Charge carrying flechette projectile

• US 5,515,785 A
• Filed: 05/07/1965
• Issued: 05/14/1996
• Est. Priority Date: 05/07/1965
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: United States Of America As Represented By The Secretary Of The Army (Government of the United States of America)
• Original Assignee: The United States Of America As Represented By The Secretary Of The Army
• Inventors: Zglenicki, Charles
• Primary Examiner(s): Tudor, Harold J.
• Application Number:
  US04/455,046
• Time in Patent Office: 11,330 Days
• Field of Search: 102/42, 102/48, 102/56, 102/92, 102/92.5, 102/473, 102/512, 102/517, 102/703, 273/106.5, 273/418, 128/215-221, 604/130
• US Class Current: 102/473
• CPC Class Codes: F42B 12/50 by dispersion
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 102/703 Flechette

Abstract

As an abstract of the disclosure, the invention is directed to a miniaturerojectile having a forwardly contained charge which is laterally injected into a target upon impact.

Claims

1. A dart-like, charge carrying flechette projectile having a forward end and a rearward end comprising an integral body of rigid walled material, a flexible protective liner throughout the length of said body, said body and liner pressed at a point intermediate their ends and open at their forward ends to form a fully protected chamber therebetween containing a charge, said forward end shaped to a curvilinear configuration for improving the flight characteristics of the projectile, a plurality of fin stabilizers formed from said body rearwardly of said chamber, and a breakout area through the wall of said body intermediate said pressed end and said forward end for ejecting the charge therethrough upon impact with a target.