US Government As Represented by the Secretary of the Army

Mark Motyka

Leon Moy

Jay C Poret

Christopher Csernica

Steve Kotefski

Gary Chen

Nicole Harasts Sapp

Lidija Kotevska

Andrew Zimmer

Anthony Hawthorne

Nicole D Harasts

William Chung-Leung Chow

Tom Massey

Cathleen Freeman

Charles Sturdivant

A fully automated modular primer processing unit is provided that is controllable, tailorable and increases the safety of operators over current methods. The modular primer process unit is comprised of a plurality of stations. Exemplary stations include: 1) primer cup insertion station, 2) an energetic filling station, 3) a drying station, 4) a consolidation unit, and 5) an anvil insertion station. Additional stations such as a tray feed station, a primer sealing station and a tray stacking station may also be configured with the modular primer processing unit.

Automated primer manufacturing machine and process

A multi-purpose non-lethal blunt trauma grenade which produces both blunt trauma effects as well as light and sound effects. The non-lethal blunt trauma grenade comprises a main charge holder configured for not fragmenting upon ignition of the main charge and which includes a plurality of vent holes sized and oriented to balance the propulsive force of gases generated by a main charge.

Multi-purpose non-lethal blunt trauma grenade

A safer flash-bang grenade that yields the state of the art sound intensity, plus a brighter, more intense flash of the order of 13.5 million candela&#x2014;which effect is due to a combination of a particularly efficacious pyrotechnic formulation and a particular reaction chamber design that momentarily retains or holds-back the reaction escape until the desired intensity is reached. The particular pyrotechnic formulation is based upon a strontium nitrate oxidizer in conjunction with an aluminum powder metallic fuel and a sulfur non-metallic fuel. The particular reaction chamber design includes a relatively rigid, non-fragmenting charge holder, with a slip-fit thin aluminum sleeve internal thereof and a shrink fit or other sealed sleeve external thereof.

Flash-bang grenade with greater flash intensity

A perchlorate-free solid pyrotechnic flash bang composition is disclosed, which comprises an oxidizer component selected from the group comprising potassium nitrate, strontium nitrate, and basic copper nitrate and combinations thereof, a metallic fuel component selected from the group comprising aluminum, magnesium, magnesium-aluminum alloys, silicon, zirconium, and combinations thereof, and a non-metallic fuel component comprising sulfur. The flash bang pyrotechnic composition may also further comprise a ballistic accelerant component, a pH stabilizer, and a free flow/anti-caking component.

Perchlorate free flash bang compositions for pyrotechnic training rounds

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Mark Motyka