Projectile

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1987-12-16

1989-08-29

Tudor, Harold J.

Ammunition and explosives

Projectiles

102386, 102489, 244 33, F42B 1332

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048606600

ABSTRACT:
A projectile comprising a projectile body having a rear end; and a deceleration element composed of a sheet of material at the rear end, the deceleration element having an edge region and being deployable from a folded condition to an expanded condition with the aid of rotation of the projectile, the deceleration element, when in the expanded condition, having the general form of a disk with a periphery defined by the edge region and being effective for decelerating the projectile, and wherein the deceleration element is constructed such that the edge region has a higher mass density than the remainder thereof.

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