US3899978A - Fin-stabilized subcaliber projectile - Google Patents
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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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- ABSTRACT A fin-stabilized subcaliber projectile, which comprises a projectile body including a central portion.
- a drive cage surrounds the central portion of the projectile body.
- the drive cage includes a plurality of segments held together by suitable means and covered by a common sealing disc on its rear side.
- the sealing disc lies in front of a guide or fin assembly arranged at the rear.
- the rear of the drive cage is formed as a frustocone, and the sealing disc on the rear side is shaped such that as a result of gas pressure developed upon firing, the drive-cage segments are pushed with radial force against the projectile body.
- the present invention relates to a fin-stabilized subcaliber projectile having a drive cage, surrounding the body of the projectile in its center region, said cage consisting of a plurality of segments which are held together by suitable means and are covered by a common sealing disk at the rear, the disk in its turn lying in front of the guide or fin assembly arranged at the rear (see U.S. Pat. No. 3,620,167).
- the drive cage is of such a nature that the drive-cage segments, after the emergence of the projectile from the barrel, can loosen and detach themselves from the body of the projectile, so that they are positively cast out of the path of the fin mechanism which extends far beyond the diameter of the projectile body.
- the drive cage in accordance with the present invention represents an optimum solution to problems which may arise.
- the projectile includes a drive cage which is suitable to receive and transmit high gas pressures to the body of the projectile.
- FIG. 1 is a section through the drive cage in accordance with the present invention.
- FIG. 2 is an elevational view, partly broken away.
- the drive cage 1 is divided into several segments so that the cage as long as the projectile body 2 provided with the guide or fin assembly 2' is in the barrel is firmly connected with the body of the projectile by transmission means 4, which are force-locked in the axial direction, in the form of a thread or of grooves.
- the segments are held together on the outside by at least one ring-shaped band 5.
- the rear of the drive cage 1 is designed substantially as a cone 1d (i.e. is frusto-conically forwardly divergent) and is so stepped in direction towards the body of the projectile 2 and also the circumferential surface, as to give rise to two perpendicular annular surfaces 1e and l f.
- the sealing disk 7a is now placed over the cone 1d, as well as the annular surfaces 1e and If and fastened by screws 10 to the drive cage 1.
- the sealing disk 7a can be connected with the drive cage also additionally or solely by an adhesive. In the case of screw fastening, it is advisable to increase the application force of the screw 10 by interposing a washer 11.
- the sealing disk 7a and the ring-shaped band 5 to consist of a single piece.
- the gas pressure developed upon firing can be resolved into an axial force and a radial force.
- the radial force causes the drive cage 1 to be pressed firmly against the projectile body 2, whereby a dependable transmission to the projectile body is assured.
- a drive cage surrounding said central portion and formed with a plurality of segments configured with internal threads to engage said formations and adapted to spread apart from said body in flight;
- a ring surrounding said segments at an end of said cage turned toward said fins for retaining said segments temporarily together and against said body, said cage being formed at said end turned toward said fins and adjacent said ring with a frustoconical portion tapered toward said fins,
- a frustoconical sealing disk overlying said frustoconical portion and adapted to apply radially inward force to said segments to retain them against said body upon the application of gas pressure to said disk;
- means for securing said disk to said segments and including screws threaded into said segments through said disk and having heads outwardly of said disk and respective washers interposed between said screw head and said disk.
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- Testing Of Engines (AREA)
- Aiming, Guidance, Guns With A Light Source, Armor, Camouflage, And Targets (AREA)
- Structures Of Non-Positive Displacement Pumps (AREA)
- Investigating Strength Of Materials By Application Of Mechanical Stress (AREA)
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DE19722236142 DE2236142C3 (de) | 1972-07-22 | Flügelstabilisiertes UnterkalibergeschoB |
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US (1) | US3899978A (it) |
JP (1) | JPS5824720B2 (it) |
BE (1) | BE802463R (it) |
CH (1) | CH552190A (it) |
FR (1) | FR2193964B2 (it) |
GB (1) | GB1369420A (it) |
IT (1) | IT1045367B (it) |
NL (1) | NL174873C (it) |
SE (1) | SE406807B (it) |
