Patent · US Expired

Fin-stabilized projectile with propellant cage

US4534294A · kind A · utility

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3Claims

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Assignee

Diehl GmbH & Co. · DE

Inventors

Klaus von Laar · Achern, DE
Werner Heberlein · Nuremberg, DE
Josef Burda · Straubing, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 16, 1984
Grant date	Aug 13, 1985
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 16, 2004

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF42B10/14
WIPO fieldOther special machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A fin-stabilized projectile which includes a propellant cage encompassing the projectile body, and with the cage consisting of a plurality of segments retained together through suitable fastening media, and which incorporates, at its leading end, an annular recess extending beyond the overall diameter of the propellant cage, through which there is initiated the spreading apart of the segments subsequent to the exit of the projectile from the weapon barrel.

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