Hollow training round

US5501155A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army · US

Inventors

• Michael S. Hollis · Alameda, US
• Fred J. Brandon · Aberdeen, US
• Edward W. Kennedy · Baltimore, US
• Edward M. Schmidt · Forest Hill, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 24, 1994
• Grant date: Mar 26, 1996
• Expiry date: Oct 24, 2014

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F42B10/06
• WIPO field: Other special machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A fin stabilized kinetic energy tank training device comprising a project having a nose and having nose and end sections, and constructed of a low density material such as aluminum, and having a hollowed-out section to further reduce weight thereof, so as to minimizing penetration of an armor system on impact thereon.