Patent ID: 6523476
Filing Date: 2003-02-25
Classification: F42B

Abstract:
Ammunition, comprising:a case comprising a combustible or consumable wound package having an adaptation region for a projectile at a first end, an adaptation region for an end socket at a second end and a wall including at least one double layer of intersecting filaments, the filaments being impregnated or coated with a binding agent; and an end socket containing a detonating charge connected to the adaptation region for the end socket at the second end of the wound package; wherein the wound package is in one piece and a density of winding of the wound package is varied over a length of the wound package to match a loading of the case, the density of winding being determined by an angle of intersection of the filaments in the at least one double layer, angles of intersection of the filaments of the wound package being smaller in the adaptation region for a projectile and the adaptation region for the end socket than angles of intersection of the filaments in remaining regions of the wound case.