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Spitback tube

Flashback (or Spitback) Tube. A tube attached to the truncated apex of a shaped charge liner, ordinarily extending thru the the explosive charge. Thru this tube the detonating impulse is transmitted from the point of initiation to a detonator at the base of the explosive charge Ref Glossary of Ordn(1959), 270-R(Spit-back Tube)... [Pg.457]

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