Penetrator for a subcaliber impact projectile

Details Penetrator for a subcaliber impact projectile Penetrator for a subcaliber impact projectile

1981-07-27

1987-11-03

Tudor, Harold J.

Ammunition and explosives

Projectiles

Composite

102501, 102521, 102491, F42B 1100

Patent

active

047036966

ABSTRACT:
A penetrator for a subcaliber impact or inertial projectile, especially a projectile adapted to pierce or break an armored target, which comprises a core of comparatively high density within a metallic housing or shell and in which the core is subdivided along a longitudinal axis into at least two core parts with the core parts being encased in respective sheaths which prevent transmission of cracks from one part to another, a spacing being formed between the parts by at least one sheath and having a thickness corresponding at least to the thickness of one sheath.

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