Carrier shell

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1992-10-22

1993-08-03

Tudor, Harold J.

Ammunition and explosives

Shells

With secondary shells

102357, F42B 1258

Patent

active

052331270

ABSTRACT:
The technical field of the invention is that of carrier artillery shells. The carrier shell according to the invention is intended to transport at least one payload and contains a casing on which is placed at least one spinner band, the casing being closed at one of its ends by a base and at the other by a head inside of which is placed a gas-generating pyrotechnic composition intended to act on a piston at the time the payload is ejected; the shell being characterized in that the means by which the payload is spun by the casing includes lugs provided on an extension of the head and which interact with notches provided on an upper face of the piston, as well as means to cause the piston and the payload itself to spin together. This invention is applicable to mine-dispersing shells.

REFERENCES:
patent: 2454281 (1948-11-01), Hicks
patent: 4771696 (1988-09-01), Smolnik

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