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EP0246412B1
EP0246412B1 EP87103741A EP87103741A EP0246412B1 EP 0246412 B1 EP0246412 B1 EP 0246412B1 EP 87103741 A EP87103741 A EP 87103741A EP 87103741 A EP87103741 A EP 87103741A EP 0246412 B1 EP0246412 B1 EP 0246412B1
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  • the invention relates to a decay projectile according to the preamble of patent claim 1.
  • a generic decay is the subject of DE-PS 12 39 961.
  • the stiffening insert consists of two thin-walled circular cylinders closed on one side, the inside diameter of one being adapted to the outside diameter of the other for insertion.
  • a circular cylinder space closed in this way on all sides contains a compact made of metal powder.
  • the circular disk-shaped bottoms are provided with radial recesses as a predetermined breaking point.
  • the known decay projectile is sufficiently resistant to transverse forces which occur during feeding (for example in a box for belted ammunition or in a belt feeder).
  • the bullet with its tip-side oval surface wants to strike on one side in the rear wall area of the cargo space.
  • one of the two ejectors is located in the area mentioned (for removing an empty shot sleeve from the cargo space).
  • the projectile in the relevant area of the oval surface is sufficiently robust and insensitive: it slides past the claw of the ejector projecting against the tube core axis, so that it does not hinder the insertion process.
  • the respective ejector claw lies on the front of the bottom of the propellant charge sleeve after the ejector has moved forward.
  • the thin ejector claw can strike the relevant ejector claw in the case when the thin plastic casing hits the casing. It can hook in there and the ejector does not get behind the bottom of the propellant charge shell, but is already taken away prematurely by the damaged shell shell, interrupts the insertion process and thus leads to a weapon malfunction. If the claw only strikes a leak and does not hook into it, but slides off, it can pull a piece of the cover that has been torn off on one side to the rear, so that it increases the diameter of the lock in the area concerned by the sleeve wall thickness. Even if this does not necessarily result in an immediate weapon fault, metal powder can leak from the leak and lead to premature unusability of the weapon due to considerable wear in the barrel.
  • the invention has for its object to provide a generic decay storey, the shell of which is sufficiently resilient in the ogival area on the one hand, but on the other hand does not result in the formation of dangerous broken pieces which can exceed the safety limit in front of the pipe mouth.
  • a thin-walled casing 10 made of plastic or the like consists of a cup-shaped base part 12 and a main part 16. The latter is formed by a circular cylindrical part 18, to which a hollow tip 20 is connected on the front side. The base 12 and the main part 16 are connected to one another in an area 14. A transition region 28 and an outer surface 24 of the hollow tip 20 adjoin a peripheral surface 22 of the circular-cylindrical part 18.
  • An inner wall surface 26 of the casing 10 encloses an interior space (not designated in more detail) with a content which is formed in sequence from a rear buffer 74 made of metal powder, followed by rotationally symmetrical pressing bodies 70, 68 and 60 made of metal powder.
  • the pressing bodies 70 and 68 are completely encased by the inner wall surface 26. This is only partially the case with the front press body 60. This is because it has a frustoconical end face region 64, of which only a largest circumferential circle 65 lies on the inner wall surface 26. From the circumferential circle 65, a stiffening insert 30, which is made of plastic or the like, extends in the direction of the hollow tip 20. It consists of a front 32 and a rear cup 34 and is front of a circular edge 33 and rear of a circular edge 35 limited. An outer wall surface 36 of the front bowl 32 and an outer wall surface 46 of the rear bowl 34 merge continuously into one another and are in intimate contact with the inner wall surface 26.
  • a circular disk part 40 connects the two bowls 32 and 34, but separates their interior spaces, which are not shown.
  • the interior of the front bowl 32 is delimited by the circular edge 33, a circular cylindrical inner surface 38 and a front surface 42 of the circular disk part 40 and is open on the front. Since the circular edge 33 also lies on the inner wall surface 26, the wall thickness of the front cup increases continuously up to the surface 42.
  • the wall thickness of the circular edge 35 coinciding with the circumferential circle 65 to a groove 52 of the inner surface 48 with the surface 44 of the circular disk part 40 increases continuously, whereby the throat 52 coincides with a smallest circumferential circle 67 of the end face region 64.
  • the space delimited by the inner surface 38 and the surface 42 is supplemented by the front boundary 33 by a space which is delimited by the inner wall surface 26 in the region of the hollow tip 20.
  • This space is filled with a body made of elastic hard foam 76 of low density.
  • the decay projectile according to the invention when inserted with its outer surface 24 against an obstacle, such as the pull-out claw mentioned at the beginning, strong pressure is successively exerted on a narrow strip.
  • the sleeve 10 in the hollow tip region 20 can, however, yield and is dented inwards. A corresponding dent movement is initially counteracted by the hard foam 76, but then increasingly by the wall of the front bowl 32. This effect increases as the area of greatest wall thickness in the vicinity of the circular disk part 40 is approached, and there is a transition to the circular edge 35. Since the disruptive contact between the decay storey and the extractor claw takes place regularly within narrow limits, it has no damaging consequences.
  • the casing 10 After leaving a gun barrel, the casing 10 is torn open by the swirl and under the action of conventional predetermined breaking points. Shape and low average density of the fragment formed from the insert 30 and the rigid foam body 76 lead to its rapid deceleration, so that there is no danger within narrow limits.
  • the hard foam 46 can advantageously be integrated into the insert 30. Also, if necessary, a central axial bore 43 can be provided for mass reduction in the area in question or for manufacturing reasons, which extends at least through the circular disk part 40.

