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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 1991
Filed:
Nov. 30, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
John J Dineen, Wharton, NJ (US);
Winfred T Watson, Flanders, NJ (US);
Gary Fleming, Budd Lake, NJ (US);
Assignee:
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army, Washington, DC (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F42B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
102517 ; 244-323 ;
Abstract
A projectile for use as a range limiting type of projectile is provided. projectile is used with a selective cartridge in a smooth bore gun. This projectile has a body member and a connecting tail cone, which provides projectile roll and which provides velocity decay and high drag to limit projectile range. The tail cone has a conical outer surface which has a plurality of canted grooves.