Talk:Munroe effect

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Removed the reference about first use, as shaped charges were used earlier by germans during Fall Gelb. I can't say if bunker buster H-Ladung devices were first military utilities of munroe effect though.

Clarification necessary

The article should state clearly, that modern warheads based on the Munroe effect utilize a metal lining of the void, therefore increasing the penetration performance (resulting in a metal stream penetrating instead of "plasma"). This arises another question, is it realy plasma (I doubt that), or just the reaction products of the chemical explosion, i.e. hot and fast moving gas molecules? Furthermore it may be a nice information to add, since when the metal lining was applied. Maybe during WW2, but the effect was discovered way early. 84.166.205.235 14:29, 29 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

You say you doubt it really is plasma, yet you essentially go on to say it is (plasma essentially being ionized gas). The "metal stream" projected results in a copper (or steel, depending on the liner used...sometimes they even use glass) plasma.

Effectiveness

In the article it says the charge will penetrate 150-250% of the munition's diameter. This is not universal, some shaped charges (notably the linear varieties) will only penetrate 50-80% of the container width if dealing with steel that is thicker than the width of the container.