Slipping driving band for projectiles of any caliber

Details Slipping driving band for projectiles of any caliber Slipping driving band for projectiles of any caliber

1991-07-31

1992-11-17

Tudor, Harold J.

Ammunition and explosives

Projectiles

Composite

102521, 102703, F42B 1402

Patent

active

051645408

ABSTRACT:
The technical field of the invention is that of slipping driving bands fitted to projectiles of any caliber fired from a rifled barrel. The slipping driving band according to the invention consists of a driving band boby 8 and a front ring 7 arranged in a circumferential groove 6 of the projectile 1 and separated by an axial gap 12, and is characterized by the fact that the bottom of the groove 6 has a tapered seat 9, the angle of which opens towards the rear of the projectile and that the driving band body 8 has an internal profile complementary with that of the tapered seat 9. The present invention is particularly suited to discarding sabot projectiles of medium caliber.

REFERENCES:
patent: 3613596 (1971-10-01), Walde
patent: 4109582 (1978-08-01), Haep et al.
patent: 4307666 (1981-12-01), Baran
patent: 4736666 (1988-04-01), Hillebrenner et al.
patent: 4833995 (1989-05-01), Gotz et al.
patent: 4907513 (1990-03-01), Manion et al.

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