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US 4,055,104 AGranted
Tire piercing munition
AssigneeMcDonnell Douglas Corporation
InventorsIrving B. Osofsky, Hugh C. Thompson
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Abstract
A munition designed to be emplaced in concrete or other paved surfaces which is particularly destructive to pneumatic tires.
Claims10
A tire piercing munition for emplacement in concrete paving comprising:
- a forward section having a sharp, hard, high strength point, said forward section of sufficient mass to be driven into and below the surface of said concrete paving when delivered with sufficient velocity or force, and
- an aft section attached to said forward section comprising a smooth flexible shaft adapted to protrude above said concrete paving when the forward section has been emplaced in said paving, said shaft having a stiffness and cross-section sufficient to penetrate a pneumatic tire.
A tire piercing munition for emplacement in concrete paving comprising:
- a relatively heavy cylindrical forward section with a sharp, hard, high strength point in the shape of a tangent ogive, said section having sufficient mass to be driven into and below the surface of said concrete paving when delivered with sufficient velocity or force,
- a relatively light aft section attached to said forward section, said aft section comprising a smooth flexible shaft adapted to protrude above the surface of said paving when the forward section is below the surface of the paving, said shaft having a length, stiffness and cross-section sufficient to penetrate pneumatic tires, and frangible fins attached to said shaft to aerodynamically stabilize the munition in flight.
A tire piercing munition for emplacement in concrete paving comprising:
- a forward section with a sharp, hard, high strength point, said section of sufficient mass to be driven into and below the surface of said concrete paving when delivered with sufficient velocity or force,
- an aft section attached to said forward section comprising a smooth flexible shaft adapted to protrude above the surface of said paving when the forward section is below the surface of the paving, said shaft having a length stiffness and cross-section sufficient to penetrate pneumatic tires, and an easily removable flare attached to and surrounding said shaft to aerodynamically stabilize the munition in flight.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.