Energy damper and recoil limiting system for line charge

A damper system comprising:

• means for providing an elongate strength member between a line charge and a source of inertial drag to limit displacement of said line charge;
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• means coupled between said line charge and said source of inertial drag for providing a plurality of break lines having different tensile strengths to sequentially part as the tensile strengths of said break lines are exceeded to absorb and dissipate energy during displacement of said line charge from said source of inertial drag.

A damper system comprising:

• means for providing an elongate strength member between a line charge and a source of inertial drag to limit displacement of said line charge;
• and
• means coupled between said line charge and said source of inertial drag for providing a plurality of break lines having different tensile strengths to sequentially part as the tensile strengths of said break lines are exceeded to absorb and dissipate energy during displacement of said line charge from said source of inertial drag, said elongate strength providing means having greater tensile strength than individual ones of said break lines and being arranged in a serpentine shape with said break lines being connected in sets to said elongate strength providing means, and different ones of said sets of break lines being connected across separate turns in said serpentine-shaped providing means and having said different tensile strengths.