US Government As Represented by the Secretary of the Army

USA As Represented by Secretary of the Navy

Alan Richwald

Brent Donahue

Michael T Freeman

Brian Casteel

Nathan Leniz

Dale H Gjerning

Alan L Gehl

Erik L Davis

Richard H Watkins

Dennis G Fikejs

A disrupter unit is used for explosive ordnance disposal by firing a slug into the ordnance to be destroyed. A method is shown to secure the disrupter unit to a sand bag or other stationary location during such firing of the disrupter unit. The present invention may also adapt the disrupter unit to shear wire, such as barbed wire, by attaching a wire cutter element to the disrupter unit through a robust cable during firing. Likewise, the disrupter unit may be used as a remote pull device or further to unearth a buried item via mechanical advantage, wherein a military shovel or another long rod is attached by a robust cable to the disrupter unit.

Secure disrupter unit for explosive ordnance disposal operations

Breech plug for disrupter unit

The invention, as embodied herein, comprises an aiming device that is attached to the end of the barrel of a dearmer or gun system in order to more quickly and more precisely align the dearmer or gun system with precise, small target. The aiming device also ensures that the dearmer or gun system remains at the minimum standoff distance required without the need to specifically measure the placement.

MK38 small caliber dearmer aiming device

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Newton, NJ, United States of America

Alan Richwald