Projectile with sabot
AssigneeDynamit Nobel Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsRudolf Stahlmann, Uwe Brede, Axel Homburg
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Abstract
A sabot projectile including a sabot, a subcaliber projectile and a hood arranged in front of the sabot and surrounding at least a part of the projectile. The hood is coupled to the sabot and/or the projectile and is separable therefrom. The sabot is provided with at least one bore extending in the longitudinal direction and arranged for exposure to propellant gases upon firing of the sabot projectile from the barrel of a weapon and for directing the propellant gases onto the hood for accelerating the hood relative to the projectile while the sabot projectile is within the barrel of the weapon.
Claims35
A sabot projectile comprising a subcaliber projectile, a sabot having at least one longitudinally extending bore means arranged for exposure to propellant gases upon firing of the sabot projectile from a barrel of a weapon, and a hood means arranged in front of the sabot and surrounding at least a portion of the subcaliber projectile, the hood means being coupled at least to one of the sabot and the subcaliber projectile and being separable therefrom, the bore means being arranged for directing the propellant gases onto the hood means for accelerating the hood means relative to at least one of the sabot and subcaliber projectile while the sabot projectile is within the barrel of the weapon. sabot
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.