Bullet
AssigneeRafael-Armament Development Authority Ltd.
InventorAlon Regev
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a hollow bullet for a light weapon which comprises within said hollow: (a) At least one proximity sensor at the front portion of the bullet for sensing an object, and for providing a sensing indication of a proximity object to a control unit;—A control unit for providing a detonation signal to an explosive charge within the bullet upon receipt of said proximity indication; and—An explosive charge for detonating upon receipt of said detonation signal from said control unit.
Claims6
A hollow bullet for a light weapon, for hitting a target obstructed by a non-penetrable solid object, which comprises within said hollow:
- At least one proximity sensor at the front portion of the bullet for sensing said object, and providing a sensing indication of a proximity of said object to a control unit;
- A control unit for providing a detonation signal to an explosive charge within the bullet upon receipt of said proximity indication;
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- An explosive charge for detonating upon receipt of said detonation signal from said control unit, wherein upon said detonation said bullet splits into fragments, therefore to hit said target by at least one of the bullet fragments.
- Wherein said bullet is shot to a direction proximate to an edge of said solid object, not to the solid object itself.
A method for hitting a target obstructed behind a non-penetrable solid object by means of a light weapon, which comprises the steps of:
- a. Providing a hollow bullet for the light weapon;
- b. Providing within said hollow at least one proximity sensor at the front portion of the bullet for sensing said solid object, and providing a sensing indication of a proximity of said object to a control unit;
- c. Providing a control unit within said hollow for causing a detonation signal to an explosive charge within the bullet upon receipt of said proximity indication;
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- d. Providing an explosive charge for detonating upon receipt of said detonation signal from said control unit, wherein upon said detonation said bullet splits into fragments, therefore hitting said target by at least one of the bullet fragments;
- and.
- e. Shooting said bullet to a direction proximate to an edge of said solid object, but not to the solid object itself.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.