Spin-stabilized bomblet-carrying projectile

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1987-08-31

1988-12-27

Tudor, Harold J.

Ammunition and explosives

Shells

With secondary shells

102357, 102505, 102517, F42B 1350

Patent

active

047932600

ABSTRACT:
A spin-stabilized projectile includes a casing, a plurality of bomblets accommodated in the casing, filler pieces inserted between the casing and the bomblets, and a device for ejecting the bomblets by explosive force from the projectile at a predetermined point along a trajectory thereof. The filler pieces are of steel or tungsten and are distributed in the casing such that the projectile flies stably up to the point of ejection of the bomblets.

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Rheinmetall "Handbook on Weaponry", 1982, pp. 178-181.

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