Projectile containing a fragmentation jacket
AssigneeWerkzeugmaschinenfabrik Oerlikon-Buehrle AG
InventorViktor Kaelin
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Abstract
The fragmentation or splintering jacket of a projectile or shell is intended to fracture or disintegrate into a plurality of fragments or splinters of a predetermined size by a bursting or explosive charge located within the fragmentation or splintering jacket. This bursting or explosive charge is detonated by a fuze or detonator at a predetermined or desired moment or burst point. This fragmentation or splintering jacket comprises a plurality of rings provided with reference fracture locations. The fragmentation or splintering jacket fractures or breaks along these reference fracture locations into fragments or splinters of the predetermined size.
Claims1
A projectile containing a fragmentation jacket, comprising:
- an explosive charge located within said fragmentation jacket;
- a fuze for detonating said explosive charge;
- means for fracturing said fragmentation jacket into splinters of a predetermined size;
- said fragmentation jacket comprising:
- a hollow mandrel containing a bore within which there is received said explosive charge;
- a plurality of individual rings defining said fracturing means;
- each of said individual rings comprising individual segments assembled together to form each said ring;
- each of said individual rings being stacked upon said mandrel;
- each of said individual rings containing means defining reference fracture locations;
- each of said individual rings fracturing along said reference fracture locations into said splinters of said predetermined size;
- the individual segments of each individual ring comprising sintered interconnected segments for forming the corresponding individual ring;
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- a projectile hood secured to said mandrel for holding together said plurality of individual rings.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.