Abstract A chaff bullet having a nose piece, a body and a rear section. The body encloses a chaff element which comprises a pair of half shells, each tapered at one end, and a plurality of chaff packettes positioned within the half shells. Each chaff packette includes several thousand elongated chaff which are enclosed by a thin wrapping of Mylar. When the chaff bullet is fired from a gun the tracer powder contained in the rear section burns slowly. After a predetermined time the increasing heat from the burning tracer powder causes ignition of an explosive in the body section which forces out the chaff element. The spin of the bullet causes outward release of the half shells and the chaff packettes. When the chaff packettes enter the air stream the Mylar wrapping is unwrapped which releases the chaff into the air in a well dispersed and undamaged condition.
A chaff bullet comprising: a. a nose piece, a body and a rear section; b. said rear section being operatively connected to the rear end of said body; c. a chaff element; d. said chaff element being mounted within said body; e. said chaff element comprising a pair of half shells and at least one chaff packette mounted within said half shells; f. each of said half shells includes a tapered end; g. said nose piece including a cavity; and h. each of the tapered ends of said half shells extends beyond the front end of said body and into said cavity of said nose piece to retain said nose piece in position.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
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A chaff bullet comprising: a. a nose piece, a body and a rear section; b. said rear section being operatively connected to the rear end of said body; c. a chaff element; d. said chaff element being mounted within said body; e. said chaff element comprising a pair of half shells and at least one chaff packette mounted within said half shells; f. each of said half shells includes a tapered end; g. said nose piece including a cavity; and h. each of the tapered ends of said half shells extends beyond the front end of said body and into said cavity of said nose piece to retain said nose piece in position.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
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The chaff bullet of claim 1 wherein: a. said at least one chaff packette includes a plurality of elongated chaff that is wrapped by a strip of thin plastic wrapping.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
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The chaff bullet of claim 4 wherein: a. a pair of half shells are positioned between said chaff and said wrapping.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
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The chaff bullet of claim 1 wherein: a. each of said half shells includes a flat end; b. the flat ends of said half shells are positioned near the rear end of said body; and c. a piston is positioned adjacent said flat ends of said half shells for driving said chaff element from said body.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
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The chaff bullet of claim 4 including: a. a washer made of energy absorbing material positioned between said piston and said rear section.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
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The chaff bullet of claim 6 wherein: a. said rear sections include a tracer element containing a tracer powder and an explosive charge; and b. a metal section positioned between said tracer powder and said explosive charge.