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US1305967A
US1305967A US23592118A US23592118A US1305967A US 1305967 A US1305967 A US 1305967A US 23592118 A US23592118 A US 23592118A US 23592118 A US23592118 A US 23592118A US 1305967 A US1305967 A US 1305967A
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F42—AMMUNITION; BLASTING
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    • F42B12/22—Projectiles, missiles or mines characterised by the warhead, the intended effect, or the material characterised by the warhead or the intended effect of high-explosive type with fragmentation-hull construction
    • F42B12/32—Projectiles, missiles or mines characterised by the warhead, the intended effect, or the material characterised by the warhead or the intended effect of high-explosive type with fragmentation-hull construction the hull or case comprising a plurality of discrete bodies, e.g. steel balls, embedded therein or disposed around the explosive charge

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  • Theinvention relates to explosive shells designed for use as projectiles' and more shells.
  • FIG. 1 representsv a longitudinal section through the shell; and Fig. 2 is a cross-section thereof.
  • A is a shell of usual exterior design and ,.providedas. its forward end with the usual l fuse or tlmlng mechanism B, also with the powder loa'd C at its rear end.
  • the missiles D In the center or body portion of the shell are arranged the missiles D, preferably formed of rods of substantially the full length of the chamber in which they are stored.
  • the tube E At the center is the tube E through which the vfuse F Vextends leading to the powder charge.
  • What I claim as my invention is: 1.
  • The'y combination 'with an explosive shell having a powder charge at one end thereof and the timing device at the other end, of a load for said shell comprising a series of rods extending longitudinally thereof and intermediate the powder charge and timing mechanism.
  • 2. The combination with an explosive shell, of a powder charge therein, a load comprising a series of rods arranged longitudinally of the shell, and means for spreading said rods upon the explosion of the shell.

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E. A. HAWKS.
EXPLOSIVE SHELL.
APPLICATION FILED MA Y.22. |918.
1,305,967. Patented June 3, 1919.
atto/muts ltain new and useful Improvements in Ex.
-UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEE1oE.
EDWARD A. HAWKS, 0F DETROIT,-MICHIGAN.
EXPLosIvE SHELL.
To all lwhom it may concern:
Be it known that I, EDWARD A. HAWKS, acitizen of the United States of America, residing at Detroit, in the county of Wayne andv State of Michigan, have invented oerplosive Shells, of which the following isa specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings. l
Theinvention relates to explosive shells designed for use as projectiles' and more shells.
particularly to that type known as shrapnel Such shells are commonly loaded with round balls or missiles comparatively small` in size which are thrown out in all directions when the shell explodes. This while producing-a very destructive effect in .certain situations, is comparatively ineil'ective in other situations, such as in use. 20
against aircraft. I have thereforel designed aconstruction in which I have replaced th balls with a load of relatively long missiles of ,small diameter, such as rods. These, when the shell explod, will be thrown outward, and by reason of their long dimension will produce more of a cutting eifect and vare particularly destructive of aircraft.
My invention is capable of many. specific embodiments, but as shown Figure 1 representsv a longitudinal section through the shell; and Fig. 2 is a cross-section thereof.
A is a shell of usual exterior design and ,.providedas. its forward end with the usual l fuse or tlmlng mechanism B, also with the powder loa'd C at its rear end. In the center or body portion of the shell are arranged the missiles D, preferably formed of rods of substantially the full length of the chamber in which they are stored. At the center is the tube E through which the vfuse F Vextends leading to the powder charge.
With the construction as thus far described, when the shell is exploded, the high gaseous pressure which ruptures the outer case may also be effective 1n hurlingA the rods laterally. I preferA however, to use in connection with the shell a spreader E', which as shown is Specification of Letters Patent.
preferably arranged Patented June 3, 1919.
.K Application led May 22, 1918. SerialNo. 235,921.
at the forward end of the compartment containing the rods. As the spreader is of conical form, when the outer case is ruptured the rods will be forced over this cone withi the effect that they will be hurled in all directions. f
What I claim as my invention is: 1. The'y combination 'with an explosive shell having a powder charge at one end thereof and the timing device at the other end, of a load for said shell comprising a series of rods extending longitudinally thereof and intermediate the powder charge and timing mechanism. 2. The combination with an explosive shell, of a powder charge therein, a load comprising a series of rods arranged longitudinally of the shell, and means for spreading said rods upon the explosion of the shell.
