Table Of ContentFrap Technology - NDIA 37th Gun & Ammo Syposium - April 15-18, 2002 - Panama City, FL
Fragmenting Payload
Ammunition
Frap
Allan Buckley & Pierre H. Freymond
Oerlikon Contraves Pyrotec AG
CH-8050 Zurich / Switzerland
[email protected]
Folie 1 P2 16119 BA, P-VP/FD/21, © 2002 Oerlikon Contraves Pyrotec AG, Zürich/Switzerland F2 16119 BB
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Frap (Fragmenting Payload) Definition
Frap defines a KE ammunition with an inert payload designed to
fragment and release its energy after target penetration, thereby
creating devastating in-depth secondary effects and significantly
augmenting the lethality of the round against a wide range of targets.
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Frap Phenomenon
Steel Ball Projectile, a) soft annealed: b) hardened:
This discovery was made by the AFB (Abteilung Für Ballistik/Germany)
early 70’s.
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Frap Development at Oerlikon
• In the late 70’s Oerlikon discovered that heavy metal subcaliber
penetrators with an axial front cavity (empty or filled with various
materials) created the Frap-effect after target penetration.
• In the 80’s specially treated heavy metal technology was developed to
complete the full scale development of an FAPDS subcaliber ammo
family: 23, 25, 30 & 35mm.
• By the end of the 90’s this technology was also adapted to meet the
very stringent requirements of full caliber 20mmx102 aircraft ammo.
• Currently 27mm x 145 aircraft ammunition with a Frap concept based
on a pre-fragmented payload technology is in development.
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Current Frap Payload Designs
• Frangible - Specially treated heavy metal
• Subprojectiles - Prefragmented heavy metal
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Lethal Area of Various Ammunition Types in
Soft Target
Lethality Area:
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Frangible Material Frap:
Full & Subcaliber
35mm FAPDS
Target
Frap
Projectile
Fragment
Trajectories
in a Plate Array Target
Typical Fragment Cloud
(Cascade Model by TNO) of a Frangible Projectile
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Frangible Material Effect
Aircraft Target Simulation S1
QT 15436
Frangible Video Clip
Frangible Video Clip
TNO / OCP
TNO / OCP
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25mm x 137 Frangible Ammunition FAPDS-T
Effectiveness against BMP 2 at 1200 m
FAPDS-T
Firing Video with
QT 15535 FAPDS-T Ammo
HQETI 1-5T534
FAPDS-T: full penetration
FAPDS-T
HEI-T: no penetration
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25mm x 137 Frangible Ammunition FAPDS-T
Effectiveness against Helicopter
Firing Video Target after Firing
M1 15966BA
3 Round Burst at 1200 m Range
Folie 10 P2 16119 BA, P-VP/FD/21, © 2002 Oerlikon Contraves Pyrotec AG, Zürich/Switzerland F2 15547 BC
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