WO2000071966A3 - Fragmented taggant ammunition coding system and method - Google Patents

Fragmented taggant ammunition coding system and method Download PDF

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WO2000071966A3
WO2000071966A3 PCT/US2000/013937 US0013937W WO0071966A3 WO 2000071966 A3 WO2000071966 A3 WO 2000071966A3 US 0013937 W US0013937 W US 0013937W WO 0071966 A3 WO0071966 A3 WO 0071966A3
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taggant
ammunition
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coding system
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Richard P Welle
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Priority to US11/523,469 priority patent/US8158433B2/en

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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F42—AMMUNITION; BLASTING
    • F42B—EXPLOSIVE CHARGES, e.g. FOR BLASTING, FIREWORKS, AMMUNITION
    • F42B35/00—Testing or checking of ammunition
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C06—EXPLOSIVES; MATCHES
    • C06B—EXPLOSIVES OR THERMIC COMPOSITIONS; MANUFACTURE THEREOF; USE OF SINGLE SUBSTANCES AS EXPLOSIVES
    • C06B23/00—Compositions characterised by non-explosive or non-thermic constituents
    • C06B23/008—Tagging additives
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F42—AMMUNITION; BLASTING
    • F42B—EXPLOSIVE CHARGES, e.g. FOR BLASTING, FIREWORKS, AMMUNITION
    • F42B5/00—Cartridge ammunition, e.g. separately-loaded propellant charges
    • F42B5/02—Cartridges, i.e. cases with charge and missile
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F42—AMMUNITION; BLASTING
    • F42B—EXPLOSIVE CHARGES, e.g. FOR BLASTING, FIREWORKS, AMMUNITION
    • F42B5/00—Cartridge ammunition, e.g. separately-loaded propellant charges
    • F42B5/02—Cartridges, i.e. cases with charge and missile
    • F42B5/16—Cartridges, i.e. cases with charge and missile characterised by composition or physical dimensions or form of propellant charge, with or without projectile, or powder

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The present invention relates to identification tagging and is specifically directed to identification tagging of ammunition (10). An isotopic taggant (16) is deposited in a layer at the interface between the primer (12) and the propellant so that, as the ammunition is fired, the taggant is dispersed throughout the propellant. The taggant is thus contained in the gunshot residue formed during the firing, and can be read by analysis of residue particles. Alternatively, the taggant may be deposited in a layer (24) under the primer reactants, or in pellets (22) which are easily destroyed by the chemical reactions involved in firing the ammunition, again dispersing the taggant throughout the propellant and the gunshot residue. Non-isotopic chemical taggants may also be employed if they are encoded so as to minimize the possibility of the information being destroyed or improperly read after the taggants are exposed to the chemical reactions in firing the ammunition. This is accomplished by employing a binary coding system and a system of authentication tags. Particulate taggants may also be used. The required large number of unique identification tags are obtained by using a fragmented coding system wherein each particle encodes only a portion of the serial number.
PCT/US2000/013937 1999-05-25 2000-05-19 Fragmented taggant ammunition coding system and method WO2000071966A2 (en)

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US09/993,467 US7112445B1 (en) 2000-05-19 2000-05-19 Fragmented taggant coding system and method with application to ammunition tagging
AU51500/00A AU5150000A (en) 1999-05-25 2000-05-19 Fragmented taggant coding system and method with application to ammunition tagging
US11/523,469 US8158433B2 (en) 1999-05-25 2006-09-18 Fragmented taggant coding system and method with application to ammunition tagging

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US4222330A (en) * 1978-08-16 1980-09-16 General Electric Company Magnetically tagging ammunition cartridges
US4329393A (en) * 1980-05-21 1982-05-11 Minnesota Mining And Manufacturing Company Coating compositions for retrospective identification of articles
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US4359399A (en) * 1980-08-27 1982-11-16 The United States Of America As Represented By The Secretary Of The Air Force Taggants with explosive induced magnetic susceptibility
US4363678A (en) * 1980-12-17 1982-12-14 Tohoku Metal Industries Explosives having powdered ferrite magnet as a tracer dispersed therethrough and a method for producing the same
US4399226A (en) * 1978-09-28 1983-08-16 Minnesota Mining And Manufacturing Company Tagging with microcapsules containing perfluoroalkyl pentafluorosulfide
US4455179A (en) * 1980-11-11 1984-06-19 Tohoku Metal Industries, Ltd. Method for the preparation of magnetically traceable explosives
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US6082264A (en) * 1996-12-19 2000-07-04 Sasol Mining Initiators (Proprietary) Limited Connectors for wired networks for detonators

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US1650908A (en) * 1924-09-03 1927-11-29 Ramsey George Method and apparatus for identifying ammunition
US3772200A (en) * 1971-04-30 1973-11-13 Minnesota Mining & Mfg Method of tagging with microparticles
US4018635A (en) * 1971-05-17 1977-04-19 Westinghouse Electric Corporation Phosphor combination, particularly adapted for use with explosives, for providing a distinctive information label
US4131064A (en) * 1977-07-15 1978-12-26 Westinghouse Electric Corp. Tagging particles which are easily detected by luminescent response, or magnetic pickup, or both
US4222330A (en) * 1978-08-16 1980-09-16 General Electric Company Magnetically tagging ammunition cartridges
US4399226A (en) * 1978-09-28 1983-08-16 Minnesota Mining And Manufacturing Company Tagging with microcapsules containing perfluoroalkyl pentafluorosulfide
US4329393A (en) * 1980-05-21 1982-05-11 Minnesota Mining And Manufacturing Company Coating compositions for retrospective identification of articles
US4359399A (en) * 1980-08-27 1982-11-16 The United States Of America As Represented By The Secretary Of The Air Force Taggants with explosive induced magnetic susceptibility
US4455179A (en) * 1980-11-11 1984-06-19 Tohoku Metal Industries, Ltd. Method for the preparation of magnetically traceable explosives
US4363678A (en) * 1980-12-17 1982-12-14 Tohoku Metal Industries Explosives having powdered ferrite magnet as a tracer dispersed therethrough and a method for producing the same
US4359353A (en) * 1981-05-18 1982-11-16 Hydrocarbon Research, Inc. Polypeptides as chemical tagging materials
US5646365A (en) * 1994-01-18 1997-07-08 Collier; William E. Bullet identification
WO1997021067A1 (en) * 1995-12-06 1997-06-12 Orica Trading Pty Ltd Electronic explosives initiating device
US6082264A (en) * 1996-12-19 2000-07-04 Sasol Mining Initiators (Proprietary) Limited Connectors for wired networks for detonators

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