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United States Patent | 6,988,450 |
Georgantzis , et al. | January 24, 2006 |
Anti-personnel tank fired ammunition designed for attacking personnel at various ranges includes a hollow base member adapted with an electric primer and a plastic or aluminum canister containing a payload at one end thereof. In operation, the hollow cartridge is loaded with a solid propellant. The electric primer which is centrally located in the solid propellant is fired and provides a flash together with the gasses needed to ignite the propellant. The burning propellant then provides the gasses needed to force the canister from the gun tube in which the ammunition is positioned.
Inventors: | Georgantzis; Peter (East Stroudsburg, PA), Martin; Keith J. (Bangor, PA), Molina; Andrew A. (Stroudsburg, PA), Gowarty; Andrew (E. Stroudsburg, PA), Farina; Anthony P. (Hackettstown, NJ), Hudgins; Henry E. (Lord's Valley, PA) |
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Assignee: |
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army
(Washington,
DC)
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Family ID: | 35613941 |
Appl. No.: | 11/066,360 |
Filed: | February 7, 2005 |
Application Number | Filing Date | Patent Number | Issue Date | ||
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10695736 | Oct 24, 2003 | ||||
10065198 | Sep 25, 2002 | ||||
Current U.S. Class: | 102/401; 102/449; 102/462; 102/463; 102/506; 102/703 |
Current CPC Class: | F42B 5/08 (20130101); F42B 7/04 (20130101); F42B 12/56 (20130101); F42B 7/12 (20130101); Y10S 102/703 (20130101) |
Current International Class: | F42B 22/00 (20060101) |
Field of Search: | ;102/462-464,448,477,491-495,499,472,431,517,449,502,506,430,438,439,703 |
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