Enhanced Blast Artillery Projectile (EBAP)
Abstract
EBAP is a 155mm artillery projectile prototype leveraging advanced technologies to demonstrate significant lethality enhancements. The project incorporates an innovative explosive charge configuration with hybrid enhanced blast explosive (HEBX) and a high density reactive material (HDRM) to generate enhanced blast and overpressure effects coupled with an increased high temperature duration. This design produces catastrophic damage compared to existing 155mm high explosive artillery projectiles, allowing for less rounds to be used and visual confirmation of damage on a target. The EBAP project developed the prototype and culminated in a large-scale static-arena test for a vehicle target, demonstrating its destructive effects. EBAP transitioned to the U.S. Marine Corps for user evaluation and the Office of Naval Research for further development.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Accomplishment
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2021
- Source ID
- 93e0b54a9d02b5898a165a77c28654c5