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US 4,841,863 AGranted
Saboted, light armour penetrator round with improved powder mix
AssigneeOlin Corporation
InventorTom J. Bourgeois
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Abstract
This invention relates to a saboted, light armour penetrating small caliber ammunition round.
Claims10
In a plastic-saboted small caliber ammunition round, having a hard metal core subcaliber core adapted to penetrate light armor, the improvement which comprises a propellant charge of unrolled spheroidal powder having a specific energy density of at least 350,000 ft/lbs./lb. with an average grain diameter within the range of from about 0.0100" up to about 0.0250", said round having a volumetric propellant charge loading density of at least 95%.
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