3. The combination with an explosive shell and a powder charge therein, of av load for said shell comprising a series of rods arranged longitudinally of the shell, and a conical spreader arranged at one end of Said shell.
4. The combination' with an explosive shell and a powder charge therein, of a load for said shell comprising a series of rods arranged longitudinally of the shell, and
.a conical spreader arranged at the forward end of said shell.
:5. The combination with an explosive shell, of a load therefor comprising bodies lIn testimony whereof I aflix my signature.
EDWARD A. HAwKs.
of said bodies uporrexplosion
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US2972950A (en) * 1952-08-22 1961-02-28 Ludolph F Welanetz Rod type explosive warhead
US3464356A (en) * 1967-12-28 1969-09-02 Us Army Self-stabilizing rod penetrators
US3865036A (en) * 1967-12-08 1975-02-11 Us Air Force High lethality shrapnel projectile
US4080900A (en) * 1950-11-24 1978-03-28 The Rand Corporation Projectile
US4231293A (en) * 1977-10-26 1980-11-04 The United States Of America As Represented By The Secretary Of The Air Force Submissile disposal system
US4301737A (en) * 1979-10-04 1981-11-24 The United States Of America As Represented By The Secretary Of The Army Multi-purpose kinetic energy projectile
US4388869A (en) * 1967-03-22 1983-06-21 The United States Of America As Represented By The Secretary Of The Navy Rotating rod warhead
US4430941A (en) * 1968-05-27 1984-02-14 Fmc Corporation Projectile with supported missiles
US4671180A (en) * 1980-09-27 1987-06-09 Rheinmetall Gmbh Armor-piercing inertial projectile
US4703696A (en) * 1979-12-01 1987-11-03 Rheinmetall Gmbh Penetrator for a subcaliber impact projectile
US5864086A (en) * 1994-08-26 1999-01-26 Oerlikon Contraves Pyrotec Ag Spin stabilized projectile with a payload
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US20040200380A1 (en) * 2001-08-23 2004-10-14 Lloyd Richard M. Kinetic energy rod warhead with lower deployment angles
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US20050126421A1 (en) * 2002-08-29 2005-06-16 Lloyd Richard M. Tandem warhead
US20050132923A1 (en) * 2002-08-29 2005-06-23 Lloyd Richard M. Fixed deployed net for hit-to-kill vehicle
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US4080900A (en) * 1950-11-24 1978-03-28 The Rand Corporation Projectile
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US4388869A (en) * 1967-03-22 1983-06-21 The United States Of America As Represented By The Secretary Of The Navy Rotating rod warhead
US3865036A (en) * 1967-12-08 1975-02-11 Us Air Force High lethality shrapnel projectile
US3464356A (en) * 1967-12-28 1969-09-02 Us Army Self-stabilizing rod penetrators
US4430941A (en) * 1968-05-27 1984-02-14 Fmc Corporation Projectile with supported missiles
US4231293A (en) * 1977-10-26 1980-11-04 The United States Of America As Represented By The Secretary Of The Air Force Submissile disposal system
US4301737A (en) * 1979-10-04 1981-11-24 The United States Of America As Represented By The Secretary Of The Army Multi-purpose kinetic energy projectile
US4703696A (en) * 1979-12-01 1987-11-03 Rheinmetall Gmbh Penetrator for a subcaliber impact projectile
US4671180A (en) * 1980-09-27 1987-06-09 Rheinmetall Gmbh Armor-piercing inertial projectile
US4774889A (en) * 1980-09-27 1988-10-04 Rheinmetall Gmbh Armor-piercing projectile
US5864086A (en) * 1994-08-26 1999-01-26 Oerlikon Contraves Pyrotec Ag Spin stabilized projectile with a payload
US6973878B2 (en) 2001-06-04 2005-12-13 Raytheon Company Warhead with aligned projectiles
US8127686B2 (en) 2001-08-23 2012-03-06 Raytheon Company Kinetic energy rod warhead with aiming mechanism
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US20060112817A1 (en) * 2002-08-29 2006-06-01 Lloyd Richard M Fixed deployed net for hit-to-kill vehicle
US20060162604A1 (en) * 2002-08-29 2006-07-27 Lloyd Richard M Tandem warhead
US7143698B2 (en) 2002-08-29 2006-12-05 Raytheon Company Tandem warhead
US20040129162A1 (en) * 2002-08-29 2004-07-08 Lloyd Richard M. Kinetic energy rod warhead with imploding charge for isotropic firing of the penetrators
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