Patent · US Expired

Finned subcaliber projectile

US4524695A · kind A · utility

12Cited by

9References

18Claims

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Assignee

ETAT FRANCAIS · FR

Inventors

Bernhard Bisping · Ratingen, DE
Klaus Gersbach · Willich, DE
Hans W. Luther · Kaarst, DE
Walter Simon · Orpund, CH
Peter Wallow · Düsseldorf, DE
Patrick Montier · Bourges, FR
Pierre A. Moreau · Calgary, CA
Jean-Claude Sauvestre · Bourges, FR

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 25, 1984
Grant date	Jun 25, 1985
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 25, 2004

Classification

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

Abstract

The technical area of the present invention relates to an anti-tank weapon comprising a finned projectile of the arrow type and a launching shoe. The projectile of the invention comprises a shoe 2 the rear portion of which has fins 10 provided with pins 11 which rest against the compression cone 7 of the tube of the weapon. These fins make it possible to obtain practically constant compressive pressure and assure a proper guidance of the projectile during the barrel phase. Application to the field of armaments.

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