Penetrator projectiles

US4624187A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Rheinmetall GmbH · DE

Inventors

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

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 10, 1985
• Grant date: Nov 25, 1986
• Expiry date: Sep 10, 2005

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S102/703
• WIPO field: Other special machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical 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 of 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.