Patent · US Expired

Explosive charge having a projectile forming insert

US4776278A · kind A · utility

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10Claims

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Assignee

Rheinmetall GmbH · DE

Inventors

Herbert Scholles · Meerbusch, DE
Jurgen Bocker · Oberhausen, DE
Torsten Niemeyer · Celle, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 12, 1987
Grant date	Oct 11, 1988
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 12, 2007

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF42B1/036
WIPO fieldOther special machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An explosive charge including a body and an insert disposed within the body and having given regions which are uniformly distributed around the center of the insert which differ from their respective immediately adjacent regions for forming, upon explosive conversion of the charge, a rod-shaped projectile which has a tail end with shaped portions for providing aerodynamic stabilization of the trajectory of the projectile. The insert is fastened to the body in an essentially band-shaped contact zone disposed between the insert and the body so that there exists between the insert and the body a strong force transfer capability at the given regions and a weaker to negligible force transfer capability between the given regions.

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