Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Fin-stabilized sub-caliber projectile that can be fired from a rifled barrel, and method for the production thereof
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Application No.: US15753092Application Date: 2016-06-28
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Publication No.: US10996035B2Publication Date: 2021-05-04
- Inventor: Ruedi Bucher
- Applicant: RWM Schweiz AG
- Applicant Address: CH Zurich
- Assignee: RWM Schweiz AG
- Current Assignee: RWM Schweiz AG
- Current Assignee Address: CH Zurich
- Agency: Muncy, Geissler, Olds & Lowe, P.C.
- Priority: DE102015110627.2 20150701
- International Application: PCT/EP2016/065056 WO 20160628
- International Announcement: WO2017/001428 WO 20170105
- Main IPC: F42B14/06
- IPC: F42B14/06 ; F42B14/02

Abstract:
A fin-stabilized sub-caliber projectile adapted to be fired from a rifled barrel, the projectile having a penetrator with a tail fin assembly, a sabot arranged on the penetrator and having at least two sabot segments circumferentially joined to one another that are separated from one another after leaving the barrel by centrifugal forces acting on the projectile during firing. The sabot includes a main body and a front guide flange that is adapted to be supported on an inner wall of the barrel and a rear guide flange arranged at an axial distance. A connecting section of the sabot is arranged between the front guide flange and the rear guide flange and has a smaller outer diameter than the front guide flange or the rear guide flange. The sabot and the penetrator are joined together in a positive manner in a region of the rear guide flange.
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