The invention discloses a composite penetrator with enhanced lateral efficiency and based on active materials and
inert materials, and relates to the technical field of penetrators with enhanced lateral efficiency. The penetrator with enhanced lateral efficiency comprises a front-section penetrator, a
tail-section penetrator and one or more middle-section penetrators arranged between the front-section penetrator and the
tail-section penetrator, wherein the front-section penetrator, the middle-section penetrators and the
tail-section penetrator are in
butt joint coaxially and sequentially, each of the front-section penetrator, the middle-section penetrators and the tail-section penetrator comprises a corresponding shell, a corresponding inner core and a corresponding sandwich part arranged between the corresponding shell and the corresponding inner core which are coaxially arranged in a sleeved mode, notch grooves are distributed in the outer walls of all the shells correspondingly, all the shells are made of the
inert materials, and all the inner cores and all the sandwich parts are made of the active materials. The problems that an existing penetrator with enhanced lateral efficiency is single in damage mode, uncontrollable in
fragment size and amount, low in penetrator body strength during high-speed penetration and the like are solved,
kinetic energy and
chemical energy combined damage and efficient damage to multi-layer target designated positions are achieved, and then the characteristics of
impact energy release, fragment control, higher structural strength during high-speed
impact and the like can be achieved.