Cartridge practice round

• US 7,819,065 B2
• Filed: 07/23/2004
• Issued: 10/26/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 04/08/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Rheinmetall Waffe Munition GmbH (Rheinmetall AG)
• Original Assignee: Nico-Pyrotechnik Hanns-Juergen Diergen Diederichs & Company KG
• Inventors: Haeselich, Detlef
• Primary Examiner(s): Bergin; James S
• Application Number:
  US10/897,927
• Publication Number:
  US 20060032393A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,286 Days
• Field of Search: 102/501, 102/502, 102/439, 102/444, 102/498, 102/513, 102/517, 102/529
• US Class Current: 102/444
• CPC Class Codes: F42B 12/40 of target-marking, i.e. impact-indicating type F42B12/48, F42B12/50 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F42B 8/02 Cartridges F41A33/02, F42B7/12 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F42B 8/16 containing an inert filler in powder or granular form

Abstract

The cartridge-type training round consists of a projectile and a cartridge shell into which the projectile is inserted. The projectile includes a one-piece cylindrical central body (2) and a one-piece basin-shaped projectile tip (5) that is pressed onto the central body and engages a circumferential engagement bead (7) with a circumferential engagement slot (8) located in the central body (2). The cartridge shell (20) is a one-piece basin-shaped part; it is also pressed onto the central body (2) and engages a circumferential engagement bead (22) with a circumferential engagement slot (23) of the central body (2). A receiver recess (25) is provided in an approximately cylindrical projection (24) that is inserted centered from the base to receive the propulsive charge (28) and its igniter (29). The round is of simple design, and may be manufactured inexpensively owing to its simple parts that may be largely of plastic without loss of function.

Claims

1. Practice cartridge round, comprising projectile including a projectile body and a projectile tip, and a cartridge shell into which the projectile is inserted, and that possesses a propulsion chamber, a pyrotechnic propulsive charge, and a pyrotechnic igniter for the propulsive charge, whereby the round may be used in a long-barrel weapon, and whereby the projectile is propelled out of the cartridge shell upon ignition of the propulsive charge by means of pressure buildup within the propulsion chamber, the improvement comprising (a) a one-piece cylindrical central body;

(b) a one-piece basin-shaped projectile tip having a spring-elastic collar with a first engagement element surrounding its outer edge and facing inward so that, when the projectile tip is pressed onto the central body, the first engagement element engages a circumferential engagement bead with a first circumferential engagement slot located in the central body; and

(c) a cartridge shell formed as a one-piece basin-shaped part whose open end transforms into a collar that includes a second surrounding engagement element at its open end that engages with a second circumferential engagement slot of the central body, said cartridge shell having a base and an approximately cylindrical projection directed inward from the base, in which a receiver recess is provided for the propulsive charge and for an igniter device,

wherein the collar of the cartridge shell tapers smoothly inward along a direction from the second engagement slot of the central body toward the base of the cartridge shell, and wherein, in the area of this engagement slot, outer diameter of the collar is less than, and remains within the outer diameter of the central body,

whereby the cartridge shell includes an exhaust aperture that ends beneath the base of the central body and whereby, during ignition and firing, gases forced into the space between the central body and collar cause the collar to expand and fully seat against an inner wall of a surrounding barrel of the weapon.

2. Practice cartridge round as in claim 1, wherein the one-piece projectile tip and the one-piece cartridge shell are each made of plastic material.

3. Practice cartridge round as in claim 1, wherein the central body is made of a plastic-composite material.

4. Practice cartridge round as in claim 3, wherein the composite material is a mixture of plastic and bronze.

5. Practice cartridge round as in claim 1, wherein the central body includes a circumferential projection that serves as guide or twist band when the projectile is fired from a drawn barrel.

6. Practice cartridge round as in claim 5, wherein at least one of the circumferential engagement slots of the central body are positioned directly above or below the guide or twist band to lock the heed projectile tip or the cartridge shell, respectively.

7. Practice cartridge round as in claim 1, wherein marking material is provided within the projectile tip in order to mark the strike point of the projectile on the target.

8. Practice cartridge round as in claim 7, wherein the marking material is at least one of a dye powder and a chemoluminescent component.