WO1998046963A1 - Projectile avec extremite arriere pare-eclats thermoresistante - Google Patents

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WO1998046963A1
WO1998046963A1 PCT/US1998/007725 US9807725W WO9846963A1 WO 1998046963 A1 WO1998046963 A1 WO 1998046963A1 US 9807725 W US9807725 W US 9807725W WO 9846963 A1 WO9846963 A1 WO 9846963A1
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Harold F. Beal
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Cove Corporation
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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
    • F42B12/74—Projectiles, missiles or mines characterised by the warhead, the intended effect, or the material characterised by the material of the core or solid body

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  • This invention relates to a heavy metal powder-based projectile for use in ammunition for small-bore weapons, including rifles and pistols.
  • a powder-based projectile made up of a mixture of powders, one of which is a heavy metal such as tungsten or uranium, or a carbide such as tungsten carbide
  • the manufacture of the projectile presents various problems. These problems relate both to the manufacture of the projectile and the performance of the projectile when fired for a weapon.
  • the term "heavy metal powder” is intended to include a carbide of the heavy metal powder, unless otherwise indicated expressly or by the context of the use of this term.
  • techniques may include such steps as forming a quantity of the powder into a geometric body and sintering the powder to develop a self-supporting body, and/or mixing the metal or carbide powder with a binder metal powder and die-forming the mixture into a geometric body.
  • the resultant projectile has hard and abrasive heavy metal powder particles exposed on the exterior surface of the resulting projectile. These exposed powder particles abrad, and eventually destroy, the rifling of a gun barrel, so that it has been proposed that there be a jacket of a soft, relatively light weight metal, such as copper, applied to the outer surface of the projectile. This jacket provides lubricity between the projectile and the weapon barrel as the projectile is expelled from the weapon. In this type projectile, the powder-based portion thereof becomes a core about which the jacket is formed.
  • Penetrating projectiles commonly include a tapered leading end, i.e. an ogive, which is intended to enhance the penetrating power of the projectile.
  • the leading end of the projectile include a conical-shaped solid member which has high penetrating capability, and which is disposed within a complementary-shaped jacket adjacent the leading end of the projectile and with the apex of the conical body being aligned with the longitudinal centerline of the cylindrical jacket and facing toward the leading end of the projectile.
  • This conical shaped body is commonly referred to as a penetrator.
  • the powder-based core is generally cylindrical in geometry and is disposed rearwardly of the penetrator.
  • the penetrator is first placed within the cylindrical jacket and adjacent the closed pre-for ed end of the jacket. Thereafter, the core is inserted into the jacket. A short length of the trailing end of the cylindrical jacket is commonly swaged inwardly toward the longitudinal centerline of the projectile to mechanically lock the core and/or penetrator within the jacket.
  • the length of the trailing end of the jacket is chosen to be insufficient to fully cover the trailing end of the core, thereby leaving a portion of the trailing end of the core exposed to the heat and blast forces generated within the ammunition case when a round of ammunition is fired.
  • Accuracy of delivery of a projectile is of importance in any shooting situation, but is of great importance in competitive sport shooting and in certain military and/or law enforcement shooting situations. Of especial concern is the repeatability from projectile to projectile of accuracy of delivery of the projectiles to a target.
  • the present inventor has found that accuracy of delivery of a powder-based projectile which has a portion of the trailing end of the core thereof exposed to the heat and blast forces generated by the burning powder within the case of a round of ammunition tends to dislodge powder particles from this trailing end of the core. These dislodged particles further have been found to create at least two deleterious effects. First, those particles which are dislodged substantially immediately upon the ignition and burning of the powder within the case tend to travel down the barrel of the weapon independently of the projectile and act as abraders of the weapon barrel. Second, the center of gravity of the projectile is altered by the loss of the dislodged powder particles.
  • the quantity of particles dislodged is different from projectile to projectile so that there is no consistency in the degree of alteration of the center of gravity between projectiles.
  • This unpredictable alteration of the center of gravity of the projectile causes the projectile to exhibit more or less tendency to "yaw" along its free flight path to a target, with resultant inaccuracy of delivery of the projectile to the target.
  • This problem in its more severe state, can actually lead to the projectile assuming a tumbling action during its free flight to a target.
  • the inventor provides a heat and blast resistance barrier adjacent the flat trailing end of the core of the projectile and within the jacket. Thereafter, the trailing end of the jacket is swaged inwardly toward the longitudinal centerline of the projectile to capture this barrier and the core, and any penetrator body, within the jacket.
  • the preferred barrier comprises a thin metal disc having a substantially uniform density and thickness throughout the disc. Tin is one suitable metal for the barrier.
  • the barrier is locked in a position wherein its planar dimension is normal to, and concentric with, the longitudinal centerline of the projectile to ensure uniformity of location of the barrier from projectile to projectile, hence uniformity of the center of gravity from projectile to projectile. Projectiles of the present invention have been found to exhibit minimum yaw and enhanced accuracy of delivery to a target.
