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AssigneeAlloy Surfaces Company, Inc.
InventorsJohn J. Scanlon, Rajesh D. Shah, John H. Slack, IV
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The present invention relates to munitions employed for training and tactical purposes. Specifically, the present invention relates to training munitions (e.g., training rounds) used with various weapons (e.g., grenade launchers), wherein each training round includes a projectile that contains a pyrophoric payload that is released into the environment and reacts with air, upon impact of the projectile with an impact site. The reaction of the pyrophoric payload with air creates a signal that can be observed from a distance, thereby marking the landing or impact site of the projectile after it has been fired from a weapon.
A training munition which contains a projectile that includes a pyrophoric payload contained within frangible hardware, wherein said frangible hardware breaks open when said projectile impacts an impact site, thereby releasing the pyrophoric payload into the environment where said pyrophoric payload contacts air, further wherein said pyrophoric payload comprises pyrophoric powder, small pyrophoric foils or mixtures of pyrophoric powder and small pyrophoric foils and marks the impact site by generating signatures in at least one electromagnetic radiation wavelength region selected from the group consisting of the visible region, near IR bands, mid-wave IR bands and long-wave IR bands, further wherein said projectile contains no explosive material and said pyrophoric payload further comprises activated carbon powder as an anti-clumping additive.
A training munition which contains a projectile that includes a pyrophoric payload contained within frangible hardware, wherein said payload is dispersed into the environment and contacted with air when said projectile impacts an impact site, further wherein said pyrophoric payload comprises pyrophoric powder and from 2 to 50% by weight of activated carbon powder as an anti-clumping additive and marks the impact site by generating signatures in at least one electromagnetic radiation wavelength region selected from the group consisting of the visible region, near IR bands, mid-wave IR bands and long-wave IR bands and said projectile contains no explosive material.
A training munition which contains a projectile that includes a pyrophoric payload contained within frangible hardware, wherein said frangible hardware breaks open when said projectile impacts an impact site, thereby releasing the pyrophoric payload into the environment where said pyrophoric payload contacts air and marks the impact site by generating signatures in at least one electromagnetic radiation wavelength region selected from the group consisting of the visible region, near IR bands, mid-wave IR bands and long-wave IR bands, further wherein said pyrophoric payload comprises pyrophoric powder and from 2 to 20% by weight of activated carbon powder as an anti-clumping additive and said projectile contains no explosive material.
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