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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2017
U.s. Army Research Laboratory Attn: Rdrl-loc-i, Adelphi, MD (US);
Gregory S. Mannix, Oxford, PA (US);
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
An ammunition storage compartment includes a plurality of connected walls defining an interior region to store ammunition, wherein at least one of the walls includes an outer armor plate having an outer surface and an inner surface. A layer of energy absorbing material is located proximate the inner surface of the armor plate in the interior region. A spall mitigating panel is located inward of the layer of energy absorbing material in the interior region. At least one air gap is in between the layer of energy absorbing material and the spall mitigating panel.