Patent ID: 7908972
Filing Date: 2011-03-22
Classification: F42B

Abstract:
1. A flare-bang cartridge assembly, comprising: a tubular cartridge; and a projectile within said tubular cartridge, said projectile comprising: a tubular projectile casing; a flare compound located at one end of the tubular projectile casing, said flare compound having a starter compound at one end for igniting said flare compound; a transfer charge located at an opposite end of the flare compound, said transfer charge comprising a delay fuse composition; and a flash charge within said projectile casing, said flash charge being ignited by said transfer charge; and a weighty and frangible ballast located on a leading edge of said projectile, at an end of the tubular projectile casing opposite from the end having the flare compound, wherein a weight of said ballast is sufficient to provide stability and accuracy in flight, and wherein an at least one material comprising the weighty and frangible ballast is sufficiently frangible such that, after burning of said flare compound and after subsequent detonation of said flash charge, the at least one material comprises low mass, low energy components.