Accession Number:
ADD002494
Title:
Means for the Elimination of a Cartridge Rim.
Descriptive Note:
Patent,
Corporate Author:
DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY WASHINGTON D C
Personal Author(s):
Report Date:
1975-12-30
Pagination or Media Count:
4.0
Abstract:
The patent relates to a cartridge fabricated from consumable material and having a rim which can be used to extract it should it fail to fire. A fuse train leading from the cartridges initiator to the cartridges rim is used to ignite a pyrotechnic train in the rim after the cartridge has been fired and thereby initiate consumption of the rim.
Descriptors:
Subject Categories:
- Ammunition and Explosives