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AssigneeDay & Zimmermann, Inc.
InventorsDaniel D. Reynolds, Logan J. Brincks, Justin A. Wheeler, Jade S. Sorensen, Max N. Kamrath
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Training ammunition that may be utilized by the U.S. Army, Marines and other Armed Forces that conduct training exercises with about 20 mm to 155 mm cartridges. The munition would electronically generate/initiated a signature that would become present at the target. The user would be able to observe the signature with the unaided eye during day or night training, or with devices such as night vision goggles/monocular or thermal sites. The generated signature would not utilize any explosives or pyrophoric iron powders, and would not create an increased fire hazard risk to the user. The munition would be able to survive typical rough handling and firing weapon malfunctions without becoming unusable, or causing delays in training exercises.
A nonexplosive training munition, comprising:
A method of automatically generating a visibly observable signature without an explosive signature from a training munition, the training munition including a projectile configured to be propelled towards a target, the projectile having a projectile outer shell, a signature source assembly attached to the projectile outer shell, the signature source assembly configured to illuminate a visibly observable signature without an explosive signature, and a trigger assembly housed with the projectile outer shell and in communication with the signature source assembly to initiate an activation of the signature source assembly upon the projectile reaching the target, wherein the signature source assembly upon the activation produces the visibly observable signature without a pyrophoric ignition, the method comprising:
A nonexplosive training munition, comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.