US Government As Represented by the Secretary of the Army

Keith J Martin

Anthony P Farina

Peter Georgantzis

Andrew Gowarty

Henry E Hudgins

Andrew A Molina

Bhuvanesh Thoguluva

Patrick Fisher

Robin Zeto

Meghan Abraham

A munition round includes a cartridge case; a canister disposed at a forward end of the cartridge case, the canister including a piston movable in the canister; a plurality of high-density spheroids having a diameter in a range of about 0.25 inches to about 0.5 inches; a rear container disposed in the canister adjacent the piston, and fully loaded with the high-density spheroids; a front container disposed in the canister and partially loaded with the high-density spheroids, a remaining volume of the front container occupied by a spacer disc disposed atop the high-density spheroids; and a cap that closes a forward end of the canister.

Munition having payload of high-density spheroids

Anti-personnel tank fired ammunition designed for attacking personnel at various ranges includes a hollow base member adapted with an electric primer and a plastic or aluminum canister containing a payload at one end thereof. In operation, the hollow cartridge is loaded with a solid propellant. The electric primer which is centrally located in the solid propellant is fired and provides a flash together with the gasses needed to ignite the propellant. The burning propellant then provides the gasses needed to force the canister from the gun tube in which the ammunition is positioned.

Anti-personnel ammunition

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Bangor, PA, United States of America

Keith J Martin