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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 1991
Filed:
Jan. 12, 1989
Rheinmetall GmbH, Dusseldorf, DE;
Abstract
A high-explosive projectile including a projectile body having a forward region and a tail region which transitions to a base, with an explosive charge disposed within the body and detonated by a suitable fuse, and a driving band disposed on the outer circumferential surface of the projectile body in the tail region, wherein the wall thickness of the tail region of the projectile body is substantially the same as the wall thickness of the forward region of the projectile body; the tail region of the projectile body has a cylindrical shape up to its transition to the base and forms a circumferential edge at the transition; and the rearward, gas pressure receiving side of the driving band is disposed adjacent the circumferential edge.