Patent ID: 8468946

Claim:
A grenade round particularly adapted for breaching a door, said grenade round configured to be launched from a rifled bore having lands, grooves, a land diameter, and a groove diameter, comprising: a. a propulsion assembly; b. a projectile attached to said propulsion assembly; c. said projectile including a body and a detonation assembly; d. said body containing explosive; e. said detonation assembly including a standoff ogive, a fuse assembly, and a detonator; f. said fuse assembly including a striker, with said striker being configured to set off said detonator when said striker is struck, and a hammer weight positioned to bear against said striker; g. said standoff ogive including, i. a cylindrical side wall connected to said fuse assembly, ii. a nose cap extending forward of said fuse assembly, iii. a sloping side wall linking said cylindrical side wall of said standoff ogive to said nose cap of said standoff ogive, iv. a thrust column extending from said nose cap to said hammer weight, said thrust column being made of a stiff material so that an impact on said nose cap is immediately transmitted to said hammer weight; h. said body including, i. a cylindrical side wall, ii. an aft closure; i. said cylindrical side wall of said body and said aft closure of said body including an electrically conductive element; and j. said cylindrical side wall of said body is mechanically and electrically connected to said fuse assembly.