Patent ID: 8448560

Claim:
A reactive armor comprising: a tube; end caps installed on the ends of the tube; a plurality of impacters included inside of the tube, each impacter having one or more passages formed therethrough; explosive included between the impacters and between the end caps and the impacters; and a communication modifier positioned in an entrance of each passage of each impacter, each communication modifier comprising a shaped charge held in place by a strut; wherein, each of said passages provides communication such that when a threat ruptures the tube, the explosive is progressively ignited from the rupture, and except for the rupture that results from intrusion of the threat, the tube remains essentially intact; and wherein, in response to the ignition of the explosive, each shaped charge is sequentially ignited as the ignition of the explosive progresses through the passages, each shaped charge generating a jet and a slug that are directed into and seal, wholly or in part, the passage in which the shaped charge is positioned.