US Government as Represented by the Secretary of the Army

James Hamfeldt

Ryan Hooke

Oscar N Ruiz

Philip Magnotti

James Grassi

Ryan Gorman

Jack Pincay

Jeffrey R Kraft

Gordon Cheung

Mitchell Stolk

Gerard Voorhis

Gregory Nieradka

Eugene Schlenk

Matthew Millar

Donna Snyder

Frank Munoz

Brett Barnes

Andrew Maulbeck

Tu-Nhi Nguyen

A mortar ammunition round which contains at least three fragment producing regions covered by a threadably removable aluminum cowling. Detachment of the cowling provides access to several of the fragment producing regions which are located on a removable cup device. A different cup device may then be selectively inserted and the cowling replaced, forming a new mortar round of different select performance capabilities.

81mm increased lethality projectile

A Dual Purpose Improved Conventional Munition (DPICM) bomblet may be converted into a gun-launched grenade. The bomblet may include a fuze, a shaped-charge liner, a casing, and explosive material disposed between the shaped-charge liner and the casing. An ogive may be attached to an open end of the bomblet. A generally cup-shaped pusher may be placed over the fuze and attached to the bomblet casing. A conventional cartridge case assembly may be fixed to a fuze end of the bomblet. When the gun-launched grenade impacts a target, the casing may shatter to form shrapnel and a shaped-charge jet may be formed.

Method of converting bomblet to gun-launched grenade

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Randolph, NJ, United States of America

James Hamfeldt