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A disintegrating projectile for cartridged maneuver ammunition for an automatic weapon. The projectile includes a thin-walled and closed body of plastic-like material. The body includes a circularly cylindrical section which changes into a tapering hollow tip. A rotationally symmetrical, stiffening, one-piece plastic insert, is adapted to the inner wall of the hollow tip and extends longitudinally of the projectile between a rear circular delimitation and a front circular limitation. The insert has the shape of two cups and includes a circular disc serving as a common bottom of the cups which are arranged one behind the other in the longitudinal direction of the projectile. The rear cup has a side wall thickness that constantly increases from the rear circular delimitation to the adjacent face of the circular disc member and the front cup has a side wall thickness that constantly increases from the front circular delimitation to the adjacent face of the circular disc member. The inner surface of the rear cup lies against the frontal face of a pressed body of metal powder. The projectile includes a hard elastic foam filling the area delimited by the inner surface of the front cup and the adjacent inner wall area at the frontal region of the projectile body.

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Die Erfindung betrifft ein Zerfallgeschoß nach dem Oberbegriff des Patentanspruchs 1.The invention relates to a decay projectile according to the preamble of patent claim 1.

Ein gattungsgleiches Zerfallgeschoß ist Gegenstand der DE-PS 12 39 961. Die aussteifende Einlage besteht aus zwei dünnwandigen, einseitig geschlossenen Kreiszylindern, wobei der Innendurchmesser des einen dem Außendurchmesser des anderen zum Ineinanderstecken angepaßt ist. Ein dieserart allseitig geschlossener Kreiszylinderraum enthält einen Preßkörper aus Metallpulver. Die kreisscheibenförmigen Böden sind mit radialen Ausnehmungen als Sollbruchstelle versehen. Das bekannte Zerfallgeschoß ist ausreichend widerstandsfähig gegenüber beim Zuführen (beispielsweise in einem Kasten für gegurtete Munition oder in einem Gurtzuführer) auftretenden Querkräften. Bei einer Waffe mit Keilverschluß und zwei axial verschiebbaren Auswerfern im Bereich des Ladungsraums traten aber Störungen auf, welche die Einführbedingungen zurückzuführen sind: wenn die Patrone achsfluchtend mit der Rohrseelenachse in Einführstellung liegt, kann sie von dem Mitnehmer des Ansetzers nicht genau mittig, d. h. in Verlängerung ihrer Längsachse, zum Einführen angestoßen und mitgenommen werden, weil dies die Gefahr einer ungewollten Anzündung der Treibladung bedeutete. Greift aber der Mitnehmer am Boden der Treibladungshülse außermittig an, dann neigt die Patrone dazu, aus der Achsrichtung auszubrechen. Bei der hohen Einführgeschwindigkeit macht sich das derart bemerkbar, daß das Geschoß mit seiner spitzenseitigen Ogivalfläche einseitig im rückseitigen Wandbereich des Ladungsraums anschlagen will. Bei der bekannten Maschinenenwaffe befindet sich jedoch im besagten Bereich einer der beiden Auswerfer (zum Entfernen einer leergeschossenen Treibladungshülse aus dem Ladungsraum). Bei scharfer Munition ist das Geschoß im betreffenden Bereich der Ogivalfläche ausreichend widerstandsfähig und unempfindlich: es gleitet an der gegen die Rohrseelenachse vorstehenden Kralle des Auswerfers vorbei, so daß sie den Einführvorgang nicht behindert. Wenn bei Patrone eingeführt ist, liegt die jeweilige Auswerferkralle nach einer Vorwärtsbewegung des Auswerfers an der Vorderseite des Bodens der Treibladungshülse. Beim Verschießen von Manöverpatronen mit einem gattungsgleichen Zerfallgeschoß kann beim Auftreffen