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2008-09-09

2008-09-09

Bergin, James S. (Department: 3641)

Ammunition and explosives

Projectiles

Target marking

C102S502000, C102S529000, C102S444000

Reissue Patent

active

11063225

ABSTRACT:
delete-start id="DEL-S-00001" date="20080909" ?A practice ammunition projectile comprises a head which bursts when the projectile strikes a target and contains a marking agent which optically indicates the point of impact after the head has burst. The marking agent consists of several chemical components (7, 8) which are each contained in separately breakable compartments (4, 5) within a burstable hood at the head of the projectile. When the compartments (4, 5) break open the compartments combine and undergo a chemical reaction which creates an optical mark. The hood is formed of an optically transparent material to enable the trajectory of the projectile to be tracked.delete-end id="DEL-S-00001" ?insert-start id="INS-S-00001" date="20080909" ?An ammunition cartridge comprising a hollow projectile and a cartridge case with a propellant charge, the projectile comprising a projectile head designed to withstand the forces applied when the projectile is fired from a gun and designed to burst when the projectile strikes a target. A marking agent is disposed in the head for optically marking the impact with the target after the head has burst. The marking agent includes a plurality of chemical components each received in a separate frangible compartment in the head. These components are mixed and react chemically with each other when the compartments break up, causing the mixed components to luminesce. The compartments are designed to be broken up by the initial acceleration and/or the centrifugal forces on the projectile when the projectile is fired from a gun, while retaining the chemical components in the head. The components are therefore mixed at the time the projectile is fired from a gun and luminesce by the time the projectile strikes the target.insert-end id="INS-S-00001" ?

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