Case bottom for large caliber ammunition and method for producing same

US20050115446A1Inactive Publication Date: 2005-06-02RHEINMETALL WAFFE MUNITION GMBH
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Authority / Receiving Office
US · United States
Current Assignee / Owner
RHEINMETALL WAFFE MUNITION GMBH
Publication Date
2005-06-02
Estimated Expiration
Not applicable · inactive patent

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Abstract

A case bottom is provided for use with a large-caliber ammunition cartridge. The case bottom has a bottom section; a cylindrical section connected to the bottom section; a guide region provided on an end of the cylindrical section opposite the bottom section; and a ring-shaped elastic obturation that projects from and is connected to the cylindrical section. An outside diameter of the guide region is such that it is for supporting itself directly on an inside wall of a loading chamber for a respective weapon barrel following loading of the cartridge.
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CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION

[0001] This application claims the priority of German Patent Application, DE 103 54 011.3 filed Nov. 19, 2003, which is incorporated herein by reference. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

[0002] The invention relates to a case bottom for large-caliber ammunition. The invention furthermore relates to a method for producing a case bottom of this type.

[0003] A related case bottom is known, for example, from reference DE 23 03 790 C3. It comprises a bottom section and a cylindrical case section made of steel, provided on the front with a relatively thin-walled, web-type guide region for guiding a ring-shaped obturation. The web-type guide region in this case is covered on the inside and outside completely by the obturation, so that following the loading of the respective cartridge, the guide region supports itself via the obturation, e.g. consisting of rubber, on the wall of the weapon barrel.

[0004] The known case bottom has the disadvantage that the w...

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