Armor-piercing projectile

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1987-01-21

1988-10-04

Tudor, Harold J.

Ammunition and explosives

Projectiles

Composite

102703, 102491, F42B 1100

Patent

active

047748893

ABSTRACT:
An improved armor-piercing inertial penetrator projectile having a prepenetrator which has a substantially uniform flight diameter D, over substantially its entire length. A prepenetrator assembly is formed by a plurality of elements which are adapted to interact with the material of the corresponding target upon inpact so as to form an effective surface which has a diameter larger by a predetermined amount than the flight diameter D of the prepenetrator.

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