Impact projectile

US4708064A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Rheinmetall GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Bernhard Bisping · Ratingen, DE
• Klaus Gersbach · Willich, DE
• Rudolf Romer · Kaarst, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 23, 1982
• Grant date: Nov 24, 1987
• Expiry date: Aug 23, 2002

Classification

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

Abstract

An armor piercing breaking projectile using a stack of prepenetrating partial cores with interfitting centering bosses and respective cutting edges for piercing successive layers of armor.