Patent · US Expired

Penetrator projectiles

US4559876A · kind A · utility

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2Claims

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Assignee

Rheinmetall GmbH · DE

Inventors

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

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 23, 1984
Grant date	Dec 24, 1985
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 23, 2004

Classification

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

Abstract

A nose unit for a discarding sabot penetrator having a bolt in a bore of the pointed nose which is temporarily displaced on firing due to acceleration and against a restoring spring. This produces a circular edge and a break in the contour of the nose to define a limit surface between a zone or supersonic airflow and a zone of subsonic airflow, at least during the separation of the sabot segments. This facilitates the uniformed detachment of the segments.

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