Projectile for recoilless weapon

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1983-07-14

1984-11-27

Tudor, Harold J.

Ammunition and explosives

Cartridges

Recoilless

89 1701, F42B 912

Patent

active

044845243

ABSTRACT:
There is disclose a round of ammunition for a recoilless weapon of the type having a launch tube which is open at both ends, comprising a projectile, a propulsive charge positioned behind the projectile, a countermass positioned behind the propulsive charge, and a linking means connecting the countermass to the projectile. The linking means is formed of a plurality of small rigid linking rods of low mass and high ballistic coefficient fixed to the peripheral region of the countermass and on retaining elements located on the rear end of the projectile. The retaining elements are designed to shear during the launching of the projectile when the tensile load exerted on the retaining elements by the linking rods exceeds a predetermined level.

REFERENCES:
patent: 3216323 (1965-11-01), Wengenroth et al.
patent: 3329089 (1967-07-01), Harrison

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