Improved end cap
AssigneeBAE SYSTEMS plc
InventorsNathan William Rowe, Joshua Matthew Stubbs, Richard James Duncombe
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method of improved ammunition production, particularly to a metal matrix composite(MMC) end cap, suitable for forming a cartridge case, said end cap comprising an admixture of a metal powder, a binder matrix material, wherein said admixture has been caused to solidify in the shape of said end cap.
Claims20
A metal matrix composite(MMC) end cap, suitable for forming a cartridge case, said end cap comprising an admixture including a metal powder and a binder matrix material, wherein said admixture has been caused to solidify in the shape of said end cap.
An ammunition round, comprising:
- an end cap comprising an admixture including a metal powder and a binder matrix material, said admixture being solidified in the shape of said end cap;
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- a case comprising a metal, a metalloid, or a metal alloy, the case and end cap forming a cartridge case.
An ammunition round, comprising:
- an end cap comprising an admixture including a metal powder and a binder matrix material, said admixture being solidified in the shape of said end cap;
- a case comprising a metal, a metalloid, or a metal alloy, the case and end cap forming a cartridge case;
- a primer cap;
- and
- a projectile located in said cartridge case;
- wherein the case is mechanically joined to the cellular structure end cap by a clamping flange.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.