US Government As Represented by the Secretary of the Army

Pasquale Carlucci

Leon Moy

Viral Panchal

Mark Mellini

Pavol Stofko

Christopher Mougeotte

Lyonel E Reinhardt

Nicholas Payne

The present invention is directed to composite munition cases that burn without significant residue, rugged enough to withstand rough handling, and provides for additional burn rate control over current state of the art metal and combustible munition cases. The munition cases disclose herein utilizes combustible composite materials having an inner and outer walls connected by support structures. The support structures can be radial walls or honeycomb shaped cells. In another embodiment wedge elements assembled into a cylindrical munition case is also proposed. Exemplary composite materials include felted fiber, foam celluloid and polystyrene.

Combustible munition case with cell cavities

An insensitive munition (IM) feature for a lightweight LW 30 MM ammunition projectile utilizing combustible vent plugs for the projectile, which plugs feature an exclusively nitrocellulose material sheet fused to a metal foil sheet, to plug vent holes in the projectile.

Exoskeleton cartridge case design for LW 30MM ammunition

A ground surface reconnaissance projectile includes a tube-launched 60 mm inert mortar round, which remotely relays reconnaissance and surveillance data back to an operator, after it has landed and uprighted itself. The types of collected data include for example, visual imagery of the target area in 360 degrees, acoustic target tracking and voice recognition, infra-red motion detection, and magnetic field disturbance sensing.

Ground surface reconnaissance projectile

A round for launching from a gun may include a cartridge case and a projectile body adjacent the cartridge case. A pusher may be disposed in the cartridge case and may be operable to push the projectile body upon firing the round. An imaging sensor may be disposed at least partially in the projectile body. The imaging sensor may include a sensor base and a sensor lens. A first kinetic energy absorber may be disposed around the sensor base. A second kinetic energy absorber may be disposed around the sensor lens. After the round is fired and the pusher exits the gun, the pusher may separate from the projectile body and the second kinetic energy absorber may separate from the imaging sensor.

Kinetic energy absorber and method for gun-launched projectile

A kinetic energy absorbing apparatus includes a body having a generally ogival exterior surface; and at least one kinetic energy absorbing structure (KEAS) extending generally rearwardly from substantially an interior surface of the body.

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Pasquale Carlucci