Foward fin flechette

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1997-02-10

1998-08-18

Tudor, Harold J.

Ammunition and explosives

Projectiles

Composite

102438, 102439, 102489, 102494, 102521, 102703, 244 324, F42B 1406, F42B 1264

Patent

active

057960313

ABSTRACT:
A multi-flechette weapon packing for a flechette holding canister has one set of fin back flechettes, each having a tip end and a fin end with a plurality of integral fins at the fin end and a plurality of fin forward flechettes, each having a tip end and an opposite end and a plurality of integral fins offset from the opposite end toward the tip end. The fin back flechettes and fin forward flechettes are located in the canister and adjacent to each other in an alternating fashion with the tip ends aligned in the same direction to increase packing density.

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