Ammunition and explosives – Projectiles – Practice or cleaning
Patent
1992-11-12
1995-02-14
Tudor, Harold J.
Ammunition and explosives
Projectiles
Practice or cleaning
102506, 102513, 102517, F42B 814
Patent
active
053885244
ABSTRACT:
A practice projectile free of any explosive or bursting charge, adapted for shooting from aircraft against ground targets or for other kinds of practice shooting and comprising a hollow shell, a projectile base and a nose portion which engages the shell along a circumferential partition therebetween, wherein the base is a separate part relatively to the shell, whereby a circumferential partition between the base and the shell is formed. The base is fastened to or made integral with a rod or a tube which extends centrally and axially through the shell and is fastened to or made integrally with the nose portion, whereby the rod or tube keeps the projectile together as a unit, and the rod or tube, or a fastening member thereof situated on the nose portion, has a weakened portion which axially is situated approximately at the level of the partition between the shell and the nose portion.
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Angard Inge M.
Strandli Kare R.
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