ^ Gordon L. Rottman: World War II Infantry Anti-Tank Tactics. P. 13.