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US 4,301,737 AGranted
Multi-purpose kinetic energy projectile
AssigneeThe United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army
InventorsLadd Yuhash, Charles E. Lanizzani
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Abstract
A dual purpose armor piercing and antipersonnel round for battlefield use s a penetrator core surrounded by multiple wedge-shaped blades which disperse radially outward upon impact of the round against a target. The penetrator maintains a uniform path of travel to punch through armor, while the multiple blades tumble at high speed laterally to defeat massed troops around the area of impact.
Claims10
A dual purpose elongate gun-fired projectile comprising:
- an elongate penetrator core axially aligned about the center longitudinal axis of said projectile,
- a plurality of substantially flat elongate blades disposed radially about said penetrator core and generally parallel to said core, and adapted to disperse radially outwardly by centrifugal force as said projectile exits from said gun, and
- a substantially rigid outer weakenable sheath over said core and said blades, said sheath being of a material relatively softer than said core and adapted to be weakened upon scoring of said sheath to permit said force to disperse said blades.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.