| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 5544587 |
Cannon ammunition having combustible cartridge case |
August 13, 1996 |
| In cannon ammunition including a cartridge case containing a propellant charge, a case bottom to which the cartridge case is connected, a charge igniter, and a primmer element positioned in the case bottom, the improvement in which the cartridge case is combustible, is connected to t |
| 5443009 |
Charge arrangement for cartridge ammunition |
August 22, 1995 |
| A charge arrangement for cartridge ammunition having a cartridge case, a bottom igniter secured in the case bottom and a primer that coaxially surrounds at least one part of the propellant composed of bulk powder and a tail-side part of a projectile that projects into the cartridge case. |
| 5400714 |
Large-caliber two part ammunition unit |
March 28, 1995 |
| A method and an apparatus for producing a large-caliber ammunition unit including a combustible or partially combustible propelling charge casing and compacted or partially compacted propelling charge powder, to increase internal ballistic performance. It is known to partially or complet |
| 5335599 |
Ammunition unit |
August 9, 1994 |
| A performance enhanced ammunition unit composed of a front ammunition component (1) and a rear ammunition component (2) which each include a combustible propelling charge casing (7, 12), with the rear ammunition component being filled with propelling charge powder that has been compr |
| 5289776 |
Method and apparatus for producing large-caliber ammunition |
March 1, 1994 |
| A method and an apparatus for producing a large-caliber ammunition unit including a combustible or partially combustible propelling charge casing and compacted or partially compacted propelling charge powder, to increase internal ballistic performance. It is known to partially or complet |
| 5282423 |
Modular propellant charge |
February 1, 1994 |
| A modular propellant charge (10) composed of N propellant charge modules (1; 11-16) each having a length Lo. In order to obtain an economical, durable, easily released connection between the propellant charge modules (1; 11-16), a displaceable sleeve (6; 17-22) of a length L is axially |
| 5180883 |
Ammunition |
January 19, 1993 |
| To improve the combustion behavior of a two-part large-caliber ammunition round (10) composed of a primary charge (20) and a projectile charge (30), an annular transfer charge (29) is provided in the primary charge (20) underneath a charge casing cover (28) which terminated the primary c |
| 5133240 |
Method and apparatus for producing large-caliber ammunition |
July 28, 1992 |
| A method and an apparatus for producing a large-caliber ammunition unit including a combustible or partially combustible propelling charge casing and compacted or partially compacted propelling charge powder, to increase internal ballistic performance. It is known to partially or complet |
| 5052304 |
Propelling charge container |
October 1, 1991 |
| A receptacle for the propelling charge for large caliber gun ammunition is combustible, and includes a barrel-protection coating which is applied directly to the interior surface of the receptacle. The coating is composed of a mixture of wax and titanium dioxide. In order to prevent the |
| 4922823 |
Ignition transfer charge for a propelling charge |
May 8, 1990 |
| An ignition transfer body for a propellant-charge module is coaxially surrounded by a supporting tube and includes at least one clear ignition channel. The ignition transfer charge is composed of a first propellant-charge powder generating thermal energy in a range of 3 kJ/g to 4.5 k |
