Rheinmetall Waffe Munition Gmbh

Ulrich Keller

Michael Gowin

Konstantin Arzt

Gert Schlenkert

Martin Berg

Jan-Erik Melskotte

Konstantin Artz

The invention relates to a sabot () which comprises multiple sabot segments (). The sabot () or the sabot segments () are characterized by having a structural design at an end () opposite the shooting direction such that a low degree of flexural rigidity is achieved at said end (). A sabot () with three sabot segments () is preferred. The sabot () or the sabot segments () have a rear part () as a push part and a front part () as a pull part. In order to optimize the shape and weight, the front part () and the rear part () have recesses () in the sabot () or in the sabot segments (). Braces () are integrated between the recesses (), or the recesses () are introduced between braces ().

Sabot

The invention relates to a penetrator () for a projectile having a tail unit, in particular a subcaliber kinetic energy projectile, comprising a main body (), the main body () having at least one partial region (″) with longitudinal recesses (″).

Penetrator, use of a penetrator, and projectile

In order to provide an economical method for producing a weapon barrel, in which a considerable plasticisation of the barrel inner wall and thus of the twist profile is avoided when armour-piercing ammunition is shot, in particular in the case of an intense firing sequence, it is proposed not to introduce the twist profile of the weapon barrel into a barrel blank, the material of which has its end strength already as a result of hardening and tempering, but has a lower strength level (approximately 800-1000 MPa). Only once the twist profile has been formed by extrusion or hammering is the steel hardened and tempered to a predefined strength value &#x3e;1000 MPa, and is the barrel blank that is provided with the twist profile mechanically processed further.

Method for producing a highly heat-resistant weapon barrel provided with a twist profile

To reduce the mass of a sabot having a pull and a push function, it is proposed that the sabot comprise mutually separate sabot parts, wherein at least one sabot part is configured such that it performs the pull function and at least one sabot part is configured such that it performs the push function. The sabot parts are nested. This can be implemented in the form of cylindrical nesting or in the form of tangential nesting. In the case of the cylindrical nesting, the outer sabot part encloses the inner sabot part along an interface. In the case of the tangential nesting, the sabot parts are divided into sabot subsegments. The latter are nested in alternating fashion in the tangential direction such that a pull-sabot subsegment and a push-sabot subsegment are nested in alternating fashion in the circumferential direction. To provide sufficient sealing, the sabot subsegments overlap one another.

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Unterluess, Germany

Ulrich Keller