Patent ID: 7621220

Claim:
A wall penetrating, agent dispersing warhead, comprising: a canister for containing a chemical dispersing agent and having a front end and a back end; a valve assembly connected to said canister at said front end, said valve assembly having an open interior in gas communication with the contents of said canister; a plurality of frangible, hollow shear plugs threadedly connected to said valve assembly around the periphery thereof, selected ones of said plurality of frangible, hollow plugs being in gas communication with said open interior of said valve assembly; and a structure-penetrating nose threadedly connected to said valve assembly by frangible threads, said structure-penetrating nose having a shoulder portion proximate said plugs and operable to shear said plurality of frangible, hollow shear plugs when said nose encounters a target, wherein gas within said open interior of said valve assembly is released to an atmosphere via said plurality of frangible, hollow shear plugs when sheared.