Initiators function as the starting unit of ammunition, and thus their reliability is crucial to the combat efficiency of the weapon system. ANSYS/LS-DYNA numerical calculation software is used to study the damage characteristics of a certain type of electric detonators when the bullets impact on the steel target plates. The results show that the bullet is subjected to an overload acceleration of 230 000 g and 45 μs during the impact, leading to the relative motion of the electric detonator components; the shell suffers a large stress and the maximum compression rate of the grain is about 2.7%; the damage mode of the initiators is the mechanical material damage. The simulation results are instructive to the damage characteristics and structural protection research of the electric detonators.