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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 09, 1982
Filed:
Jan. 28, 1980
Thomas R Jeter, Bel Air, MD (US);
William F Donovan, Aberdeen, MD (US);
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
Spin is imparted to a projectile within a smooth-bore barrel through the of a projectile-sabot system. The sabot, which substantially encloses the projectile, has a forward flange section which includes a plurality of nozzles which cause the sabot to operate as a centrifugal turbine. The sabot has grooves or slots on interior and/or exterior surfaces which fracture under the centrifugal forces which exist when the projectile-sabot system exits the smooth-bore barrel, thereby permitting the sabot to separate from the projectile after the desired spin has been imparted to the projectile.