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US 2023/0055141 A1Published application
Projectile, in particular in the medium caliber range
AssigneeRheinmetall Waffe Munition GmbH
InventorsUdo STENZEL, Tobias LITTE, Daniel STOPPER
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Abstract
A projectile having a projectile body for holding a penetrator, a projectile rear, and a projectile ogive. The projectile body has a narrowed point, on which the penetrator can be supported. The narrowed point results in reliable breaking open of the projectile body when the projectile hits a target.
Claims5
A projectile comprising:
- a penetrator;
- a projectile body for accommodating the penetrator, the projectile body being a tube section with an inner diameter having a constriction configured for supporting the penetrator;
- a projectile stern;
- and
- a projectile ogive,
- wherein the inner diameter of the projectile body at the constriction is smaller than at all remaining portions of the inner diameter provided forward and rearward of the constriction, and
- wherein, with respect to an axial direction of the inner diameter, a length of the constriction is smaller than a length of each of the remaining portions of the inner diameter provided forward and rearward of the constriction.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.