Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method of converting bomblet to gun-launched grenade
- Patent Title (中): 将炸弹转换成炮手榴弹的方法
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Application No.: US12975697Application Date: 2010-12-22
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Publication No.: US08220395B1Publication Date: 2012-07-17
- Inventor: Ryan Gorman , Philip Magnotti , James Grassi , Matthew Millar , James Hamfeldt
- Applicant: Ryan Gorman , Philip Magnotti , James Grassi , Matthew Millar , James Hamfeldt
- Applicant Address: US DC Washington
- Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army
- Current Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army
- Current Assignee Address: US DC Washington
- Agent Michael C. Sachs
- Main IPC: F42B27/00
- IPC: F42B27/00

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.
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