Ammunition round for guns
US5760329A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | May 27, 1997 |
| Grant date | Jun 2, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 27, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF42B12/34
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An ammunition round for guns has a cartridge case provided with a detonator cap at one end, a bullet inserted in the other open end and an explosive charge between them. The base of the bullet has a recess in which there is a pyrotechnic insert generating an illuminated trace when the bullet is fired. The bullet may be an expanding bullet. The round provides a bullet with an integral trace device.
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