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US 8,695,263 B2Granted
Shell destruction technique
AssigneeApplied Explosives Technology Pty Limited
InventorChristopher Charles John Murray
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Abstract
An explosive assembly adapted to destruction of artillery and other large ordnance shells; said explosive assembly comprising a pair of hollow half shells; each of said half shells formed with an internal cavity conforming to at least a portion of external surfaces of an ordnance shell to be destroyed.
Claims4
A method of destroying artillery, shells and other large ordnance shells;
- said method including the steps of:
- (a) casting an explosive material into a rigid jacket of a hollow half shell;
- said casting forming an inner surface conforming to at least a portion of an outer surface of a said artillery shell of large ordnance shell,
- (b) enclosing a said artillery or large ordnance shell in a pair of said hollow half shells,
- (c) detonating said cast explosive material within said pair of said hollow half shells so as to destroy said artillery or large ordnance shell.
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