Bullet trap and bullet deflector in rifle grenade
AssigneeThe State of Israel, Ministry of Defence, Military Industries
InventorsTsvi J. Gordon, David Moseinco
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Abstract
In a rifle grenade assembly a bullet trap and bullet deflector are incorporated to enable the launching of the grenade with ball ammo. The trap is designed to trap the bullet of a fired cartridge and use the forward forces produced by the trapping to advance a fore-located deflector which in turn actuates a fuse. A non-trapped bullet enters a deflecting cavity in the deflector, thus deflecting the bullet away from the fuse and the explosives.
Claims7
In a rifle grenade of the type having a fore section including a fuse and a head section with triggerable explosives, the grenade being launchable by the pressure of gases from a live round of ammunition with bullet fired by the rifle used to launch the grenade, comprising in combination:
- bullet trap means positioned in said rifle grenade aft of said fore section and symmetrically aligned with respect to the longitudinal axis of said rifle grenade for trapping the bullet of said live round of ammunition exiting the rifle bore to prevent it from penetrating the rifle grenade's head section, said bullet trap means including a main bullet trapping element with a multi-shaped axial cavity inwardly directed from an aft end, to substantially trap the bullet by gradually absorbing the energy thereof, while said element expands in volume;
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- bullet deflector means aft of said fore section and fore of said bullet trap means for deflecting away from said head section a bullet not trapped by the bullet trap means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.