Patent · US Expired

Sub-caliber projectile

US4519317A · kind A · utility

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Assignee

The State of Israel, Ministry of Defence, Rafael Development Authority · IL

Inventor

Gideon Rosenberg · Kiryat Tivon, IL

Key dates

Filing date	May 31, 1983
Grant date	May 28, 1985
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 31, 2003

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF42B14/061
WIPO fieldOther special machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A sub-caliber projectile having a front end, a tail end and a cylindrical aped mid-section of substantially uniform diameter, sabot means comprising an annular obturating disc member and an annular stabilizing member, first retaining means for releasably securing said members together, said sabot means being mounted on and displaceable along said mid-section between a first position wherein it abuts said front end and a second position adjacent said tail end, and second retaining means for retaining said stabilizing member adjacent said tail end, the arrangement being such that after firing of said projectile said sabot means is displaced from said first position to said second position with the release of said obturating disc member from said stabilizing member and with the retention of the latter on said tail end.

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