US12422232 - Bullet system with multiple drag-reducing capabilities
A bullet system ( 1 ) for use with a weapon upon firing, the bullet system ( 1 ) including a main body ( 3 ) acting as a projectile, as well as a first, second and third drag-reducing assemblies ( 5 a, 5 b, 5 c ) for providing the bullet system ( 1 ) with reductions of base drag, frontal drag and skin drag, during flight trajectory, the drag-reducing assemblies ( 5 a, 5 b, 5 c ) being fluidly connectable to one another via a common longitudinal channel ( 11 ), and the most frontward ( 5 b ) of said drag-reducing assemblies ( 5 a, 5 b, 5 c ) being provided with a material capable of being converted into an operative vapor discharge to be released from an orifice located at the bullet tip for covering the outer surface of the main body ( 3 ) of the bullet system ( 1 ) with said operative vapor discharge during flight, and thus, reducing the skin and frontal drag of the bullet system ( 1 ) during flight; wherein the first drag-reducing assembly ( 5 a ) is being provided about a rearward portion of the main body ( 3 ) for providing the bullet ( 1 ) with a reduction of base drag during flight trajectory.