Patent ID: 6293203
Filing Date: 2001-09-25
Classification: F42B

Abstract:
Self-loading sidearms ammunition comprising a cartridge case and a projectile, said projectile having a limit velocity that is not less than 518 meters/second, the cartridge case having a substantially cylindrical first portion of a first diameter, a substantially cylindrical second portion of reduced diameter, and a conical portion intermediate the first portion and the second portion, the projectile being held in said portion of reduced diameter, and the cartridge being adapted to fire the projectile, wherein the length of the cartridge case is less than or equal to 26 millimeters, wherein the ratio of the external diameter of the cartridge case at its widest point to the external diameter of the projectile at its widest point is such that, when the ammunition is fired in a weapon having a barrel, high velocity wounding is caused when the projectile hits a target at at least the limit velocity, wherein the ratio of the external diameter of the cartridge at its widest point to the diameter of the external diameter of the projectile at its widest point is greater than or equal to 1.4 to 1, and wherein said projectile is jacketed.