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US 10,704,875 B2Granted
Ammunition production
AssigneeBAE SYSTEMS plc
InventorJohn Frederick Legge
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a construction method for improved tracer ammunition production. There is provided a method of forming a component for a round, said method comprising the step of causing said component to be drawn through at least one floating die.
Claims15
A tracer projectile comprising:
- an inner core;
- and
- an elongate outer sheath, the elongate outer sheath encapsulating the inner core and extending rearwardly of the inner core to provide a cavity for receiving at least one consolidated energetic material, wherein the elongate outer sheath has a maximum wall thickness variation of 0.03 mm.
A tracer projectile comprising:
- an inner core;
- and
- an elongate outer sheath, the elongate outer sheath encapsulating the inner core and extending rearwardly of the inner core to provide a cavity for receiving at least one consolidated energetic material, wherein the elongate outer sheath has a mean wall thickness variation of 0.02 mm or less.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.