Resupply projectile

An artillery projectile used for resupply of items by firing the projectile to distant troops whereby such items are carried inside said projectile, said projectile comprising:

• shell body means for holding logistic supplies therein, having the capability of rapidly and accurately transporting said supplies to forward disposed combatants without interference of weather, terrain or enemy action, said shell body including:
• a projectile base plug threadedly attached to a rear end of said shell body means;
• an ogive operatively disposed on a forward end of said shell body means for holding fuse means thereto, said ogive having an ogive space located therein;
• and
• canister means for holding said logistic supplies in said shell body means so that said supplies can safely be delivered, said canister means including:
• a hollow, cylindrically shaped steel canister body having a slotted open forward end and a fixed closed rear end cap operatively connected to said canister body;
• a circular locking plate having a locking plate boss axially positioned on a forward side, a locking plate groove operatively located on a rear side of said locking plate, and a plurality of locking plate keys extending from a peripheral edge of said locking plate, said locking plate slidably disposed in said open slotted forward end;
• a removable end cap having a plurality of pins located in a side wall of said end cap for operatively engaging and removably locking said end cap to said canister slotted forward end;
• a spring, operatively compressed intermediate said locking plate and said removable end cap;
• a pair of semicircular locking rings positioned adjacent to said removable end cap;
• and a forward spacer ring in juxtaposition with said locking rings;
• said fuse means initiating the expulsion of said canister means from said shell body means at the proper time;
• said fuse means including:
• an expulsion charge cap means for holding an explosive charge therein;
• parachute means for separating said canister means from said shell body means and safely delivering said canister means to a specific target area;
• and
• fin means for de-spinning said canister after said canister is separated from said shell body when said canister is over said target area.