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摘要

A telescopically extendable long rod kinetic energy penetrator comprising a first penetrator element (5) having a sleeve region (6) and a second penetrator element (7) having a core region (8) axially slideable within the sleeve region (6) of the first penetrator element (5) the relative lengths of the core and sleeve regions being such that the penetrator is telescopically deployable from a retracted configuration in which the length of the first and second penetrator element combination is L to an extended configuration in which the length of the first and second penetrator combination is at least 4L/3, the average mass per unit length of the sleeve region (6) being from 50% to 300% of the average mass per unit length of the core region (8). The penetrator may be explosively or aerodynamically extended; and may contain energy absorbing means (24) for reducing the load on the second element (7) as the penetrator is accelerated. <IMAGE>