Fabrique Nationale Herstal

Fabrique Nationale Herstal S.a.

Fabrique Nationale Herstal En Abrege Fn, Societe Anonyme

Andre J Gabriels

Rene M Chavee

Multiple use grenade, characterized in that it principally consists in the combination of a telescopic grenade (2) of a type in itself know, for example a grenade capable of being launched with the assistance of a rifle, and a fuse-plug (1) for a hand grenade, also of a type which is known.

Multiple use grenade

Telescopic grenade, characterized in that it features means (29-35) that ensure safety in the transport/storage position and means (22-19-20-21-29) that determine, under the effect of the propellent gasses, a relative transfer between the component parts (5-15) of the tail (2).

Telescopic grenade

The invention relates to a projectile having a head extended by a tubular tail and containing an explosive charge as well as a firing chain for the latter. The tail is made of two telescopic tubular parts, one of which is integral with the head and together with the head carries a first part of the firing chain, the other carrying the remaining part of the firing chain, and guiding means that are distributed over the two parts in order to assign them a determined angular position depending on their relative axial position.

Telescopic projectile

The invention pertains to a rifle-grenade, of the type comprising a head prolonged by a tubular shank, the aforesaid head being traversed by an axial bore running into the bore of the aforesaid tubular shank, characterized in that a plug is forced into one of the aforesaid bores, this plug being made from a material the hardness of which ranges from approximately 30 Shore A to approximately 70 Shore D.

Rifle-grenade with bullet pass-through device

Throwing device for grenades by means of a weapon such as a rifle, a tubular casing extending the rear portion of the grenade, said device comprising a bullet trap housed within, wherein said bullet trap comprises two main parts, namely a hard mass under the form of a truncated revolution body and a bearing disc adjoining the large base of the said mass.

Throwing device for grenades

The invention pertains to a device for firing a grenade or similar projectile using a weapon such as a gun, of the type which comprises a tubular case affixed to the rear of the grenade, a bullet trap being inserted into the said tube, said trap consisting of a steel mass, sub-calibrated to correspond to the said tube and having, near each of its ends, one or more centering edges resting on the inner wall of the said tube, or on a corresponding portion of the body of the grenade.

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Genk, Belgium

Andre J Gabriels