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US 10,598,471 B2Granted
Self-consuming projectile
AssigneeRheinmetall Waffe Munition GmbH
InventorsFrank Heymann, Gerhard Bilger
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Abstract
A projectile with a projectile casing and at least one pyrotechnic charge incorporated in the projectile casing is proposed, wherein the projectile has an open projectile base with a destructible membrane and the pyrotechnic charge burns away at a defined rate during the flight of the projectile, and so the projectile loses mass in such a way that a predetermined effective range is not exceeded. As a result, safety and a nonlethal effect are achieved, in particular outside the effective range.
Claims7
A projectile comprising:
- a projectile casing;
- a first pyrotechnic set incorporated in the projectile casing;
- a second pyrotechnic set incorporated in the projectile casing and separated
- from the first pyrotechnic set;
- and
- an open projectile base with a destructible membrane,
- wherein the first pyrotechnic set is configured to ignite during launching of the projectile and is configured to ignite the second pyrotechnic set, and
- wherein the first pyrotechnic set burns during a flight of the projectile at a defined rate so that the projectile loses mass such that a predefined effective range is not exceeded.
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A projectile comprising:
- a projectile casing;
- at least two pyrotechnic sets incorporated in the projectile casing;
- and
- an open projectile base with a destructible membrane,
- wherein the at least two pyrotechnic sets burns during a flight of the projectile at a defined rate
- so that the projectile loses mass such that a predefined effective range is not exceeded, and wherein at least one membrane is introduced between the at least two pyrotechnic sets.
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A projectile comprising:
- a projectile casing;
- at least one pyrotechnic set incorporated in the projectile casing;
- and
- an open projectile base with a destructible membrane,
- wherein the at least one pyrotechnic set burns during a flight of the projectile at a
- defined rate so that the projectile loses mass such that a predefined effective range is not exceeded and wherein the projectile casing includes a combustible material.
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A projectile comprising:
- a projectile casing;
- a first pyrotechnic set incorporated in the projectile casing;
- a second pyrotechnic set incorporated in the projectile casing and separated from the first pyrotechnic set;
- and
- an open projectile base with a destructible membrane,
- wherein the first pyrotechnic set is configured to ignite during launching of the projectile and is configured to ignite the second pyrotechnic set only if a predefined effective range for the projectile is exceeded.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.