Smart shell
OwnerJong Tae Choiinventor
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Abstract
According to an embodiment of the present invention, a smart shell mounted on a gun barrel having a rifle formed on an inner circumference, and formed to hit a military target area by using a plurality of scattering pieces includes: a warhead part having the scattering pieces embedded therein; a cover part having one or more grooves provided on an outer circumference and coupled to cover the warhead part, and separated from the warhead part by a difference in rotational speed relative to the warhead part when close to the target area; and a propulsion part providing a propulsion force to the warhead part.
Claims5
A smart shell configured to be launched from a gun barrel, the barrel having rifling formed on an inner circumference, and the smart shell formed to hit a target area by using a plurality of scattering pieces, comprising:
- a warhead part having the scattering pieces embedded therein;
- a cover part having a groove or protrusion provided on an outer circumference, the cover part coupled to cover the warhead part,
- wherein separation of the cover part from the warhead part is at least initiated by a difference in rotational speed relative to the warhead part when close to the target area;
- a propulsion part providing a propulsion force to the warhead part;
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- wherein the propulsion part is configured to travel with the warhead part at least through the gun barrel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.