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Armor-piercing fragmentation projectile

US5325787A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateNov 10, 1992
Grant dateJul 5, 1994
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Expiry dateNov 10, 2012

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF42B12/06
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An armor-piercing fragmentation ammunition projectile includes a body made of a dense material, a head also made of a dense material, and an arrangement for fragmenting the body on impact. It is characterized in that the arrangement includes a blind hole delimited by the body and occupied by a mass of compression material subjecting the body to a fragmentation pre-stress. Application to sub-caliber projectiles.

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