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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2010
Ryan Gorman, Mountain Lakes, NJ (US);
Philip Magnotti, Westfield, NJ (US);
James Grassi, Rockaway, NJ (US);
Matthew Millar, Union, NJ (US);
James Hamfeldt, Hopatcong, NJ (US);
Ryan Gorman, Mountain Lakes, NJ (US);
Philip Magnotti, Westfield, NJ (US);
James Grassi, Rockaway, NJ (US);
Matthew Millar, Union, NJ (US);
James Hamfeldt, Hopatcong, NJ (US);
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
A Dual Purpose Improved Conventional Munition (DPICM) bomblet may be converted into a gun-launched grenade. The bomblet may include a fuze, a shaped-charge liner, a casing, and explosive material disposed between the shaped-charge liner and the casing. An ogive may be attached to an open end of the bomblet. A generally cup-shaped pusher may be placed over the fuze and attached to the bomblet casing. A conventional cartridge case assembly may be fixed to a fuze end of the bomblet. When the gun-launched grenade impacts a target, the casing may shatter to form shrapnel and a shaped-charge jet may be formed.