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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 09, 2010
Renaud Lafont, Bourges, FR;
Pierre Magnan, Saint Palais, FR;
Renaud LaFont, Bourges, FR;
Pierre Magnan, Saint Palais, FR;
Nexter Munitions, Versailles, FR;
Abstract
An ammunition firing device incorporating a firing pin intended to impact a pyrotechnic composition to activate its ignition, wherein said firing pin incorporates a rod that slides when said ammunition is fired through the effect of the firing acceleration from a starting position to a deployed position, able to be locked in said deployed position, said rod being integral with a percussion tip occupying a fixed position in contact with said pyrotechnic composition, said rod being located fully inside said tip in said starting position and protruding from said tip in its deployed position, said device further incorporating a hammer to strike said rod during the impact of said ammunition on a target to cause the ignition of said composition.