Sub-calibre projectile with sabot
AssigneeSteyr-Daimler-Puch AG
InventorElmar Bilgeri
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Abstract
Described is a sub-calibre projectile of the sabot (pusher-plate) type with discarding cap segments (11). The projectile has a pressure plate (15) with a rearwards-projecting alignment spike (16) which is inserted into a pressure piece (18). Held between the pressure plate (15) and the pressure piece (18) are the bases (24, 25) of the cap segments (11), thus enabling very high gas-pressure forces to be transmitted and the cap segments to be discarded without affecting the target accuracy of the projectile.
Claims5
Sub-calibre projectile comprising a core projectile, whose rear end is acted on by pusher means, and a discarding cage, the pusher means comprising a pressure plate (15) with a rearward projecting alignment spike (16) and a pressure piece (18) into which is inserted the alignment spike (16), characterised in that the cage (10) comprises individual segments (11) and in that bases (14) of the segments (11) are secured between pressure plate (15) and pressure piece (18) and are linked to the segments (11) at the level of the pressure plate (15) by webs (13) which constitute breaking points.
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