der dünnen Kunststoffhülle im Ogivalbereich auf die betreffende Auswerferkralle letztere ein Leck in die Hülle schlagen. Sie kann sich dort einhaken, und der Auswerfer gelangt folglich nicht hinter den Boden der Treibladungshülse, sondern wird bereits von der beschädigten Geschoßhülle vorzeitig mitgenommen, unterbricht den Einführvorgang und führt so zu einer Waffenstörung. Schlägt die Kralle nur ein Leck und hakt sich dort nicht ein, sondern gleitet ab, dann kann sie dabei ein einseitig losgerissenes Stück der Hülle nach hinten ziehen, so daß es in dem betreffenden Bereich den Durchmesser des Geschlosses um die Hülsenwandstärke vergrößert. Wenn auch hieraus nicht zwingend eine unmittelbare Waffenstörung zu resultieren braucht, so kann doch Metallpulver aus dem Leck austreten und über erheblichen Verschleiß im Rohr zu einer vorzeitigen Unbrauchbarkeit der Waffe führen.A generic decay is the subject of DE-PS 12 39 961. The stiffening insert consists of two thin-walled circular cylinders closed on one side, the inside diameter of one being adapted to the outside diameter of the other for insertion. A circular cylinder space closed in this way on all sides contains a compact made of metal powder. The circular disk-shaped bottoms are provided with radial recesses as a predetermined breaking point. The known decay projectile is sufficiently resistant to transverse forces which occur during feeding (for example in a box for belted ammunition or in a belt feeder). However, in the case of a weapon with a wedge lock and two axially displaceable ejectors in the area of the cargo space, malfunctions occurred which can be attributed to the insertion conditions: if the cartridge is in alignment with the barrel core axis in the insertion position, it cannot be centered exactly by the driver of the rammer, i.e. H. in extension of its longitudinal axis, to be pushed in and taken along, because this meant the risk of an undesired ignition of the propellant charge. However, if the driver attacks the bottom of the propellant charge sleeve off-center, the cartridge tends to break out of the axial direction. This is so noticeable at the high insertion speed that the bullet with its tip-side oval surface wants to strike on one side in the rear wall area of the cargo space. In the case of the known machine gun, however, one of the two ejectors is located in the area mentioned (for removing an empty shot sleeve from the cargo space). In the case of live ammunition, the projectile in the relevant area of the oval surface is sufficiently robust and insensitive: it slides past the claw of the ejector projecting against the tube core axis, so that it does not hinder the insertion process. When the cartridge is inserted, the respective ejector claw lies on the front of the bottom of the propellant charge sleeve after the ejector has moved forward. When firing maneuver cartridges with a decay bullet of the same type, the thin ejector claw can strike the relevant ejector claw in the case when the thin plastic casing hits the casing. It can hook in there and the ejector does not get behind the bottom of the propellant charge shell, but is already taken away prematurely by the damaged shell shell, interrupts the insertion process and thus leads to a weapon malfunction. If the claw only strikes a leak and does not hook into it, but slides off, it can pull a piece of the cover that has been torn off on one side to the rear, so that it increases the diameter of the lock in the area concerned by the sleeve wall thickness. Even if this does not necessarily result in an immediate weapon fault, metal powder can leak from the leak and lead to premature unusability of the weapon due to considerable wear in the barrel.

