Explosive wave shaper

Claim 1

AN EXPLOSIVE WAVE SHAPER COMPRISING; A HIGH EXPLOSIVE HAVING A PLANAR SHOCK TRANSMITTING SURFACE, MEANS FOR DETONATING THE HIGH EXPLOSIVE AT A POINT THEREIN OPPOSITE THE MIDPOINT OF SAID SURFACE AND AT A PREDETERMINDED DISTANCE THEREFROM, A SOLID DEFORMABLE BODY IN UNIFROM CONTACT WITH THE SURFACE OF SAID EXPLOSVIE AND ADAPTED TO BE DRIVEN AT HIGH SPEED BY THE EXPLOSION THEREOF, SAID BODY HAVING AT LEAST ONE THICK PORTION AT THE CENTRAL PORTION THEREOF AND AT LEAST ONE THIN PORTION SURROUNDING THE THICK PORTION, THE THICK PORTION BEING DRIVEN AT A SLOWER SPEED THAN THE SPEED OF THE THIN PORTION UPON EXPLOSION OF SAID HIGH EXPLOSIVE, AND A SECOND HIGH EXPLOSIVE HAVING A PLANAR SURFACE INITIALLY SPACED FROM SAID BODY AND POSITIONED PARALLEL TO SAID FIRST NAMED SURFACE WHEREBY THE SECOND HIGH EXPLOSIVE IS IMPACTED AND DETONATED BY SAID BODY WHEN THE BODY IS DEFORMED BY THE EXPLOSION OF SAID FIRST HIGH EXPLOSIVE INTO MATCHING RELATION WITH THE PLANAR SURFACE OF SAID SECOND HIGH EXPLOSIVE AND DRIVEN INTO DETONATING RELATION THEREWITH.