Subcaliber arrow projectile

US5477786A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Rheinmetall GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Jurgen Leeker · Voerde, DE
• Klaus Unterstein · Goldkronach, DE
• Wilhelm Becker

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 7, 1994
• Grant date: Dec 26, 1995
• Expiry date: Sep 7, 2014

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F42B14/06
• WIPO field: Other special machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A subcaliber arrow projectile includes a projectile body which has a rearwardly widening, conical projectile tip having a forward point and a rearward base, whose caliber corresponds to the projectile caliber. The projectile body further has a rearwardly widening, resistance-stabilizing conical rear part immediately adjoining the base of the projectile tip. The rear part has an enlarged caliber which is greater than the projectile caliber.