Releasable sabot for a subcaliber projectile
US5481980A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 18, 1994 |
| Grant date | Jan 9, 1996 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 18, 2014 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF42B14/061
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
Jettisonable sabot for a subcaliber projectile. In a jettisonable sabot for a subcaliber projectile, which is fired from a weapon barrel having helical grooves, there is a risk that individual segments of a sabot body, strike the projectile body with their edges during the separation from the projectile body, with these impacts against the projectile body impairing the impact accuracy. In order to avoid these impacts, the parting planes or slots between the individual segments of the sabot body are not arranged radially, as in the past, but rather parallel with radial planes with a specified distance (d) corresponding to at least half of the radius (R) of the projectile body, with the slits between the segments of the sabot jacket preferably being arranged parallel to radial planes with a specified distance (d).
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