Small arms ammunition
Abstract
An elongate projectile for small arms use has a single unitary mass with a hollow nose cavity defined by a sharp rigid cutting edge adapted to make initial contact with the target surface and cut therethrough. The projectile then enters the target mass in an unstable flight mode. The projectile base is substantially solid such that the nose cavity, while relatively deep, does not extend entirely through the base and the projectile center of gravity is aft of its geometric center.
- Inventors:
-
- (399 Clover St., Aberdeen, MD 21001)
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Sandia National Laboratories (SNL), Albuquerque, NM, and Livermore, CA
- OSTI Identifier:
- 868179
- Patent Number(s):
- 5092246
- Assignee:
- Huerta, Joseph (399 Clover St., Aberdeen, MD 21001) SNL
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC04-76
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- arms; ammunition; elongate; projectile; single; unitary; mass; hollow; nose; cavity; defined; sharp; rigid; cutting; edge; adapted; initial; contact; target; surface; cut; therethrough; enters; unstable; flight; mode; base; substantially; solid; relatively; deep; extend; entirely; center; gravity; geometric; substantially solid; cutting edge; target surface; relatively deep; single unit; geometric center; cut therethrough; /102/
Citation Formats
Huerta, Joseph. Small arms ammunition. United States: N. p., 1992.
Web.
Huerta, Joseph. Small arms ammunition. United States.
Huerta, Joseph. Wed .
"Small arms ammunition". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/868179.
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title = {Small arms ammunition},
author = {Huerta, Joseph},
abstractNote = {An elongate projectile for small arms use has a single unitary mass with a hollow nose cavity defined by a sharp rigid cutting edge adapted to make initial contact with the target surface and cut therethrough. The projectile then enters the target mass in an unstable flight mode. The projectile base is substantially solid such that the nose cavity, while relatively deep, does not extend entirely through the base and the projectile center of gravity is aft of its geometric center.},
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place = {United States},
year = {1992},
month = {1}
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