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Ammunition

  • US 4,036,141 A
  • Filed: 08/02/1976
  • Issued: 07/19/1977
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/02/1976
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. In an ammunition round having a projectile secured in a mouth of a cartridge case, said case having means for operatively launching said projectile,said projectile having a main body portion and a forward ogive portion, said ogive portion having a forwardmost nose member containing fuze means,an ogival ejection element carried by a rearward portion of said ogive portion,ignition means interconnecting said ogival ejection element with said fuze means,a plurality of launch tubes secured in a base support positioned in said projectile main body portion, each launch tube carrying a plurality of sub-projectiles, a rearmost primer, and a plurality of sequentially initiated traveling charges intermediate said sub-projectiles and said primer,an initiator secured in a base portion of said projectile main body portion, andignition means interconnecting said initiator with said ogival ejection element and each of said launch tube primers.

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