Patent · US Expired

Projectile arrangement for a weapon having a gun barrel

US4524697A · kind A · utility

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Assignee

Rheinmetall GmbH · DE

Inventors

Jurgen Bocker · Oberhausen, DE
Klaus Gersbach · Willich, DE
Karl W. Bethmann · Moers, DE
Gerhard Glotz · Düsseldorf, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 9, 1982
Grant date	Jun 25, 1985
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 9, 2002

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF42B12/625
WIPO fieldOther special machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A projectile arrangement for a gun barrel weapon having a plurality of sub-caliber projectiles which are mounted on a common sabot which is composed of a plurality of segments. These projectiles are designed for a sequential flight one behind the other at predetermined distances and along a common flight path and are joined to each other by means of a wire. The leading projectile deactivates a detonating charge upon impacting on a target region of a "actively armored" target, so that the next following projectiles can become target-effective without being disturbed.

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