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Nicole Harasts Sapp

Jeffrey Darbig

Jonathan Escobar

Carl J Campagnuolo

Leon Moy

Mark Motyka

Nikola Kotefski

Daniel DiMartino

David Rophael

Thomas Presutti

Anthony DiGiacomo

Steve Kotevski

Arroyal Garner

Vince Gonsalves

Matt Evangelisti

Steven Sicoli

Thomas McKimm

Amy Mulvoy

An ammunition round comprises an optimized projectile incorporating a hardened penetrator and a dual safe-fuze for a medium caliber high rate of fire round packaged into a form factor smaller than currently available multi-purpose rounds. The ammunition round incorporates a hardened segment penetrator followed by a point detonated high explosive warhead that substantially increases the terminal performance against both materiel and personnel targets. The hardened segment penetrator localizes the kinetic, energy of the projectile to increase target penetration prior to the initiation of the high explosive warhead.

Multipurpose munition for personnel and materiel defeat

A medium caliber high kinetic energy round with tracer and self-destruct mechanism having an optimized kinetic energy projectile incorporating a fully hardened projectile body and an explosive self-destruct mechanism for a medium caliber high rate of fire round. The medium caliber high kinetic energy ammunition round incorporates a multiple piece sub-projectile that integrates a tracer and high explosive self-destruct mechanism to neutralize the penetrator during self-destruct and minimize collateral damage during firing.

Medium caliber high kinetic energy round with tracer and self-destruct mechanism

An ammunition round comprises an optimized projectile incorporating a hardened penetrator and an explosive self-destruct mechanism for a medium caliber high rate of fire round. The ammunition round incorporates a hardened segment penetrator followed by a pyrotechnically initiated high explosive warhead that substantially increases the effective range and terminal performance against RAM targets. The hardened segment penetrator localizes the kinetic energy of the projectile to increase target penetration prior to the initiation of the high explosive warhead.

Enhanced terminal performance medium caliber multipurpose traced self-destruct projectile

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 safety valve is provided for metallic ammunition cans having lids which form an environmental seals when closed, the safety valve automatically vents cook-off gases generated when ammunition or other energetic in the ammunition can reach elevated temperatures. The safety valve is deployed in a hole formed in a wall of the ammunition can. The safety valve employs a vent cover which is soldered by means of a eutectic material either directly to an outer surface of the ammunition can or to an insert extending through the hole in the wall of the ammunition can. The vent cover seals gases in the ammunition can until elevated temperatures cause eutectic solder to melt thus freeing a vent cover and releasing cook-off gases from inside of the ammunition can.

Ammunition can with safety valve

A primer adapter allows hand grenade fuzes of different configurations to use the same primer for the ignition of their explosive trains.

Primer adapter for hand grenade fuze

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Newton, NJ, United States of America

Nicole Harasts Sapp