  • Figure 1 is a representation, in section, of one embodiment of a projectile embodying various of the features of the present invention and intended as a penetrator type projectile to be fired from a rifle;
  • Figure 2 is an end view of the trailing end (left hand end as viewed in Figure 1) of the projectile depicted in Figure 1;
  • Figure 3 is an exploded view depicting the components of the projectile of Figure 1 prior to their assembly into a projectile;
  • Figure 4 is an exploded view depicting the components of a further projectile embodying various features of the present invention and prior to their assembly into a projectile, the depicted projectile being particularly useful in pistol ammunition;
  • Figure 5 is a schematic representation, in plan view, of the exterior of a projectile assembled from the components depicted in Figure 4 and embodying various of the features of the present invention
  • Figure 6 is a representation, in plan view, of one embodiment of a barrier disc suitable for inclusion in a projectile according to the present invention.
  • Figure 7 is a schematic representation of a round of ammunition including a projectile embodying various of the features of the present invention.
  • a projectile for ammunition for a small bore weapon i.e. a rifle or pistol of .50 caliber or smaller caliber.
  • the projectile of this invention is powder-based, that is, the bulk of the projectile is formed from a blend of powders which commonly exhibit a density equivalent to or greater than the density of lead.
  • FIG. 1 there is depicted, in section, a projectile 12 suitable for firing from a rifle, for example.
  • This projectile includes an outer jacket 14 which includes a generally cylindrical body portion 16, a tapered closed leading end 18 defining an ogive 20, and an open trailing end 22.
  • a conical strong metal penetrator 24 made of hard steel, for example, and intended to enhance the ability of the projectile to penetrate a target.
  • the penetrator substantially fills the ogive portion of the jacket.
  • the powder blend includes a quantity of a fine particle size oxidized polyethylene homopolymer.
  • the quantity of the blended powder mixture is preferably cold-compacted, e.g. at room temperature, for example, at high pressure in a die to form the core 26.
  • the core is of a straight cylindrical geometry and has a density of at least about 98% of the theoretical density of the powder blend.
  • barrier disc 30 having one of its flat faces 29 disposed adjacent to and in covering relationship to the flat rear end surface 33 of the trailing end 35 of the core.
  • This disc is of substantially uniform thickness and density throughout the disc.
  • the disc is oriented with its planar flat faces 29 and 31 normal to and concentric with the longitudinal centerline 32 of the jacket.
  • the disc further is of a diameter which is only slightly, e.g. a few thousandths of an inch, smaller than the internal diameter of the open trailing end of the jacket so that the disc will readily enter the open end of the jacket and snugly fit within the jacket.
  • the barrier disc of the present invention is necessarily heat and pressure resistant for protecting the core from the heat and pressure generated by burning gunpowder.
  • the heat and pressure experienced is less than the heat and pressure experienced by larger caliber projectiles such as .50 caliber projectiles.
  • Tin, copper and various metal alloys having heat and pressure resistance substantially equivalent to these same properties of tin or copper are suitable candidates for the barrier disc of the present invention. Tin is preferred for smaller caliber projectiles and copper is preferred for the larger caliber projectiles.
  • the thickness of the disc can vary, the major determinant of thickness being the ability of the disc to retain its integrity and shape when subjected to the heat and pressure associated with the burning gunpowder employed in a given round of ammunition.
  • a tin barrier disc of 0.750 inch thickness is suitable in a 9mm projectile.
  • a relatively short length 34 of the trailing end of the jacket e.g. a length of jacket which is less than the radius of the cylindrical portion 16 of the jacket, is folded inwardly, e.g. swaged, toward the longitudinal centerline 32 of the jacket and into contact with the rear face 31 of the disc, thereby locking the disc, the core and the penetrator within the jacket.
  • the disc covers the rear flat face 33 of the trailing end 35 of the core so that none of the core is exposed exteriorly of the jacket.
  • the disc is in position to serve as a barrier against the heat and blast forces which are exerted against the trailing end of the projectile upon ignition and burn of the gun powder 42 of a round of ammunition 44 which includes the present projectile 12 in the open end 46 thereof as depicted in Figure 7.
  • FIG. 4 A further embodiment of a projectile of the present invention is depicted in Figures 4 and 5.
  • the embodiment depicted in these Figures is intended to be fired from a pistol and includes a jacket 50 having a rounded, relatively blunt, nose portion 52, a cylindrical portion 54 and an open trailing end 56.
  • a core 58 formed of a powder blend as described hereinabove.
  • This core may be preformed with a rounded leading end that substantially matches the interior geometry of the rounded nose portion of the jacket or it may be a straight cylinder as is depicted in Figure 4.
  • a barrier disc 30 as described hereinabove is inserted in the jacket in overlaying and covering relationship to the trailing end 59 of the core 58.
  • the jacket, core and disc subassembly When employing a straight cylindrical core, the jacket, core and disc subassembly is placed in a die cavity and subjected to pressure applied to the rear face 31 of the disc in a direction parallel to the longitudinal centerline of the jacket. The applied pressure is sufficient to deform the leading end 62 of the core and cause it to conform to the rounded interior geometry of the nose portion of the jacket.
