Telescoped ammunition construction for reducing barrel erosion
US4715284A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 24, 1986 |
| Grant date | Dec 29, 1987 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 24, 2006 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF42B5/045
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A telescoped ammunition round has a propellant charge with an axial cavity. A projectile is housed within the cavity for being fired from the ammunition round. A wear additive is coupled to the forward portion of the propellant charge adjacent the axial cavity.
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