Armor-piercing cavitation projectile
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1. A projectile comprising:
- a body having an axis;
a nose comprising a frustum and a meplat disposed substantially orthogonal to the axis and along a meplat plane, wherein the meplat is bounded by a substantially square perimeter edge, and wherein the frustum comprises four curved surfaces extending from the meplat, each of the four curved surfaces intersects the meplat plane at a substantially orthogonal angle, and each of the four curved surfaces intersects one another at an intersection curve; and
a substantially round collar, wherein each of the four curved surfaces terminates at the collar.
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Abstract
A projectile has a body with an axis and a meplat disposed substantially orthogonal to the axis. The meplat is bounded by a substantially square edge.
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1. A projectile comprising:
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a body having an axis; a nose comprising a frustum and a meplat disposed substantially orthogonal to the axis and along a meplat plane, wherein the meplat is bounded by a substantially square perimeter edge, and wherein the frustum comprises four curved surfaces extending from the meplat, each of the four curved surfaces intersects the meplat plane at a substantially orthogonal angle, and each of the four curved surfaces intersects one another at an intersection curve; and a substantially round collar, wherein each of the four curved surfaces terminates at the collar. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A projectile comprising:
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a body; a nose formed monolithically with the body, wherein the nose comprises a frustum and a meplat, wherein an outer edge of the meplat is at least partially defined by a plurality of corners having a plurality of straight sides extending therebetween, wherein the frustum comprises a plurality of curved surfaces, and each of the plurality of curved surfaces extends from a respective straight side of the plurality of straight sides, wherein each of the plurality of curved surfaces intersects the meplat at a substantially orthogonal angle, and wherein each of the plurality of curved surfaces intersects one another at an intersection curve that extends from a respective corner of the plurality of corners; and a collar, wherein each of the plurality of curved surfaces terminates at the collar. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A projectile comprising:
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an axis; a total projectile length measured along the axis; a nose comprising a collar, a frustum, and a meplat, wherein the frustum comprises a plurality of curved surfaces, and each of the plurality of curved surfaces intersects the meplat at a substantially orthogonal angle and terminates at the collar, and wherein each of the plurality of curved surfaces intersects one another at an intersection curve that extends between the meplat and the collar; a body having a body tail surface, wherein the body and the nose are monolithic; and a neck connecting the nose and the body, wherein the neck comprises a neck diameter of about 80% of a diameter of the collar, and wherein the nose and the body define a groove therebetween wherein the groove comprises a groove length of at least about 10% of the total projectile length. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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