Tungsten alloy kinetic energy penetrator refers to a kinetic energy penetrator that adopts tungsten heavy alloy or a new type of tungsten alloy composite material as the core material of the armor-piercing projectile. The reason why tungsten alloy can serve as the core material of the kinetic energy armor-piercing projectile is that tungsten alloy has many good properties, such as high density, high melting point, high strength, good machinability, and extremely stable dynamic plastic deformation performance.
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Tungsten alloy kinetic energy penetrator was developed to replace the depleted uranium alloy kinetic energy penetrator. Tungsten alloy and depleted uranium alloy have similar densities and penetration performance. However, depleted uranium alloy has extremely terrible environmental hazards and can cause irreparable damage to human bodies. And the costs for recycling and storing uranium alloy are high. Therefore, the development of tungsten alloy materials with the same performance as the depleted uranium alloy or even more better than the depleted uranium alloy is an important direction of the current armor-piercing core technology.
