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Impact projectile assembly

US4516502A · kind A · utility

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6Claims

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Assignee

Rheinmetall GmbH · DE

Inventors

Klaus W. Klein · Neuss, DE
Jurgen Bocker · Oberhausen, DE
Gerhard Glotz · Düsseldorf, DE
Klaus Gersbach · Willich, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 1, 1983
Grant date	May 14, 1985
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 1, 2003

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10S102/703
WIPO fieldOther special machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A subcaliber projectile assembly especially for attack against active armor has an enabling projectile disposed axially ahead of a main projectile and in line and in end-to-end relationship therewith in a common sabot. The fin structures of the two projectiles are designed to increase the resistance of the main projectile so that it is retarded relative to the enabling projectile and strikes the target only after the enabling projectile has depleted at least one level of defense along the line of attack.

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