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US 12,618,651 B2Granted
Short-range projectile
AssigneeBae Systems Bofors AB
InventorsAnders Hagberg, Christer Thuman
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Abstract
A projectile for short firing ranges includes as a cylinder with a nose having a substantially flat surface arranged with a threaded socket allowing for the arrangement of, for example, a fuze a rear section designed with a substantially flat surface, as well as a projectile body arranged with energetic material enclosed by a casing.
Claims9
A projectile for short firing ranges, comprising:
- a cylindrical projectile body, the projectile body having a forward end and a rear end, the forward end and the rear end being identical in cross-section;
- a nose at the forward end of the projectile body, the nose having a flat section centered along a longitudinal axis of the nose that includes a threaded socket arranged with a fuze;
- a rear section at the rear end of the projectile body;
- the projectile body including an energetic material surrounded by a casing;
- the nose further having a convexity or concavity, wherein a height of the convexity or the concavity measured along the longitudinal axis of the nose is less than 15% of a maximum diameter of the projectile, and
- wherein the nose is at least partially exposed behind the fuze and the nose is configured to create an increase in air resistance.
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A projectile for short firing ranges, comprising:
- a cylindrical projectile body, the projectile body having a forward end and a rear end, the forward end and the rear end being identical in cross-section;
- a nose at the forward end of the projectile body, the nose having a convex surface and a flat surface, said flat surface arranged with a threaded socket arranged with a fuze;
- a rear section at the rear end of the projectile body;
- the projectile body including an energetic material surrounded by a casing;
- the convex surface of the nose having a convexity centered along a longitudinal axis of the nose and surrounding the flat surface, a height of the convexity measured along the longitudinal axis of the nose being less than 15% of a maximum diameter of the projectile, and
- wherein the nose is at least partially exposed behind the fuse and the nose is configured to create an increase in air resistance.
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A projectile for short firing ranges, comprising:
- a cylindrical projectile body, the projectile body having a forward end and a rear end, the forward end and the rear end being identical in cross-section;
- a nose at the forward end, the nose having a threaded socket arranged with a fuze wherein the nose has a flat section and a convex section, wherein a height of the convexity being less than 15% of a maximum diameter of the projectile;
- a concave rear section at the rear end, the projectile body including an energetic material surrounded by a casing, the concave rear surface having a concavity centered along a longitudinal axis of the concave rear surface, a height of the concavity measured along the longitudinal axis of the concave rear surface being less than 15% of a maximum diameter of the projectile, wherein the concave rear section is sized to match the convexity of the nose section, and
- wherein the nose is at least partially exposed behind the fuse and the nose is configured to create an increase in air resistance.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.