US 12,228,387 B2
Igniter system and piece of ammunition
Frank Schoetzig, Celle (DE); Julia Strenger, Hamburg (DE); Beate Brauer, Berga (DE); and Christopher Zimmermann, Ahrensburg (DE)
Assigned to Rheinmetall Waffe Munition GmbH, Suedheide (DE)
Filed by Rheinmetall Waffe Munition GmbH, Suedheide (DE)
Filed on Sep. 2, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/902,087.
Application 17/902,087 is a continuation of application No. PCT/EP2021/053877, filed on Feb. 17, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2020 106 177.3 (DE), filed on Mar. 6, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0003497 A1, Jan. 5, 2023
Int. Cl. F42C 19/08 (2006.01)
CPC F42C 19/0826 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An igniter system for a piece of ammunition, the piece of ammunition comprising a penetrator having a tail unit and a sabot, the igniter system comprising:
at least one propellant igniter;
at least one propellant charge; and
at least one igniter element designed to transmit ignition power, which extends away from the propellant igniter, and the at least one igniter element is designed to transmit ignition power to the propellant charge,
wherein the at least one igniter element is arranged at a distance from the propellant igniter,
wherein the at least one igniter element has a greater flashover speed or burn-through speed, compared to the at least one propellant charge, and
wherein the at least one igniter element is arranged on the penetrator between the tail unit and the sabot.
 
17. A piece of ammunition comprising:
a projectile, comprising a penetrator, comprising:
a sabot;
a tail unit; and
an igniter system, for a piece of ammunition, the igniter system comprising:
a propellant igniter;
a propellant charge; and
an igniter element designed to transmit ignition power, which extends away from the propellant igniter, and the igniter element is designed to transmit ignition power to the propellant charge,
wherein the igniter element is arranged at a distance from the propellant igniter,
wherein the at least one igniter element has a greater flashover speed or burn-through speed, compared to the at least one propellant charge; and
wherein the igniter element is arranged on the penetrator between the tail unit and the sabot.