Ammunition, preferably for use in high-angle fire

Details Ammunition, preferably for use in high-angle fire Ammunition, preferably for use in high-angle fire

1988-11-29

1990-09-11

Jordan, Charles T.

Ammunition and explosives

Cartridges

102334, 102473, 102501, F42B 500, F42B 1006, F42B 1032, F42B 1210

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049559389

ABSTRACT:
Ammunition preferaqbly for use in high-angle fire to be fired from a cannon suitable for flat trajectory ammunition and with direct participation of the cannon barrel, the ammunition being made of one piece as an ammunition unit having the same outer dimensions as a comparable ammunition unit which is intended to be fired from the same cannon exclusively with an essentially flat trajectory, the ammunition unit including a propellant charge and a payload projectile having a rear portion occupying a region corresponding to that occupied by a portion of the propellant charge of the comparable unit.

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