Der Erfindung liegt die Aufgabe zugrunde, ein gattungsgleiches Zerfallgeschoß zu schaffen, dessen Hülle im Ogivalbereich einerseits ausreichend widerstandsfähig ist, andererseits aber hierdurch nicht zum Entstehen von gefährlichen Bruchstrücken führt, welche die Sicherheitsgrenze vor der Rohrmündung überschreiten können.The invention has for its object to provide a generic decay storey, the shell of which is sufficiently resilient in the ogival area on the one hand, but on the other hand does not result in the formation of dangerous broken pieces which can exceed the safety limit in front of the pipe mouth.

Gelöst wird diese Aufgabe nach der vom Patentanspruch 1 repräsentierten Lehre mit den in seinem kennzeichnenden Teil angegebenen erfinderischen Merkmalen.This object is achieved according to the teaching represented by claim 1 with the inventive features specified in its characterizing part.

Besondere Ausführungsarten der Erfindung sind in den abhängigen Ansprüchen 2-6 angegeben.Particular embodiments of the invention are specified in dependent claims 2-6.

Die Erfindung wird nachstehend anhand eines in der Zeichnung in einem längsaxialen Schnitt dargestellten bevorzugten Ausführungsbeispiels näher erläutert.The invention is explained below with reference to a preferred embodiment shown in the drawing in a longitudinal axial section.

Eine dünnwändige Hülle 10 aus Kunststoff o. dgl. besteht aus einem becherförmigen Bodenteil 12 und einem Hauptteil 16. Letzterer wird gebildet von einem kreiszylindrischen Teil 18, an welchen sich vorderseitig eine Hohlspitze 20 anschließt. In einem Bereich 14 sind Boden- 12 und Hauptteil 16 miteinander verbunden. An eine Umfangsfläche 22 des kreiszylindrischen Teils 18 schließen sich vorderseitig ein Übergangsbereich 28 und eine Außenfläche 24 der Hohlspitze 20 an. Eine Innenwandfläche 26 der Hülle 10 umschließt einen nicht näher bezeichneten Innenraum mit einem Inhalt, welcher der Reihe nach gebildet wird aus einem rückseitigen Puffer 74 aus Metallpulver, auf welchen rotationssymmetrische Preßkörper 70, 68 und 60 aus Metallpulver folgen.A thin-walled casing 10 made of plastic or the like consists of a cup-shaped base part 12 and a main part 16. The latter is formed by a circular cylindrical part 18, to which a hollow tip 20 is connected on the front side. The base 12 and the main part 16 are connected to one another in an area 14. A transition region 28 and an outer surface 24 of the hollow tip 20 adjoin a peripheral surface 22 of the circular-cylindrical part 18. An inner wall surface 26 of the casing 10 encloses an interior space (not designated in more detail) with a content which is formed in sequence from a rear buffer 74 made of metal powder, followed by rotationally symmetrical pressing bodies 70, 68 and 60 made of metal powder.

