Penetrator for a subcaliber impact projectile

US4703696A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Rheinmetall GmbH · DE

Inventor

• Jurgen Bocker · Oberhausen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 27, 1981
• Grant date: Nov 3, 1987
• Expiry date: Jul 27, 2001

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F42B12/06
• WIPO field: Other special machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A penetrator for a subcaliber impact or inertial projectile, especially a projectile adapted to pierce or break an armored target, which comprises a core of comparatively high density within a metallic housing or shell and in which the core is subdivided along a longitudinal axis into at least two core parts with the core parts being encased in respective sheaths which prevent transmission of cracks from one part to another, a spacing being formed between the parts by at least one sheath and having a thickness corresponding at least to the thickness of one sheath.