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US 2018/0224250 A1Published application
Self-consuming projectile
AssigneeRheinmetall Waffe Munition GmbH
InventorsFrank HEYMANN, Gerhard BILGER
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Abstract
A projectile with a projectile casing and at least one pyrotechnic charge incorporated in the projectile casing is proposed, wherein the projectile has an open projectile base with a destructible membrane and the pyrotechnic charge burns away at a defined rate during the flight of the projectile, and so the projectile loses mass in such a way that a predetermined effective range is not exceeded. As a result, safety and a nonlethal effect are achieved, in particular outside the effective range.
Claims7
A projectile comprising:
- a projectile casing;
- at least one pyrotechnic set incorporated in the projectile casing;
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- an open projectile base with a destructible membrane,
- wherein the pyrotechnic set burns during a flight of the projectile at a defined rate so that the projectile loses mass such that a predefined effective range is not exceeded.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.