Die Preßkörper 70 und 68 werden umfangsseitig vollständig von der Innenwandfläche 26 dicht eingehüllt. Bei dem vorderen Preßkörper 60 ist das nur teilweise der Fall. Er weist nämlich einen kegelstumpfförmigen Stirnflächenbereich 64 auf, von welchem nur ein größter Umfangskreis 65 auf der Innenwandfläche 26 liegt. Vom Umfangskreis 65 aus erstreckt sich eine aussteifende Einlage 30, welche aus Kunststoff o. dgl. besteht, in Richtung der Hohlspitze 20. Sie besteht aus einem vorderen 32 und einem hinteren Napf 34 und wird vorn von einer Kreiskante 33 und hinten von einer Kreiskante 35 begrenzt. Eine Außenwandfläche 36 des vorderen Napfs 32 und eine Außenwandfläche 46 des hinteren Napfs 34 gehen stetig ineinander über und stehen im innigen Kontakt mit der Innenwandfläche 26. Ein Kreisscheibenteil 40 verbindet die beiden Näpfe 32 und 34, trennt aber ihre nicht bezeichneten Innenräume voneinander. Der Innenraum des vorderen Napfs 32 wird von der Kreiskante 33, einer kreiszylindrischen Innenfläche 38 und einer Vorderfläche 42 des Kreisscheibenteils 40 begrenzt und ist vorderseitig offen. Da auch die Kreiskante 33 auf der Innenwandfläche 26 liegt, ergibt sich für den vorderen Napf eine bis zur Fläche 42 stetig zunehmende Wandstärke. Beim hinteren Napf 34 nimmt dessen Wandstärke von der mit dem Umfangskreis 65 zusammenfallenden Kreiskante 35 bis zu einer Kehle 52 der Innenfläche 48 mit der Fläche 44 des Kreisscheibenteils 40 stetig zu, wobei die Kehle 52 mit einem kleinsten Umfangskreis 67 des Stirnflächenbereichs 64 zusammenfällt. Der von der Innenfläche 38 und der Fläche 42 begrenzte Raum wird über die vordere Begrenzung 33 ergänzt von einem Raum, welcher von der Innenwandfläche 26 im Bereich der Hohlspitze 20 begrenzt wird. Dieser Raum ist mit einem Körper aus elastischem Hartschaum 76 geringer Dichte gefüllt.The pressing bodies 70 and 68 are completely encased by the inner wall surface 26. This is only partially the case with the front press body 60. This is because it has a frustoconical end face region 64, of which only a largest circumferential circle 65 lies on the inner wall surface 26. From the circumferential circle 65, a stiffening insert 30, which is made of plastic or the like, extends in the direction of the hollow tip 20. It consists of a front 32 and a rear cup 34 and is front of a circular edge 33 and rear of a circular edge 35 limited. An outer wall surface 36 of the front bowl 32 and an outer wall surface 46 of the rear bowl 34 merge continuously into one another and are in intimate contact with the inner wall surface 26. A circular disk part 40 connects the two bowls 32 and 34, but separates their interior spaces, which are not shown. The interior of the front bowl 32 is delimited by the circular edge 33, a circular cylindrical inner surface 38 and a front surface 42 of the circular disk part 40 and is open on the front. Since the circular edge 33 also lies on the inner wall surface 26, the wall thickness of the front cup increases continuously up to the surface 42. In the case of the rear bowl 34, the wall thickness of the circular edge 35 coinciding with the circumferential circle 65 to a groove 52 of the inner surface 48 with the surface 44 of the circular disk part 40 increases continuously, whereby the throat 52 coincides with a smallest circumferential circle 67 of the end face region 64. The space delimited by the inner surface 38 and the surface 42 is supplemented by the front boundary 33 by a space which is delimited by the inner wall surface 26 in the region of the hollow tip 20. This space is filled with a body made of elastic hard foam 76 of low density.

