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Explosive projectile

US5900580A · kind A · utility

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Assignee

Diehl Stiftung & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

Roland Beisswenger · Schwäbisch Gmünd, DE
Hans Strauss · Reichenschwand, DE
Adolf Bankel · Uttenreuth, DE
Hans Pauly · Westerburg, DE
Stephen Kerk · Schnaittach, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 27, 1997
Grant date	May 4, 1999
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 27, 2017

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF42B10/46
WIPO fieldOther special machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An explosive projectile (10) with a projectile casing (12), a ballistic hood (14), an explosive charge (26) located within of the projectile casing (12), a base detonator (28) and a fragment packing (32) which is located towards the head end of the projectile. The ballistic hood (14) is constructed so as to be readily destroyable or, respectively, constituted of a readily destroyable material. The projectile casing is closed at its forward end and provided with a recess (30) in which there is arranged the fragment packing (32). The fragment packing (32) at the forward end thereof bounds the explosive charge (26).

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