US3208385A - Incendiary shell - Google Patents
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F42—AMMUNITION; BLASTING
- F42C—AMMUNITION FUZES; ARMING OR SAFETY MEANS THEREFOR
- F42C1/00—Impact fuzes, i.e. fuzes actuated only by ammunition impact
- F42C1/02—Impact fuzes, i.e. fuzes actuated only by ammunition impact with firing-pin structurally combined with fuze
- F42C1/04—Impact fuzes, i.e. fuzes actuated only by ammunition impact with firing-pin structurally combined with fuze operating by inertia of members on impact
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- 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
- F42B12/72—Projectiles, missiles or mines characterised by the warhead, the intended effect, or the material characterised by the material
- F42B12/76—Projectiles, missiles or mines characterised by the warhead, the intended effect, or the material characterised by the material of the casing
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- the present invention relates to an incendiary shell, especially an armor-piercing shell, in which the shell body is provided with a chamber filled with an inflammable, incendiary charge which when normally exposed to air will not inflame.
- Incendiary shells of the above mentioned type have heretofore required a fuse or detonator which upon the impact of the shell on a hard object ignited the incendiary charge.
- Such an arrangement,- especially with shells of smaller caliber, aside from the costs for a fuse or detonator has the drawback that the fuse or detonator considerably reduces the available space for the incendiary charge so that the shell loses correspondingly in its effectiveness. 7
- Incendiary shells with an incendiary charge are known which latter automatically ignites upon the admission of air. Such shells, however, are dangerous to fill, to store, and to transport.
- an object of the present invention to provide an incendiary shell, especially armor-piercing shell, which will overcome the above mentioned drawbacks.
- FIG. 1 is an axial section through an incendiary shell according to the present invention, comprising a shell body with an axial bore in the nose of the shell body and a hood.
- FIG. 2 is a section of the front portion of a modified incendiary shell body according to the invention having a blind bore in the shell body nose.
- FIG. 3 is a section through the front portion of still another modification of an incendiary shell body according to the present invention, which comprises a blind bore extending from the inner chamber containing the incendiary charge into the nose of the shell body.
- FIG. 4 represents an axial section through an incendiary shell according to the invention which differs from the other preceding modifications in that it has a groove in the nose of the shell body.
- the shell body is provided with passage means leading into the chamber containing the incendiary charge or is provided with means whch, upon impact of the shell, will cause the latter to break and thereby will permit the access of air to the incendiary charge so that in view of the friction, percussion or shock effect occurring during the impact, the outside air will inflame the incendiary charge without the necessity of an additional fuse or detonator.
- the said passage means may be in the form of an axial bore in the nose of the shell body.
- the said bore may be designed in the form of a blind bore.
- the shell may be provided with a hood covering said passage means or groove.
- the said hood may likewise be filled with an incendiary charge. It is only when the shell bursts or breaks, i.e. when the shell impacts and a friction, percussion or shock effect is exerted upon the inflammable charge, that the access of air causes the incendiary charge to inflame.
- the shell shown therein comprises a shell body 2 having a chamber 1 filled with an incendiary charge 4 of any standard composition.
- incendiary charge contains primarily red phosphorus with additions of burnable metallic powders such as magnesium and aluminum.
- the shell body may consist of ball bearing steel.
- the rear of the chamber 1 is closed by the shell bottom or shell base 3.
- This shell bottom may be cemented to the shell body 2 or may be held to the shell body by flanging or folding over the end of the shell body.
- the tip of the shell body 2 is hardened, the rear end of the shell body 2 is preferably soft.
- the shell nose is provided with an axial bore 5 and covered by a hood 6.
- the space confined by said hood 6 with the shell body 2 may at least partially, i.e. up to a partition 511, be filled with an incendiary charge 7.
- the hardened nose of the shell body 8 is provided with a blind bore 9 the bottom of which is slightly spaced from the incendiary charge 4.
- the spacing between the bottom of blind bore 9 and the incendiary charge filled chamber 1 is so small that when the shell impacts upon a hard object, the material between said chamber 1 and the bottom of bore 9 will be sure to break thereby establishing communication between the incendiary charge 4 and the atmosphere through said bore 9.
- FIG. 3 shows an arrangement somewhat similar to that of FIG. 2, but instead of the blind bore, in conformity with FIG. 2 extending from the outside to a point near chamber 1, according to FIG. 3 the blind bore extends from chamber 1 in axial direction to the tip 12 of the shell body 11 but ends at a slight distance from said tip 12.
- the eifect of the blind bore 10 will be the same as that of blind bore 9 inasmuch as upon impact of the shell upon a hard object, the bore 10 will break through toward the outside whereby communication is established of charge 4 through bore 10 with the atmosphere.
- the inflammation of the incendiary charge 4 is according to the embodiment of FIG. 1 effected by the incendiary charge 7 through bore 5.
- This incendiary charge 7 in hood 6 will in its turn inflame as a result of friction or percussion or shock occurring by impact of the shell on a hard object. It will be appreciated that in this instance the incendiary charge 7 will burn to a major extent on the outside of the armor while shell body 2 will pierce the armor and the incendiary charge 4 will burn inside the armor.
- An incendiary shell especially armor piercing shell, which includes: a shell body having a chamber and a nose portion, an incendiary charge provided in said chamber, said charge being inflammable by communication with atmospheric air when subjected to friction and shock, said nose portion within the range of said chamber being provided with means formed therein to facilitate the breaking of said nose portion upon piercing of armor plate or the like by said shell, and a forwardly tapering hood connected to the outside of said shell body.
- An incendiary shell especially armor piercing shell, which includes: a shell body having a main chamber and a nose portion, an incendiary charge provided in said chamber, said charge being inflammable by communication with atmospheric air when subjected to friction and shock, said nose portion within the range of said chamber being provided with means formed therein to facilitate the breaking of said nose portion upon impact of said shell on a hard object, a forwardly tapering hood connected to the outside of said shell body, said hood together with said nose portion confining an additional chamber, an additional incendiary charge provided in said additional chamber, said means forming passage means establishing communication between said main chamber and said additional chamber.
- An incendiary shell, especially armor piercing shell which includes: a shell body having a chamber and a nose portion, an incendiary charge provided in said chamber, said charge being inflammable by communication with atmospheric air when subjected to friction and shock, said nose portion within the range of said chamber being provided with annular recess means formed therein to facilitate the breaking of said nose portion upon piercing of armor plate or the like by said shell, and a forwardly tapering hood connected to the outside of said shell body.
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US5945629A (en) * | 1996-12-10 | 1999-08-31 | Diehl Stiftung & Co. | Fuseless ballistic explosive projectile |
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US3782287A (en) * | 1970-10-28 | 1974-01-01 | Staatsbedrijf Artillerie Inric | Armor piercing bullet |
US5728968A (en) * | 1989-08-24 | 1998-03-17 | Primex Technologies, Inc. | Armor penetrating projectile |
WO1991018227A1 (en) * | 1990-05-23 | 1991-11-28 | Olin Corporation | Seal ring for pyrotechnically initiated projectile |
US5133259A (en) * | 1990-05-23 | 1992-07-28 | Olin Corporation | Seal ring for pyrotechnically initiated projectile |
US5164533A (en) * | 1990-05-23 | 1992-11-17 | Olin Corporation | Method of assembling a pyrotechnically initiated projectile |
US5945629A (en) * | 1996-12-10 | 1999-08-31 | Diehl Stiftung & Co. | Fuseless ballistic explosive projectile |
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US20040055502A1 (en) * | 2002-09-20 | 2004-03-25 | Lockheed Martin Corporation | Penetrator and method for using same |
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