Articles of ordnance including reactive material enhanced projectiles, and related methods
First Claim
1. An article of ordnance, comprising:
- a cartridge casing;
a propellant composition disposed within the cartridge casing; and
a projectile coupled to the cartridge casing, the projectile comprising;
a body portion comprising a reactive material composition;
a jacket around the reactive material composition, an intended leading tip and surfaces of sides of the projectile extending from the intended leading tip of the projectile toward the jacket being exposed and comprising the reactive material composition; and
a core member substantially surrounded by the reactive material composition.
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Abstract
A munition, such as a projectile formed of at least one reactive material. In one embodiment, the projectile includes a body portion formed of at least one reactive material composition wherein the at least one reactive material composition defines at least a portion of an exterior surface of the projectile. In other words, a portion of the reactive material may be left “unbuffered” or exposed to the barrel of a gun or weapon from which it is launched and similarly exposed to a target with which the projectile subsequently impacts. In one embodiment, the projectile may be formed with a jacket surrounding a portion of the reactive material to provide additional structural integrity. The projectile may be formed by casting or pressing the reactive material into a desired shape, or the reactive material may be extruded into a near-net shape and then machined into the desired shape.
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19 Claims
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1. An article of ordnance, comprising:
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a cartridge casing; a propellant composition disposed within the cartridge casing; and a projectile coupled to the cartridge casing, the projectile comprising; a body portion comprising a reactive material composition; a jacket around the reactive material composition, an intended leading tip and surfaces of sides of the projectile extending from the intended leading tip of the projectile toward the jacket being exposed and comprising the reactive material composition; and a core member substantially surrounded by the reactive material composition. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method of forming an article of ordnance, the method comprising:
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disposing a propellant composition within a cartridge casing; forming a projectile, forming the projectile comprising; disposing a core member within a reactive material composition of a body portion of the projectile, the core member substantially surrounded by the reactive material composition; and forming a jacket around the reactive material composition with an intended leading tip and sides of the projectile extending from the intended leading tip toward the jacket being exposed, the intended leading tip comprising the reactive material composition; and coupling the projectile to the cartridge casing. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. An article of ordnance, comprising:
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a propellant disposed within a cartridge casing; a primer coupled to the propellant and configured to ignite the propellant; and a projectile coupled to the cartridge casing, the projectile comprising; a core member substantially surrounded by a reactive material composition; and a jacket around the reactive material composition, the reactive material composition comprising an exposed portion at an intended leading tip of the projectile and at surfaces of sides extending from the intended leading tip toward the jacket.
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