Cited By (8)
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US4284008A (en) * | 1979-04-12 | 1981-08-18 | The United States Of America As Represented By The Secretary Of The Army | Double ramp discarding sabot |
US4450770A (en) * | 1980-09-22 | 1984-05-29 | The United States Of America As Represented By The Secretary Of The Army | Pivot ring for a discarding sabot |
US4527483A (en) * | 1982-12-09 | 1985-07-09 | Precitronic Gesellschaft Fur Feinmechanik Und Electronic M.B.H. | Sabot projectile guide |
US4598644A (en) * | 1981-12-05 | 1986-07-08 | Rheinmetall Gmbh | Use of a portion of a propellant charge as a seal |
US4724770A (en) * | 1980-06-26 | 1988-02-16 | Rheinmetall Gmbh | Subcaliber projectile with pivotally separable drive cage |
US4901645A (en) * | 1980-08-23 | 1990-02-20 | Rheinmetall, Gmbh | Inertial projectile having a breakable pre-penetrator |
WO1998058227A1 (en) * | 1996-05-17 | 1998-12-23 | Primex Technologies, Inc. | Pre-molded aft seal for discarding sabot projectiles |
US5962807A (en) * | 1996-05-17 | 1999-10-05 | Primex Technologies, Inc. | Pre-molded AFT seal for discarding sabot projectiles |
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DE2323244C3 (de) * | 1973-05-09 | 1979-04-19 | Rheinmetall Gmbh, 4000 Duesseldorf | Flügelstabilisiertes Unterkalibergeschoß |
GB1517205A (en) * | 1975-10-17 | 1978-07-12 | Ici Ltd | Thermosetting-thermoplastic polyester composites |
FR2597590B1 (fr) * | 1976-04-29 | 1988-08-26 | Saint Louis Inst | Sabot de lancement pour projectiles sous-calibres |
JPS602619U (ja) * | 1983-06-20 | 1985-01-10 | ハリウツド株式会社 | 化粧品等の包装用箱 |
GB2207985A (en) * | 1987-08-14 | 1989-02-15 | Secr Defence | Sabot projectile |
FR2661739A1 (fr) * | 1990-05-04 | 1991-11-08 | Giat Ind Sa | Dispositif d'etancheite d'un projectile fleche. |
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US3000316A (en) * | 1944-07-10 | 1961-09-19 | Henry F Dunlap | Projectile |
US3125957A (en) * | 1964-03-24 | lipinski | ||
US3430571A (en) * | 1967-05-25 | 1969-03-04 | Aai Corp | Sabot |
US3620167A (en) * | 1968-05-31 | 1971-11-16 | Rheinmetall Gmbh | Drive cage for wing-stabilized lowcaliber shells |
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US3430570A (en) * | 1967-05-25 | 1969-03-04 | Aai Corp | Sabot with internal radial slots |
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- 1973-06-15 GB GB2865073A patent/GB1369420A/en not_active Expired
- 1973-06-27 IT IT25897/73A patent/IT1045367B/it active
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- 1973-07-17 US US379970A patent/US3899978A/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1973-07-18 FR FR7326379A patent/FR2193964B2/fr not_active Expired
- 1973-07-20 CH CH1065473A patent/CH552190A/xx not_active IP Right Cessation
- 1973-07-23 JP JP48083011A patent/JPS5824720B2/ja not_active Expired
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US3125957A (en) * | 1964-03-24 | lipinski | ||
US3000316A (en) * | 1944-07-10 | 1961-09-19 | Henry F Dunlap | Projectile |
US3430571A (en) * | 1967-05-25 | 1969-03-04 | Aai Corp | Sabot |
US3620167A (en) * | 1968-05-31 | 1971-11-16 | Rheinmetall Gmbh | Drive cage for wing-stabilized lowcaliber shells |
Cited By (9)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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US4284008A (en) * | 1979-04-12 | 1981-08-18 | The United States Of America As Represented By The Secretary Of The Army | Double ramp discarding sabot |
US4724770A (en) * | 1980-06-26 | 1988-02-16 | Rheinmetall Gmbh | Subcaliber projectile with pivotally separable drive cage |
US4850279A (en) * | 1980-06-26 | 1989-07-25 | Firma Rheinmetall Gmbh | Subcaliber projectile with pivotally separable drive cage |
US4901645A (en) * | 1980-08-23 | 1990-02-20 | Rheinmetall, Gmbh | Inertial projectile having a breakable pre-penetrator |
US4450770A (en) * | 1980-09-22 | 1984-05-29 | The United States Of America As Represented By The Secretary Of The Army | Pivot ring for a discarding sabot |
US4598644A (en) * | 1981-12-05 | 1986-07-08 | Rheinmetall Gmbh | Use of a portion of a propellant charge as a seal |
US4527483A (en) * | 1982-12-09 | 1985-07-09 | Precitronic Gesellschaft Fur Feinmechanik Und Electronic M.B.H. | Sabot projectile guide |
WO1998058227A1 (en) * | 1996-05-17 | 1998-12-23 | Primex Technologies, Inc. | Pre-molded aft seal for discarding sabot projectiles |
US5962807A (en) * | 1996-05-17 | 1999-10-05 | Primex Technologies, Inc. | Pre-molded AFT seal for discarding sabot projectiles |
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BE802463R (fr) | 1973-11-16 |
CH552190A (de) | 1974-07-31 |
FR2193964B2 (it) | 1977-09-09 |
NL7307746A (it) | 1974-01-24 |
SE406807B (sv) | 1979-02-26 |
JPS5824720B2 (ja) | 1983-05-23 |
JPS4944600A (it) | 1974-04-26 |
DE2236142B2 (de) | 1976-02-19 |
FR2193964A2 (it) | 1974-02-22 |
NL174873C (nl) | 1984-08-16 |
IT1045367B (it) | 1980-05-10 |
NL174873B (nl) | 1984-03-16 |
GB1369420A (en) | 1974-10-09 |
DE2236142A1 (de) | 1974-02-07 |
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