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High velocity projectile

  • US 5,349,907 A
  • Filed: 10/01/1993
  • Issued: 09/27/1994
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/23/1993
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A projectile comprising:

  • a longitudinal axis;

    a fore end;

    an aft end;

    a plastically deformable body defining a nose at the fore end and a posterior part at the aft end;

    a jacket of denser and stronger material than the material of body surrounding the posterior part of the body;

    the jacket defining apertures in an annular array around the jacket, the jacket sized diametrically in a vicinity of the array of apertures to be engraved by rifling of a gun barrel;

    means for enhancing radial expansion upon target impact of the posterior part through the jacket at the array of apertures so as to accelerate jacket fragmentation;

    the enhancing means including a core in the body along the longitudinal axis, the core formed of material stronger than the material of the body;

    a flat, generally planar head of the core disposed in the nose of the body.

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