Rocket with tracer charge and gunpowder rods

Details Rocket with tracer charge and gunpowder rods Rocket with tracer charge and gunpowder rods

1984-10-18

1987-02-17

Nelson, Peter A.

Ammunition and explosives

Projectiles

Target marking

102374, 102352, F42B 1336

Patent

active

046430989

ABSTRACT:
A practice rocket for antitank weapons comprising a head and a support rod fastened to the head, the support rod carrying a tracer charge at its rearward end, and a propulsive charge in the form of gunpowder rods distributed around the support rod. The gunpowder rods are fastened to the head or to a disc attached to the head, and the support rod and the gunpowder rods are surrounded by a sleeve having a cylindrical portion and a narrow portion constituting a nozzle. The tracer charge is situated in front of the nozzle, and is ignited simultaneously with the firing of the rocket.

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patent: 2206809 (1940-07-01), Denoix
patent: 2460289 (1949-02-01), Hickman
patent: 2462099 (1949-02-01), Hickman
patent: 3374741 (1968-03-01), Bass
patent: 3731628 (1973-05-01), Fink
patent: 3853058 (1974-12-01), Tartault et al.
patent: 3940605 (1976-02-01), Gerber
patent: 4227460 (1980-10-01), Krone et al.

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