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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4524697 | Projectile arrangement for a weapon having a gun barrel A projectile arrangement for a gun barrel weapon having a plurality of sub-caliber projectiles which are mounted on a common sabot which is composed of a plurality of segments. These projectiles are designed for a sequential flight one behind the other at... | 06/25/1985 |
| 4517898 | Highly accurate projectile for use with small arms A highly accurate projectile for use with small arms especially pistols and revolvers, having a cylindrically-shaped body portion and a nose formed adjacent thereto. The cylindrically-shaped body has a length which is equal to at least half the overall le... | 05/21/1985 |
| 4498396 | 2.75 Inch plastic warhead The invention disclosed relates to an inexpensive practice warhead for use in conjunction with combat rockets. The novel warhead is basically the same configuration and weight as conventional metal warheads, but is constructed of an inexpensive plastic ma... | 02/12/1985 |
| 4498395 | Powder comprising coated tungsten grains A heterogenous powder comprising particles of tungsten grains with a diameter of less than 1 μm with a binder sponge-like coating of at least one metal selected from the group consisting of nickel, copper, silver, iron, cobalt, molybdenum and rhenium wit... | 02/12/1985 |
| 4497253 | Armor-piercing projectile An armor-piercing projectile having a hard core and a hollow charge disposed in front of the hard core with respect to the direction of flight. A proximity fuse is arranged in the projectile and is adapted to effect an ignition of the hollow charge prior ... | 02/05/1985 |
| 4471699 | Projectiles for smooth bore shooting guns A projectile for a smooth bore gun includes a metal bullet, substantially de of lead, and a wad-flight control element of plastic material. The bullet is constituted by a metal body provided with an ogive with centering fins and comprises one or more cyli... | 09/18/1984 |
| 4458599 | Frangible tungsten penetrator A material consisting essentially of tungsten having from 5 to about 20 grains per square millimeter and a hardness on the Rockwell C scale from about 31 to about 35 is suited for armor penetration.... | 07/10/1984 |
| 4436035 | Tubular projectile A tubular projectile having a rear end with a sabot and an open front end is characterized in that it comprises an interior and an exterior cylindrical wall, concentrically arranged, between which at least one incendiary charge is provided in front of at ... | 03/13/1984 |
| 4428295 | High density shot A high density shot made of a cold-compacted mixture of at least two metal powders, a first one of such powders more dense than lead and a second one of such being flowable under compaction to serve as a binder. The shot has an extended range as compared ... | 01/31/1984 |
| 4413564 | Slug for a shotgun shell A shotgun slug having a frusto-conical body that increases a diameter from front to rear and which further includes a plurality of vanes projecting radially from the body which extend obliquely along the length thereof. The top lands of the vanes describe... | 11/08/1983 |
| 4413566 | Non-ablative projectile heat sensitive nose A non-ablative heat sensitive nose cap uses a highly conductive solid ford ogive and rear segmented ogive member, in contact with a low melting point locking ring which is thermally isolated from the main projectile body. The locking ring holds the rear ... | 11/08/1983 |
| 4362107 | Practice projectile Practice projectile for target practice, which corresponds in shape and weight to a normal combat projectile, particularly to a sub-caliber combat projectile. The projectile upon impact disintegrates at preset breaking points. The projectile is unitary, b... | 12/07/1982 |
| 4359925 | Process for joining a shell with a cartridge case An improved process for joining a shell having a plastic base portion to a cartridge case within a joining region. The joining region extends along a plastic base portion of said shell when it is inserted into the neck portion of the casing and has an upp... | 11/23/1982 |
| 4301733 | Bullet for smooth bore shotguns A bullet for a smooth bore shotgun has a nose part preferably of metal and a base part preferably of plastic material. The two parts are assembled together, e.g. by engagement of a male projection on one of the parts into a female recess on the other of t... | 11/24/1981 |
| 4256039 | Armor-piercing projectile An armor-piercing projectile is provided having hardened multi-layers and being relatively simple in design. The projectile includes an axial bore, a continuous strip of metallic glass wound about the core to form for the projectile a laminated body, a ge... | 03/17/1981 |
| 4245557 | Projectile, especially for hand firearms and automatic pistols A projectile, especially for hand firearms and automatic pistols, including a core member formed of a first material and provided with a blind bore extending in the forward direction into an outwardly inclined truncated cone surface indentation in the cor... | 01/20/1981 |
| 4241660 | Projectile A spin stabilized projectile is arranged to have variable flight stability. he projectile has a casing with a cavity that contains a given mass of fluid. The cavity is shaped to provide a balanced flow of fluid with respect to the axis of spin as the proje... | 12/30/1980 |
| 4237787 | Incendiary projectile An incendiary projectile, particularly an armor-piercing projectile, including an incendiary composition constituted of a metal powder admixture as a reducing agent and an inorganic oxidizing agent; and a binding agent for converting these components into... | 12/09/1980 |
