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US 4989517

TANDEM BOMBLET

Assignee

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY, THE

Filed

Mar 29, 1982

Granted

Feb 5, 1991

Location

MONTAGUE NJ US

Abstract

The invention discloses an improved conventional munition employing a dualomblet configuration including dual shaped charges and a design which uses a Misznay-Schardin end plate with a shaped charge. Both bomblets are separately enclosed by fragmenting warheads that are positioned in tandem. the tandem bomblet design results in a nesting arrangement of the fragmenting warhead, or sub-munition, to produce maximum packaging efficiency. A forward sub-munition of a tandem bomblet will nest within a cavity of a shaped charge of an aft sub-munition.

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35 USC §181 Secrecy Order

Imposed

Dec 7, 1983

Rescinded

Jun 26, 1990

Duration

6 years, 6 months

Inventor

  • 1LOUIS J. ADIMARI

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