Patent · US Expired

Spin stabilized projectile assembly

US4177733A · kind A · utility

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Assignee

Rheinmetall GmbH · DE

Inventors

Rudolf Romer · Kaarst, DE
Manfred Moll · Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy, FR
Christian Jaeneke · Aachen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 19, 1977
Grant date	Dec 11, 1979
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 19, 1997

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF42B14/02
WIPO fieldOther special machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

There is described a spin stabilized projectile assembly including a projectile, a sabot, and a guide ring. The projectile is provided with a shoulder at the rear end of which abuts the sabot, the projectile and sabot being connected by the guide ring which extends around the projectile and part of the sabot. The guide ring is arranged so that after the projectile assembly has been fired and has left the barrel of the weapon the sabot and the projectile separate. The sabot has a diameter substantially equal to that of the projectile; the guide ring is secured to the sabot against relative movement in a longitudinal direction but is rotatable with respect to the sabot.

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