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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 1991
Filed:
Jun. 18, 1990
Jurgen Meyer, Cologne, DE;
Achim Sippel, Ratingen, DE;
Monika Wildau, Korschenbroich, DE;
Heinz J Kruse, Ratingen, DE;
Rainer Diel, Dusseldorf, DE;
Wilfried Becker, Dusseldorf, DE;
Gisbert Bartsch, Halle, DE;
Klaus-Dieter Pahnke, Solingen, DE;
Jurgen Huege, Dusseldorf, DE;
Hans-Werner Luther, Kaarst, DE;
Rheinmetall GmbH, Dusseldorf, DE;
Abstract
A segmented, discardable sabot for a slender sub-caliber kinetic energy projectile. At least two sabot segments are provided having adjacent plane parallel segment separating faces and presenting at least one caliber-sized gas sealing pressure flange member and a non-caliber sized partial region along the longitudinal extent of the sabot. The overall cross section of the sabot, at least in the partial region, has an essentially polygonal cross-sectional shape, and a tangent placed at any point of the periphery of the sabot does not pass through the cross-sectional area of the sabot, thereby providing increased bending stiffness in the non-caliber-sized region of the sabot.