Patent · US Expired

Projectile with at least one pyrotechnical charge, especially a tracer charge

US4142466A · kind A · utility

18Cited by

2References

29Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Dynamit Nobel GmbH · DE

Inventors

Kurt Ballreich · Nuremberg, DE
Ernst Jensen · Fürth, DE
Alfred Ketterl · Dresden, DE
Rudolf Stahlmann · Fürth, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 15, 1977
Grant date	Mar 6, 1979
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 15, 1997

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF42B12/38
WIPO fieldOther special machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A projectile with at least one longitudinally extending recess emanating from the rear end of the projectile and a rearwardly open sleeve having at least one pyrotechnical charge arranged therein. The sleeve is disposed within the recess and is arranged to be retained in the recess during and after the firing of the projectile. To enable retention of the sleeve, there is provided a pressure relief of propellant gases in the recess and/or abutments of the projectile and/or holding arrangements provided on the sleeve.

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