Door breaching ammo (just curious)

[mvanmetertoo]

(Disclaimer: I'm not going to be buying or using this. I'm not a door-breaching SWAT team member wannabe. I just saw it on an ammo site and wondered how it worked)

How does the powdered metal allow the lock to be be breached/blown apart? Is there one projectile or multiples? I wouldn't think it would have enough energy to do so.

"This is 12 Gauge Fiocchi Demolition Door/Lock Breaching Ammo. The Fiocchi Demolition breaching round is for use in special-operations dynamic entries, where doors and locks must quickly and effectively be breached to allow the entry team rapid access to the area under assault. The projectile is a composite of powdered metal and epoxy that eliminates ricochet. The round may be used for destruction of door locks, door hinges, padlocks and chains. It may also be used as an explosive ordnance disposal disrupter round. Due to the nature of the round, the muzzle of the gun must not be in contact with the surface of the target, although a standoff device is not necessary."

[meaty-btz]

The breeching round is a large, heavy, powdered metal "slug" that has little integrity. Like a frangible round. It has enough mass to destroy the target but is fragile enough to be obliterated itself by the impact. Ideally, all the energy is transferred into the target.

[mvanmetertoo]

Thanks!