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Limited range, arrow stabilized subcaliber projectile for a tubular weapon

US4765248A · kind A · utility

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Assignee

Rheinmetall GmbH · DE

Inventors

Heinz-Josef Kruse · Ratingen, DE
Ulrich Theis · Mülheim, DE
Klaus-Dieter Pahnke · Solingen, DE
Peter Wallow · Düsseldorf, DE
Wilfried Becker · Düsseldorf, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 23, 1987
Grant date	Aug 23, 1988
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 23, 2007

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF42B10/48
WIPO fieldOther special machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A subcaliber projectile intended for arrow stabilization has its guide assembly set so that the projectile spins around its longitudinal axis and is constructed so that it is unbalanced with respect to its longitudinal axis such that the spinning reaches a critical number of revolutions at a given time during the trajectory of the projectile and the resulting resonance causes destruction of the projectile.

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