Subcalibre cartridges for recoilless training weapons

• US 5,247,889 A
• Filed: 08/07/1992
• Issued: 09/28/1993
• Est. Priority Date: 10/10/1990
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Nico-Pyrotechnic Hanns-Juergen Diederichs GmbH & Company KG
• Original Assignee: Nico-Pyrothechnik Hanns-Juergen Diederichs AG
• Inventors: Luebbers, Willi
• Primary Examiner(s): Brown, David H.
• Application Number:
  US07/861,818
• Time in Patent Office: 417 Days
• Field of Search: 89/1.701, 89/1.703, 89/1.706, 102/444, 102/456, 102/529, 102/465, 102/430
• US Class Current: 102/444
• CPC Class Codes: F42B 8/12 Projectiles or missiles F42B10/48, F42B12/36, F42B19/36 take precedence

Abstract

The invention relates to a subcalibre cartridge (1) for recoilless training weapons, whereby a counter-mass (10) is expelled with a cover or end cup (11) from a closed charge case (14) when the practice round is fired. To ensure certain tearing of the end cup, to even out the recoil at the same time and to reduce the safety area behind the training weapon, the bottom of the end cup (11) is provided with an opening which is covered with a foil (16, 17) that tears when the counter-mass is expelled. Self-adhesive aluminum foils are preferably used for this purpose.

Claims

1. In a subcalibre cartridge for a recoilless training weapon consisting of a training bullet contained in a cartridge case and a closed charge case connected to the cartridge case and fitted with an end cup at the back to enclose a spotting charge and a counter-mass to be expelled from the charge case;

the improvement wherein the bottom of the end cup (11) has at least one opening which is covered by a foil that tears when the counter-mass (10) is expelled.

2. A cartridge in accordance with claim 1, wherein the end cup (11) only has one opening (14).

3. A cartridge in accordance with claim 1, wherein the end cup (11) has several openings (14).

4. A cartridge in accordance with claim 1, wherein the foil (16, 17) is bonded to the end cup (11).

5. A cartridge in accordance with claim 1, wherein the foil is a double foil made up of two foils (16, 17) which are connected to one another in the vicinity of at least one opening (14) of the end cup (11).

6. A cartridge in accordance with claim 1, wherein the end cup (11) has a ring flange (13) having an L shaped profile with two profile webs, whereby one profile web (13) is flush to the edge of the end cup at the inner wall of the charge cover (4) and the other profile web is vertical to the outer wall of the charge cover (4) and wherein on each side of the second profile web (15) a covering foil (16, 17) is bonded to the central opening (14) of the flange (13) and the two foils (16, 17) are bonded to one another in the vicinity of the central opening (14).

7. A cartridge in accordance with claim 1, wherein a spotting charge (6) in the charge cover (4) is separated from insulation therein (10) by a cylinder-like cover (7).

8. A cartridge in accordance with claim 1, wherein the end cup (11) consists of a ring flange (13) connected by a flange web to the charge case and a foil (16, 17) in the bottom of the end cup (11).

9. A cartridge in accordance with claim 8, wherein the ring flange (13) has an L-shaped profile in cross-section.

10. A cartridge in accordance with claim 1, wherein the foil (16, 17) is an aluminum foil.

11. A cartridge in accordance with claim 10, wherein the aluminum foil (16, 17) is a self-adhesive foil.

12. A cartridge in accordance claim 10, wherein the aluminum foil (16, 17) has a thickness of between 50 and 150 μ

m.