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US 10,473,442 B1Granted
Mortar bomb
AssigneeBAE SYSTEMS plc
InventorsMark Edward Roper, Craig Ian Young, Christopher Anthony Thomas
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Abstract
According to an aspect of the invention, there is provided a mortar bomb, comprising: a main body; a nose; a tail extending from the main body, away from the nose; an obturating ring groove for accommodating, in use, an obturating ring, the ring groove being located in the main body; wherein a maximum diameter of the main body is upstream of the ring groove, toward the nose.
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A mortar bomb, comprising:
- a main body;
- a nose attached to the main body;
- a tail extending from the main body, away from the nose;
- and
- an obturating ring groove for accommodating, in use, an obturating ring, the obturating ring groove being located in the main body,
- wherein an outer surface of the main body is curved along a profile from the nose to the ring groove, and
- wherein a maximum diameter of the outer surface of the main body is located upstream of the ring groove, toward the nose, and not at the ring groove, the maximum diameter of the outer surface of the main body being different from a diameter of the main body at an outer edge of the ring groove closest to the nose.
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A mortar bomb main body, comprising:
- an obturating ring groove for accommodating, in use, an obturating ring;
- and
- an outer surface curved along a profile from a nose attached to the mortar bomb main body to the ring groove,
- wherein a maximum diameter of the outer surface of the mortar bomb main body is located upstream of the ring groove, toward the nose, and not at the ring groove, the maximum diameter of the outer surface of the mortar bomb main body being different from a diameter of the mortar bomb main body at an outer edge of the ring groove closest to the nose.
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