Curved Submachine Gun Target Deflects Flak
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional submachine gun target designs pose a safety risk by allowing projectile flak to rebound towards shooters, range officers, and spectators, as they do not effectively deflect flak away from the impact area.
Innovation Solution
A submachine gun target system featuring a hook and post design with a metal target plate that can be suspended and adjusted, where the target plate is designed to swing or fall upon impact, utilizing curved and round components to deflect flak away from the shooter and spectators, preventing flat surfaces that could reflect flak back.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If a conventional metal plate target design is used, then the target can be simple and easy to manufacture, but projectile flak rebounds towards shooters and spectators creating safety hazards
Solution Approach 1:
The target design incorporates curved surfaces instead of flat plates. The spherical or rounded target surface causes incoming projectiles to deflect at angles away from the shooter rather than rebounding directly backward, thereby eliminating the safety hazard while maintaining manufacturing simplicity
Solution Approach 2:
Instead of trying to stop or contain the flak rebound, the design inverts the approach by shaping the target to naturally deflect flak away from the shooter. The curved geometry reverses the harmful rebound effect into a safe outward trajectory
2Stability of the object's composition
If a metal plate target with base plate is used, then the target can stand upright stably, but the base plate creates an open area that directs flak back to the shooter when the target falls
Solution Approach 1:
The target uses a spherical or rounded design that hangs from or is mounted on the support structure, eliminating the need for a base plate. This curved geometry provides stability through its mounting mechanism while preventing flak from being directed back at the shooter, as there is no flat base plate to create rebound surfaces
3Object-affected harmful factors
If a suspended target design is used, then flak rebound is prevented, but the target requires complex attachment mechanisms and adjustment facilities
Solution Approach 1:
The target system is divided into separate functional components: a simple spherical target element and a distinct attachment mechanism. This segmentation allows the target itself to remain simple while the attachment facility provides the necessary suspension and adjustment capabilities, managing complexity through functional separation
Data Source
AI summary
A submachine gun target system has a target support having a target attachment facility and a target having an attachment element. The target attachment facility may have a first position and a second position, such that the target may be suspended from the target attachment facility with the attachment element residing at the first position or the second position. The target attachment facility may have a retention surface operable to retain the target attachment facility in the first position in response to a bullet strike on the target. The retention surface may be in a forward direction from the second attachment position, such that the retention element does not prevent the target attachment element from being dislodged from the attachment facility when residing at the second position in response to a bullet strike on the target from the forward direction.