US 9,476,683 B2Granted

Munition, charge for such a munition, and method of manufacturing such a munition

AssigneeEurenco

InventorsMarie Marchais, Olivier Bouchet, Bruno Nouguez

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Abstract

The invention provides a filler material for a munition, inluding an explosive charge, an inert charge and at least one pyrotechnic transmission unit adapted to transmit a remotely initiated detonation to said explosive charge. The invention also concerns a munition incorporating said filler material, said munition including a hollow elongate casing suitable for housing the explosive charge and the inert charge, and a firing device, at least a portion of the inert charge being interposed between the firing device and said explosive charge, and the pyrotechnic transmission unit being provided with a pyrotechnic extension and coupling the firing device to the explosive charge in order to prime detonation of the explosive charge under the action of the firing device.

Claims21

Dependent claims

A munition comprising:

an elongate casing extending along an axis that defines an axial direction of the elongated casing, the elongated casing housing an explosive charge in a single compartment, and a single inert charge in the single compartment, the explosive charge having a substantially identical density as the inert charge;
a firing device, wherein at least a portion of the inert charge is interposed between the firing device and the explosive charge;
and
at least one pyrotechnic transmission unit provided with a pyrotechnic extension, the pyrotechnic transmission unit coupling the firing device to the explosive charge to allow the explosive charge to be detonated by the action of the firing device, wherein
the explosive charge, the inert charge and the firing device are situated inside the elongate casing in the axial direction of the elongate casing consecutively in this order, the explosive charge being closer to a front of the munition than the inert charge and the firing device.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.