Practice projectile without an explosive for firing against a pr

Details Practice projectile without an explosive for firing against a pr Practice projectile without an explosive for firing against a pr

1990-09-26

1991-07-02

Tudor, Harold J.

Ammunition and explosives

Projectiles

Target marking

102517, 102529, 102498, F42B 1238, F42B 800

Patent

active

050277103

ABSTRACT:
A practice projectile without an explosive for firing against a practice target with large-calibered weapons, wherein the projectile incorporates a projectile body which is in the configuration of a cylinder and which possesses a conical nose cone. The projectile includes a nose cone which is constructed in the shape of a truncated cone having a flat leading end surface with a diameter of about 0.08 to 0.1 that of the projectile caliber, wherein the nose cone forms a sharp contact edge with the cylinder of the projectile; a ratio in the length of the nose cone to that of the cylinder of approximately 1:1.+-.5%; a location of the center of gravity of 3 to 3.5 times the projectile caliber, measured commencing from the leading end surface; and a ratio of 4.0 to 7.0 for the moments of inertia between the transverse and longitudinal moments.

REFERENCES:
patent: 1825517 (1931-09-01), Cardner
patent: 3019733 (1962-02-01), Braid
Rheinmetall, Waffentechnisches Taschenbuch 1973, pp. 125 through 141, 160, 162.
German Office Action.

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