Abstract: According to typical inventive practice, an armor structure includes n?1 highly-rate-sensitive elastomeric layers and n+1?2 metallic layers, alternately configured. Each metallic layer is electrically connected to a power supply that includes, e.g., battery(ies) and/or supercapacitor(s). Each adjacent pair of metallic layers sandwiches a highly-rate-sensitive elastomeric layer and forms, with the power supply, an uncompleted electrical circuit. A high-velocity projectile that penetratively encroaches upon a highly-rate-sensitive elastomeric layer is subjected to electrical current by virtue of completion of the uncompleted circuit that includes the two sandwiching metallic layers. The circuit is completed by physical (and hence, electrical) contact, bridging the two sandwiching metallic layers, of the projectile and/or its plasma sheath (which at least partially surrounds the projectile's outside surface due to friction between the projectile and the highly-rate-sensitive elastomeric layer).

Abstract: Thermal batteries comprise an anode of alkali or alkaline earth metal and a fluorocarbon polymer of fluorochlorocarbon polymer depolarizer.

Abstract: An improved lithium anode for thermal batteries wherein a metal screen is positioned between and substantially co-extensive with an anode composite comprising lithium and a particulate metal and a metal collector or cup positioned in contact with said composite.

Abstract: Ferric sulfate is added to the iron pyrite depolarizer of a thermal battery to provide a predetermined voltage transient on activation of the battery.