Werkzeugmaschinenfabrik Oerlikon-buhrle Ag

Pierre H Freymond

Harald Katzmann

Hanspeter Sigg

David Ammann

The projectiles possess high kinetic energy owing to the high velocity of the projectiles, on the one hand, and the high specific weight of the projectiles, on the other hand. The heretofore normally employed explosive and incendiary charges are replaced by an inert powder serving as the projectile filling or filler and having a density of at least 10 g/cm.sup.3 and whose constituents have a mass of 10.sup.-4 to 10.sup.-2 grams. Certain constructions of the projectiles contain a fragmentation jacket, the filling or filler, a closure body or penetrator and a projectile tip. Another construction of the projectile contains a fragmentation jacket, the filling or filler, an integrated base for the fragmentation jacket and the projectile tip.

Kinetic energy sabot projectile

A sabot projectile is disclosed which does not require any complicated fuze and which, during combating targets, especially targets having overlying or tandemly arranged armored plating or other reinforcements, neither explodes upon hitting the first plate nor penetrates all of the plates, without fragmenting. For this purpose, the sabot projectile has a projectile body possessing an axial channel which is closed by a ballistic hood and which is filled with an incendiary charge.

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Effretikon, Switzerland

Pierre H Freymond