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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 09, 2024
Filed:
Apr. 20, 2023
Applicant:
The Secretary of State for Defence, Salisbury, GB;
Inventor:
Peter Richard Rushforth, Salisbury, GB;
Assignee:
The Secretary of State for Defence, Salisbury, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F41H 11/12 (2011.01); F42B 12/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F41H 11/12 (2013.01); F42B 12/36 (2013.01);
Abstract
A projectile for piercing a casing of a mine containing an explosive material. The projectile includes a projectile body having a nose portion and a tail portion and a longitudinal axis, a switch, and electrodes separated such that in use an electrical discharge can flow between them through an explosive material contained within a mine, or to initiate an energetic material provided between the electrodes to detonate an explosive material contained within a mine. Also provided is a method of mine disposal.