Gerät das Zerfallgeschoß nach der Erfindung beim Einführen mit seiner Außenfläche 24 gegen ein Hindernis, wie es die eingangs erwähnte Auszieherkralle darstellt, wird auf einen schmalen Streifen nacheinander ein starker Druck ausgeübt. Die Hülle 10 im Hohlspitzenbereich 20 kann aber nachgeben und wird nach innen eingebeult. Dabei wird eine betreffenden Einbeulbewegung zunächst von dem Hartschaum 76, dann aber zunehmend auf von der Wand des vorderen Napfs 32 entgegengewirkt. Diese Wirkung nimmt mit Annäherung an den Bereich größter Wandstärke in der Nachbarschaft des Kreisscheibenteils 40 zu, und es erfolgt eine Überleitung zur Kreiskante 35. Da der störende Kontakt zwischen Zerfallgeschoß und Auszieherkralle regelmäßig innerhalb engerer Grenzen stattfindet, bleibt er ohne schädigende Folge. Nach dem Verlassen eines Waffenrohres wird die Hülle 10 durch den Drall und unter Wirkung üblicher Sollbruchstellen aufgerissen. Gestalt und geringe durchschnittliche Dichte des aus der Einlage 30 und dem Hartschaumkörper 76 gebildeten Bruchstücks führen zu dessen rascher Abbremsung, so daß innerhalb enger Grenzen keine Gefähr besteht.If the decay projectile according to the invention, when inserted with its outer surface 24 against an obstacle, such as the pull-out claw mentioned at the beginning, strong pressure is successively exerted on a narrow strip. The sleeve 10 in the hollow tip region 20 can, however, yield and is dented inwards. A corresponding dent movement is initially counteracted by the hard foam 76, but then increasingly by the wall of the front bowl 32. This effect increases as the area of greatest wall thickness in the vicinity of the circular disk part 40 is approached, and there is a transition to the circular edge 35. Since the disruptive contact between the decay storey and the extractor claw takes place regularly within narrow limits, it has no damaging consequences. After leaving a gun barrel, the casing 10 is torn open by the swirl and under the action of conventional predetermined breaking points. Shape and low average density of the fragment formed from the insert 30 and the rigid foam body 76 lead to its rapid deceleration, so that there is no danger within narrow limits.

Bei der Wahl eines entsprechenden Werkstoffs, beispielsweise Polyurethan, läßt sich der Hartschaum 46 vorteilhafter Weise in die Einlage 30 integrieren. Auch kann im Bedarfsfall zur Massereduzierung im betreffenden Bereich oder aus Ferti gungsgründen eine zentralaxiale Bohrung 43 vorgesehen sein, welche sich wenigstens durch den Kreisscheibenteil 40 hindurcherstreckt.When choosing an appropriate material, for example polyurethane, the hard foam 46 can advantageously be integrated into the insert 30. Also, if necessary, a central axial bore 43 can be provided for mass reduction in the area in question or for manufacturing reasons, which extends at least through the circular disk part 40.

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1. Disintegrating projectile for cartridged practice ammunition for automatic weapons with a rifled barrel with a thin-walled and closed casing (10) of plastic or the like, which is formed by a rear cup- shaped base part (12) and a main part (16) connected therewith, with a cylindrical part continuing in the form of a tapering hollow point (20) which closely surrounds a preselectable number of rotationally symmetrical pressed bodies (60, 68, 70) of metal powder, situated in succession to one another, and a rotationally symmetrical strengthening lining (30) of plastic in the front zone, the lining (30) consisting of two bowl-shaped parts (33, 34) open at their one ends, one part of which is in direct contact with the pressed metal powder by the internal surface of its wall and the rear surface of a circular disc part (40) perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the projectile, characterised by the following features:
a) the lining (30) is made in one piece and extends in the longitudinal axial direction between the rear boundary (35) and a front boundary (33) generally from the circular cylindrical zone (18) of the main part (16) into the hollow point (20), the circular disc part (40) delimiting the front bowl (32) and the rear bowl (4) internally,
b) in each bowl (32, 34) the wall thickness continuously increases from the boundary (33, 35) as far as the adjacent surface (42, 44) of the circular disc part (40),
c) the internal surface (48) of the rear bowl (34) fits tightly against the front surface zone (64) of the front pressed body (60), and
d) a space delimited by the internal surface (38) of the front bowl (32) and the adjacent internal wall surface (26) of the main part (16) in the hollow point (20) is filled with an elastic hard foam plastic (76).
2. Disintegrating projectile in accordance with Claim 1, characterised by the fact that at least the rear boundary (35) of the lining (30) is substantially constructed in the form of a circular edge.
3. Disintegrating projectile in accordance with Claim 1 or 2, characterised by the fact that the internal surface (38) of the front bowl (32) delimits a circular cylinder.
4. Disintegrating projectile in accordance with Claim 1; 2 or 3, characterised by the fact that the front boundary (33) is constructed as a circular edge.
5. Disintegrating projectile in accordance with any one of Claims 1 to 4, characterised by the fact that the hard foam plastic (76) is integrated into the lining (30).
6. Disintegrating projectile in accordance with Claims 1 to 5, characterised by a central axial boring (43) extending at least through the circular disc part (40).
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