GB1213894A - Improvements in or relating to shell having an armour-piercing core and a tracer device - Google Patents

Improvements in or relating to shell having an armour-piercing core and a tracer device

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Publication number
GB1213894A
GB1213894A GB4273668A GB4273668A GB1213894A GB 1213894 A GB1213894 A GB 1213894A GB 4273668 A GB4273668 A GB 4273668A GB 4273668 A GB4273668 A GB 4273668A GB 1213894 A GB1213894 A GB 1213894A
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Prior art keywords
core
armour
tracer
piercing
charge
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GB4273668A
Inventor
Louis Birkigt
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Brevets Aero Mecaniques SA
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Brevets Aero Mecaniques SA
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F42—AMMUNITION; BLASTING
    • F42B—EXPLOSIVE CHARGES, e.g. FOR BLASTING, FIREWORKS, AMMUNITION
    • F42B14/00—Projectiles or missiles characterised by arrangements for guiding or sealing them inside barrels, or for lubricating or cleaning barrels
    • F42B14/06—Sub-calibre projectiles having sabots; Sabots therefor
    • F42B14/064—Sabots enclosing the rear end of a kinetic energy projectile, i.e. having a closed disk shaped obturator base and petals extending forward from said base
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F42—AMMUNITION; BLASTING
    • F42B—EXPLOSIVE CHARGES, e.g. FOR BLASTING, FIREWORKS, AMMUNITION
    • F42B12/00—Projectiles, missiles or mines characterised by the warhead, the intended effect, or the material
    • F42B12/02—Projectiles, missiles or mines characterised by the warhead, the intended effect, or the material characterised by the warhead or the intended effect
    • F42B12/04—Projectiles, missiles or mines characterised by the warhead, the intended effect, or the material characterised by the warhead or the intended effect of armour-piercing type
    • F42B12/06—Projectiles, missiles or mines characterised by the warhead, the intended effect, or the material characterised by the warhead or the intended effect of armour-piercing type with hard or heavy core; Kinetic energy penetrators
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F42—AMMUNITION; BLASTING
    • F42B—EXPLOSIVE CHARGES, e.g. FOR BLASTING, FIREWORKS, AMMUNITION
    • F42B12/00—Projectiles, missiles or mines characterised by the warhead, the intended effect, or the material
    • F42B12/02—Projectiles, missiles or mines characterised by the warhead, the intended effect, or the material characterised by the warhead or the intended effect
    • F42B12/36—Projectiles, missiles or mines characterised by the warhead, the intended effect, or the material characterised by the warhead or the intended effect for dispensing materials; for producing chemical or physical reaction; for signalling ; for transmitting information
    • F42B12/38—Projectiles, missiles or mines characterised by the warhead, the intended effect, or the material characterised by the warhead or the intended effect for dispensing materials; for producing chemical or physical reaction; for signalling ; for transmitting information of tracer type

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • General Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
  • Combustion & Propulsion (AREA)
  • Manufacture Of Alloys Or Alloy Compounds (AREA)

Abstract

1,213,894. Armour-piercing, tracer shells. BREVETS AERO-MECANIQUES S.A. 9 Sept., 1968 [20 Sept., 1967], No. 42736/68. Heading F3A. A shell comprises an armour piercing core 1, Fig. 2, e.g. of steel or tungsten carbide, having an axial cavity 2 containing the combustible charge of a tracer device, the charge comprising a first constituent part 3a of uranium U238 and a second part 3b constituted by at least one tracer composition, the second part 3b having a density less than the usual steel and tungsten carbide used to constitute armour piercing cores and being capable of assuming a relay role in causing inflammation of the first part 3a. A driving band 4 is directly attached to the core if the core is of full calibre (Fig. 1, not shown) or to a base element 5a in the case of a subcalibre core. An incendiary charge 7 located beneath an alloy or metal ogive 6 supplements the incendiary effect of any burning uranium remaining at the time of impact. In another embodiment, Fig. 3, the core 1 is secured in a base element 5 by a ring 8 expansible under the action of centrifugal force. The tracing compositicn consists of magnesium and/or aluminium mixed with strontium peroxide or nitrate, preceded by an ignition cap of magnesium and barium peroxide.
GB4273668A 1967-09-20 1968-09-09 Improvements in or relating to shell having an armour-piercing core and a tracer device Expired GB1213894A (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

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LU54503 1967-09-20

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GB1213894A true GB1213894A (en) 1970-11-25

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BE (1) BE720255A (en)
CH (1) CH476282A (en)
FR (1) FR1603967A (en)
GB (1) GB1213894A (en)
LU (1) LU54503A1 (en)
SE (1) SE334310B (en)

Cited By (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4075946A (en) * 1976-01-30 1978-02-28 Thomson-Csf Armor piercing projectile
GB2131132A (en) * 1982-10-01 1984-06-13 Bayern Chemie Gmbh Flugchemie An infra-red illuminating device

Families Citing this family (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
DE2439304C2 (en) * 1974-08-16 1986-02-27 Mauser-Werke Oberndorf Gmbh, 7238 Oberndorf Incendiary projectile, especially armor-piercing projectile

Cited By (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4075946A (en) * 1976-01-30 1978-02-28 Thomson-Csf Armor piercing projectile
GB2131132A (en) * 1982-10-01 1984-06-13 Bayern Chemie Gmbh Flugchemie An infra-red illuminating device

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SE334310B (en) 1971-04-19
FR1603967A (en) 1971-06-21
LU54503A1 (en) 1969-06-24
CH476282A (en) 1969-07-31
BE720255A (en) 1969-02-03

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