Subcaliber kinetic energy projectile

US5936191A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Rheinmetall Industrie AG · DE

Inventors

• Bernhard Bisping · Ratingen, DE
• Ulf Hahn · Ratingen, DE
• Wolfgang Stein · Freudenstadt, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 14, 1997
• Grant date: Aug 10, 1999
• Expiry date: May 14, 2017

Classification

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

Abstract

A subcaliber kinetic energy projectile includes a cylindrical penetrator core of tungsten heavy metal; a solid conical projectile tip of light metal adjoining a front end of the penetrator core in a butt joint; and a friction weld bonding the penetrator core to the projectile tip at the butt joint.