Rheinmetall W & M Gmbh

J&uuml;rgen Kolodzey

Thomas Heitmann

Michael Vagedes

Michael Imdahl

A full-caliber projectile having a cylindrical guide region ( ) and an ogival projectile tip ( ). To improve the stabilization of the projectile ( ) inside a gun barrel ( ) in a simple manner, and therefore improve the intermediate ballistics and hit accuracy over those of comparable projectiles, a guide ring ( ), which is segmented in the circumferential direction, and whose outer diameter is smaller than the inner diameter of a gun barrel ( ) of the same caliber, is secured to the projectile tip ( ) such that the radially spaced guide-ring segments ( ) detach from the projectile ( ) in the gun barrel ( ) when a predetermined firing acceleration occurs in the gun barrel, and the segments ( ) are pushed toward the projectile ( ), axially relative to the cylindrical guide region ( ), by dynamic pressure until they rest against the inside wall ( ) of the gun barrel ( ) and against the projectile ( ).

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Munich, Georgia

Jürgen Kolodzey

Growing community of inventors

Munich, Georgia

J&uuml;rgen Kolodzey

Jürgen Kolodzey