Method of making a subcaliber kinetic energy projectile

US6035501A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Rheinmetall W & M GmbH · DE

Inventors

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

Key dates

• Filing date: May 12, 1999
• Grant date: Mar 14, 2000
• Expiry date: May 12, 2019

Classification

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

Abstract

A method of making a subcaliber kinetic energy projectile includes the following consecutive steps: friction-welding a light-metal blank to a frontal end face of a tungsten heavy metal penetrator core, wherein the blank is overdimensioned relative to the penetrator core; and forming a conical projectile tip from the blank.