Dual-purpose improved conventional munition
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dual-purpose-improved-conventional-munition-203-14493615
title:
Dual-purpose improved conventional munition
text:
A dual-purpose improved conventional munition (DPICM) is an artillery or surface-to-surface missile warhead designed to burst into submunitions at an optimum altitude and distance from the desired target for dense area coverage. The submunitions use both shaped charges for the anti-armor role, and fragmentation for the antipersonnel role, hence the nomenclature "dual-purpose". Some submunitions may be designed for delayed reaction or mobility denial (mines). The air-to-surface variety of this ki
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encyclopedia
description:
Artillery warhead
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dual-purpose_improved_conventional_munition
date created:
2005-07-15T14:28:22Z
date modified:
2024-09-09T18:47:06Z
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