Ammunition and explosives – Shells – With secondary shells
Patent
1987-12-16
1989-08-15
Tudor, Harold J.
Ammunition and explosives
Shells
With secondary shells
102386, 102501, 244 33, F42B 1350, F42B 1332
Patent
active
048564320
ABSTRACT:
A spin stabilized carrier projectile having a longitudinal axis comprising: a projectile body; and at least two submunition bodies disposed in, and ejectable from, the projectile body, the submunition bodies being spaced along the axis, each submunition body having a folded, expandable deceleration means for reducing the velocity and spin of the submunition body upon ejection from the projectile body, the deceleration means including a sheet of material for producing air resistance, and the deceleration means having different dimensions for respectively different submunition bodies so that each respective submunition body is decelerated less than the submunition body disposed behind the respective submunition body.
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Rheinmetall GmbH
Tudor Harold J.
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