  • a length 64 of the trailing end of the jacket is swaged inwardly toward the longitudinal centerline 60 of the jacket and into engagement with the rear face 31 of the disc 30 to lock the disc and core securely within the jacket.
  • a completed projectile of this embodiment is depicted in Figure 5.
  • the disc employed in this further embodiment of the present projectile 66 is substantially identical to, and is oriented within the jacket, in an manner identical to the deployment of the disc in the embodiment depicted in Figure 1.
  • the length 64 of the trailing end of the jacket which is employed to lock the core 58 and disc 30 within the jacket 50 is of a length less than the radius of the disc.
  • the length of the trailing end of the jacket which is employed in locking the components of the projectile within the jacket is selected to be less than the length of the radius of the barrier disc.
  • This feature of the present invention provides for sufficient length of the jacket to permit swaging or otherwise forming the distal trailing end of the jacket inwardly toward the longitudinal centerline of the projectile and into contact with the rear face of the disc to lock the components of the projectile within the jacket. Importantly, this feature precludes overlapping of any portion of the jacket upon it being swaged inwardly and against the disc.
  • the length of the trailing end of the jacket which is reserved for inward forming thereof is limited to about one-half the length of the radius of the disc.
  • This length of the jacket end is readily infolded toward the longitudinal centerline of the projectile without creasing or creating radial folds of the jacket as it is infolded.
  • This requirement of the jacket dictates that the jacket be formed of a metal which is sufficiently ductile as will permit the required inward forming of the metal without creasing or creating radial folds thereof.
  • the inwardly formed end of the jacket does not fully close the trailing end of the jacket, and in the absence of the barrier disc of the present invention, leaves the trailing end of the core exposed to the effects of heat and blast from burning gun powder within the case of a round of ammunition.
  • the barrier disc covers this exposed area of the core and prevents the dislodgement of powder particles from the core upon the firing of the weapon.
  • 9mm projectiles were fabricated in accordance with the present invention.
  • Each projectile included a core formed from a combination of tungsten and tin metal powders and a fine particle size oxidized polyethylene homopolymer powder.
  • the core was disposed within a copper jacket and a tin metal barrier disc was placed in covering relationship to the trailing end of the core.
  • a length of .130 inch of the trailing end of the jacket was infolded toward the longitudinal centerline of the projectile and against the barrier disc to lock the disc and core securely within the jacket.
  • Other 9mm projectiles were fabricated employing the same components and fabrication techniques, except that no barrier disc was included in the projectiles.
  • a heavy metal powder e.g. tungsten powder
  • a quantity of a binder metal powder e.g. tin powder
  • a quantity of a fine particle size oxidized polyethylene homopolymer are blended.
  • a quantity of the blended powder is selected and die-formed into a core. This core, along with a barrier disc is inserted into the open end of a cylindrical metal jacket which has its opposite end closed.
  • this subassembly is thereafter subjected to a pressure applied to the disc and core in a direction parallel to the longitudinal centerline of the jacket sufficient to deform the core to the extent necessary to cause it to conform to the internal geometry of the jacket, particularly at the leading end (nose) of the jacket.
  • the leading end of the jacket may be provided with a penetrator or other component, in which case it is not necessary to apply a deforming pressure to the disc and core.
  • the trailing end of the jacket is infolded toward the longitudinal centerline of the jacket (projectile) and against the rear face of the barrier disc to lock the disc, core and any other component of the projectile, within the jacket.
  • this latter step is carried out in two phases.
  • the distal trailing end of the jacket is die-formed only to the extent required to bend the trailing end of the jacket partially radially inwardly of the jacket. Thereafter, this partially infolded end of the jacket is fully folded inwardly to cause the end of the jacket to contact the rear face of the barrier disc and effect the desired locking of the components within the jacket.
  • this two phase infolding of the end of the jacket is carried out by two forming dies, one of which is designed to perform only the initial infolding of the end of the jacket and the other of which is designed to complete the infolding of the end of the jacket. This feature of the method has been found to prevent the creasing or formation of radial folds of the jacket end as it is infolded against the barrier disc.

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L'invention concerne un projectile à base de poudre (12) pour munitions de petit calibre. Ce projectile comprend une chemise (14) pourvue d'une extrémité ouverte (22), un noyau (26) placé à l'intérieur de cette chemise, à proximité de l'extrémité fermée (18) de cette dernière, et un disque d'arrêt résistant à la chaleur et à la pression (30), disposé distalement par rapport audit noyau, à proximité de l'extrémité ouverte de ladite chemise. Une partie (34) de la longueur de cette chemise, au niveau de cette extrémité ouverte (22), est pliée vers l'intérieur pour recouvrir en partie le disque d'arrêt (30), de manière à entrer en contact et à recouvrir une partie de ce disque d'arrêt, verrouillant ce dernier ainsi que le noyau placé à l'intérieur de la chemise. Le disque est ainsi maintenu en position et le noyau protégé de la chaleur et de la pression dues à l'amorçage et à la mise à feu de la poudre noire. L'invention concerne également un procédé de fabrication de ce projectile.
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