Two Stage Parachute Fuze Recovery System

Abstract

A two stage parachute recovery system for use in recovering fuzes or other sensitive equipment from a projectile that has been launched from a gun barrel wherein explosive means are successively detonated by a timing mechanisms and by centrifugal force imparted to the projectile respectively so as to deploy each of the said parachutes and to thereby recover the fuze before impact.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1980
Accession Number
ADD007176

Entities

People

  • Carl R. Peterson
  • John F. Mcniela

Organizations

  • United States Department of the Navy

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Actuators
  • Ammunition
  • Centrifugal Force
  • Delay Elements (Explosive)
  • Explosive Actuators
  • Explosive Charges
  • Explosives
  • Gun Barrels
  • Gun Launched
  • Guns
  • High Temperature
  • Inventions
  • Parachute Fabrics
  • Parachutes
  • Projectiles
  • Recovery
  • Test Facilities

Readers

  • Emergency Management and Homeland Security.
  • Explosive Engineering.
  • ballistics.