EP0123978A3 - Nose cap for a projectile with an armour-piercing core - Google Patents

Nose cap for a projectile with an armour-piercing core Download PDF

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EP0123978A3
EP0123978A3 EP84104043A EP84104043A EP0123978A3 EP 0123978 A3 EP0123978 A3 EP 0123978A3 EP 84104043 A EP84104043 A EP 84104043A EP 84104043 A EP84104043 A EP 84104043A EP 0123978 A3 EP0123978 A3 EP 0123978A3
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projectile
hood
nose portion
nose
air
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EP0123978B1 (en
EP0123978A2 (en
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Klaus Walter Klein
Klaus Gersbach
Jurgen Dr. Bocker
Jean-Claude Sauvestre
Patrick Montier
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Rheinmetall Industrie AG
Direction General pour lArmement DGA
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Rheinmetall GmbH
Direction General pour lArmement DGA
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Priority to AT84104043T priority Critical patent/ATE31364T1/en
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Publication of EP0123978A3 publication Critical patent/EP0123978A3/en
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F42—AMMUNITION; BLASTING
    • F42B—EXPLOSIVE CHARGES, e.g. FOR BLASTING, FIREWORKS, AMMUNITION
    • F42B14/00—Projectiles or missiles characterised by arrangements for guiding or sealing them inside barrels, or for lubricating or cleaning barrels
    • F42B14/06—Sub-calibre projectiles having sabots; Sabots therefor
    • F42B14/061—Sabots for long rod fin stabilised kinetic energy projectiles, i.e. multisegment sabots attached midway on the projectile

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • General Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Aiming, Guidance, Guns With A Light Source, Armor, Camouflage, And Targets (AREA)
  • Investigating Strength Of Materials By Application Of Mechanical Stress (AREA)
  • Mechanical Pencils And Projecting And Retracting Systems Therefor, And Multi-System Writing Instruments (AREA)

Abstract

An improved nose construction for a subcaliber inertial projectile which is fired with the aid of a sabot. A hood or body is mounted on the nose portion of the projectile. The hood is made of synthetic material and includes longitudinally extending fracture zones and is of substantially cylindrical shape. The frontal portion of the hood is recessed and forms an air flow receiving surface. In lieu of a hood a body, made of a thermoplastic material or the like, may be mounted on the nose portion. This body is adapted to disintegrate as result of air friction. The presence of the hood or body on the nose portion of the projectile, as it exits from a non-illustrated gun barrel, avoids or at least reduces unfavorable air-streaming forces which destabilize the flight characteristics of the projectile and thereby favors a uniform separation of the sabot segments from the projectile. Such uniform separation reduces or completely eliminates undesirable oscillations during flight of the projectile. After the hood or body have disintegrated the projectile acquires a more favorable cw value (drag coefficient during flight.
EP84104043A 1983-04-23 1984-04-11 Nose cap for a projectile with an armour-piercing core Expired EP0123978B1 (en)

Priority Applications (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
AT84104043T ATE31364T1 (en) 1983-04-23 1984-04-11 POINT BODY FOR AN IMPACT BULLET.

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DE3314751 1983-04-23
DE19833314751 DE3314751A1 (en) 1983-04-23 1983-04-23 LACE BODY FOR A BALANCE SHEET

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EP0123978A2 EP0123978A2 (en) 1984-11-07
EP0123978A3 true EP0123978A3 (en) 1985-05-15
EP0123978B1 EP0123978B1 (en) 1987-12-09

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EP (1) EP0123978B1 (en)
AT (1) ATE31364T1 (en)
DE (2) DE3314751A1 (en)

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DE3632629A1 (en) * 1986-09-25 1988-04-07 Rodenstock Optik G Tiltable glasses
US5138949A (en) * 1990-09-20 1992-08-18 Olin Corporation Combustible ammunition cartridge case
US5870647A (en) * 1992-11-09 1999-02-09 Canon Kabushiki Kaisha Pedestal for supporting equipment
US5323708A (en) * 1993-03-29 1994-06-28 Aerojet-General Corporation Clip-lock sabot cap
DE102019113325A1 (en) * 2019-05-20 2020-11-26 Rheinmetall Waffe Munition Gmbh Penetrator, use of a penetrator and bullet
US20230358518A1 (en) * 2022-05-05 2023-11-09 Raytheon Company Sabot or cover for seekers, sensitive windows and surface elements on gun launched munitions

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US2401380A (en) * 1941-12-15 1946-06-04 Alfred F Teitscheid Projectile cap
US3446147A (en) * 1966-03-04 1969-05-27 Oerlikon Buehrle Holding Ag Casing for the sabot of a projectile
DE2034618A1 (en) * 1969-09-23 1971-04-15 Pacific Techmca Corp , Santa Bar bara. Cahf (VStA) Projectile movable towards a target
US3747533A (en) * 1970-12-08 1973-07-24 Oerlikon Buehrle Ag Short trajectory missile
EP0036232A1 (en) * 1980-03-18 1981-09-23 FABRIQUE NATIONALE HERSTAL en abrégé FN Société Anonyme Training projectile
DE3047517A1 (en) * 1980-12-17 1982-07-01 Mauser-Werke Oberndorf Gmbh, 7238 Oberndorf Practice shell with driving ring - has core inside segmented sleeve connected to grooved driving ring carrying reinforcing ring
US4405100A (en) * 1981-02-20 1983-09-20 The United States Of America As Represented By The Secretary Of The Navy Turbulence generator for maximizing configuration tolerances of free flight ordnance

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US3148472A (en) * 1962-06-11 1964-09-15 Edward N Hegge Subcaliber projectile and sabot for high velocity firearms
US3902424A (en) * 1973-12-07 1975-09-02 Us Army Projectile

Patent Citations (7)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US2401380A (en) * 1941-12-15 1946-06-04 Alfred F Teitscheid Projectile cap
US3446147A (en) * 1966-03-04 1969-05-27 Oerlikon Buehrle Holding Ag Casing for the sabot of a projectile
DE2034618A1 (en) * 1969-09-23 1971-04-15 Pacific Techmca Corp , Santa Bar bara. Cahf (VStA) Projectile movable towards a target
US3747533A (en) * 1970-12-08 1973-07-24 Oerlikon Buehrle Ag Short trajectory missile
EP0036232A1 (en) * 1980-03-18 1981-09-23 FABRIQUE NATIONALE HERSTAL en abrégé FN Société Anonyme Training projectile
DE3047517A1 (en) * 1980-12-17 1982-07-01 Mauser-Werke Oberndorf Gmbh, 7238 Oberndorf Practice shell with driving ring - has core inside segmented sleeve connected to grooved driving ring carrying reinforcing ring
US4405100A (en) * 1981-02-20 1983-09-20 The United States Of America As Represented By The Secretary Of The Navy Turbulence generator for maximizing configuration tolerances of free flight ordnance

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DE3468072D1 (en) 1988-01-21
EP0123978B1 (en) 1987-12-09
ATE31364T1 (en) 1987-12-15
US4714024A (en) 1987-12-22
DE3314751A1 (en) 1984-10-25
EP0123978A2 (en) 1984-11-07

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