PROJECTILE WITH A TUBULAR-SHAPED PROJECTILE BODY

摘要

INVENTORS: PHILIPPE MATTHEY, ROBERT SALMON and NIKLAUS BUHLMANN INVENTION: PROJECTILE WITH A TUBULAR-SHAPED PROJECTILE BODY Firing of a tubular-shaped projectile body containing a sharp-edged annular end surface previously created difficulties, because during firing the end surface of the tubular-shaped projectile body was damaged by the sabot base portion by virtue of the large acceleration forces. This difficulty is avoided in that the invention contemplates incorporating an at least bipartite ring-shaped wedge member between a cone-shaped portion of the sabot base portion and a cone-shaped rear wall of the tubular-shaped projectile body.