Insensitive gun propellant

Details Insensitive gun propellant Insensitive gun propellant

1993-07-20

1994-07-05

Nelson, Peter A.

Ammunition and explosives

Powder form

Composite type

102290, 102292, 149 191, 149 194, 149 1771, C06B 4512

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active

053257820

ABSTRACT:
A gun propellant having reduced sensitivity to impact and improved burning ate, comprising crystallized NNHT particles admixed with a binder and at least one plasticizer. In a preferred embodiment, the binder is a nitrocellulose binder and the plasticizer is a liquid nitramine plasticizer. A preferred liquid nitramine plasticizer is selected from the group of ethyl nitrato ethyl nitramine and methyl nitrato ethyl nitramine. The propellant of this invention may be used or alone or may also include a quantity of RDX propellant. The propellant is suitable to be formulated for an artillery application or for a tank system.

REFERENCES:
patent: 5034072 (1991-07-01), Becuwe
patent: 5067995 (1991-11-01), Nutt
patent: 5189249 (1993-02-01), Burkhardt et al.

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