Discus-shaped projectile

US4577813A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Rheinmetall GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Rudolf Romer · Kaarst, DE
• Manfred Moll · Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy, FR

Key dates

• Filing date: May 5, 1980
• Grant date: Mar 25, 1986
• Expiry date: May 5, 2000

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F42B12/14
• WIPO field: Other special machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A weapons system, especially for foot attack upon armored vehicles, has a recoilless firing tube and a discus-shaped projectile. The projectile is provided with a fork having an upper arm and a lower arm and a stabilizer connected to the fork and including a tube having a longitudinal axis and fins at the opposite end. An explosive charge is carried by a hub of the fork and a disk-shaped body is rotatable about the hub between the arms of the fork by a portion of propellant gases to stabilize the projectile along its flight toward a target.