| 4222330 | Magnetically tagging ammunition cartridges Magnetic particles, particularly ferrites, exhibiting a plurality of distinct Curie temperatures are disposed within standard center-fire or rimfire cartridge ammunition to provide a method for identifying cartridges. In one embodiment, magnetic particles... | 09/16/1980 |
| 4216722 | Exploding bullet A small arms bullet containing an explosive charge that detonates on bullet impact to increase stopping-power. The bullet defines a medial cylindrical channel charrying explosive and a movable anvil. A cartridge primer in the forward part of the channel p... | 08/12/1980 |
| 4204474 | Caloric incapacitating low-lethality projectile An improved incapacitating projectile to replace the conventional lethal bullet in the corresponding cartridges for various smallarms in general use, notably including police sidearms. In this projectile, propelled by a conventional smallarms powder charg... | 05/27/1980 |
| 4197800 | Single chamber rap having centerport inhibitor A rocket assisted projectile has a solid propellant charge within the projectile casing extending substantially throughout the length of the casing and has an inhibited centerport therein which axially extends substantially throughout the length of the pr... | 04/15/1980 |
| 4175492 | Projectile, particularly for hand firearms and long firearms A projectile, especially for hand and long firearms, including a projectile body having a longitudinal axis, a front face and a rear face, a deformation cavity extends partially into the projectile body at the front face thereof and a continuous axial bor... | 11/27/1979 |
| 4167140 | Projectile for scattering of a load A projectile contains a load to be ejected therefrom during a flight and includes a one-piece casing having a streamlined outer surface and having a portion containing the load. The casing has a reduced wall thickness at a section of such portion, and a m... | 09/11/1979 |
| 4150624 | Bullet identification means A method for identification of bullets is provided whereby a coded insert is fitted within a cartridge to accompany a bullet in its trajectory and provide source information when recovered.... | 04/24/1979 |
| 4112846 | Armor-piercing incendiary projectile There is provided an improved armor-piercing incendiary projectile having within the nosepiece thereof an incendiary comprising a matrix of a first metal selected from the group consisting of zirconium, titanium, thorium, hafnium, uranium, and mixtures th... | 09/12/1978 |
| 4044679 | Laminated armor-piercing projectile A shatter resistant armor-piercing military projectile is disclosed. The struction comprises a plurality of high strength metallic lamellae interconnected with a high ductility alloy selected to provide an impact energy management system capable of maint... | 08/30/1977 |
| 4043798 | Process for producing steel having improved low temperature impact characteristics Herein disclosed is a process for the addition of calcium to a molten steel which achieves an excellent yield and effect. The process is applied to molten steels having a chemical composition of carbon 0.02 to 0.55%, Silicon less than 0.50%, Manganese 0.2... | 08/23/1977 |
| 4027594 | Disintegrating lead shot Shot pellets formed from finely divided powder adhered together in pellet form by a thermoplastic polymeric material decomposable in the acid environment of the digestive tract of waterfowl.... | 06/07/1977 |
| 4005660 | Projectiles for air arms An improved pellet form for achieving relatively high muzzle velocity when discharged from the barrel of a gas rifle, particularly a high-performance air rifle, has a pellet head portion of any suitable profile and diameter providing a free-sliding but cl... | 02/01/1977 |
| 3995550 | Apparatus for stabilizing a liquid filled artillery projectile A highly permeable medium, such as an industrial foam, is utilized within e liquid payload cavity of a spinning artillery projectile to prevent flight instabilities produced by resonant oscillations of the liquid payload prior to the time it attains the s... | 12/07/1976 |
| 3987730 | Iron and lead-containing composite metal shot Composite metal articles of high density are made from iron and lead or a lead-rich alloy in proportions suitably of about 25 to about 90 wt. % iron, when present up to about 5 wt. % of a lead alloy-forming element aiding wetting of the iron, and the bala... | 10/26/1976 |
| 3983820 | Projectile having a lightened base A projectile having an elongated body portion to the aft end of which is attachable a base constructed of thinner metal than the projectile body, there further being an isotropic charge positioned in the projectile which is subjected to pressure via the b... | 10/05/1976 |
| 3980023 | Payload carrying tubular projectile A tubular, nonhazardous projectile having a ring airfoil shape has a plurality of recessed pockets circumferentially disposed around the body, each adjacent pair of pockets being separated by a longitudinal rib. Payload material is held in discrete compar... | 09/14/1976 |
| 3951040 | Ammunition projectile A projectile for a round of ammunition is provided comprising a frangible stack of serrated metal discs with an integral rotating band. The rifled barrel of the gun imparts a high spin rate to the discs which gives them dynamic stability in flight. Accele... | 04/20/1976 |
| 3946673 | Pyrophoris penetrator Alloys of tungsten, zirconium and one or more binder metals are utilized as yrophoric penetrators.... | 03/30/1976 |
