Projectile, in particular in the medium caliber range

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11933588-B2
Application number	US-202217752521-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 24, 2022
Priority date	Mar 27, 2017
Publication date	Mar 19, 2024
Grant date	Mar 19, 2024

Abstract

A projectile having a projectile body for holding a penetrator, a projectile rear, and a projectile ogive. The projectile body has a narrowed point, on which the penetrator can be supported. The narrowed point results in reliable breaking open of the projectile body when the projectile hits a target.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A projectile comprising:
a penetrator;
a projectile body for accommodating the penetrator, the projectile body being a tube section with an inner diameter having a constriction configured for supporting the penetrator;
a projectile stern; and
a projectile ogive,
wherein the inner diameter of the projectile body is processed from both front and rear sides of the projectile body, such that the inner diameter of the projectile body at the constriction is smaller than at all remaining portions of the inner diameter provided forward and rearward of the constriction, and
wherein, with respect to an axial direction of the inner diameter, a length of the constriction is smaller than a length of each of the remaining portions of the inner diameter provided forward and rearward of the constriction.

2. The projectile as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the constriction is provided in a central region of the projectile body.

3. The projectile as claimed in claim 1 , wherein an expansion medium is incorporated.

4. The projectile as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the expansion medium is arranged in front of the penetrator in the projectile body.

5. The projectile as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a front distal end and a rear distal end of the projectile body each have an opening, such that the projectile body has a continuous bore, having the inner diameter, that extends through an entire length of the projectile body, and wherein the opening at the rear distal end of the projectile body is closed by the projectile stern and the opening at the front distal end of the projectile body is closed by the projectile ogive.

Assignees

• Rheinmetall Waffe Munition Gmbh

Inventors

• Stenzel Udo
• Litte Tobias
• Stopper Daniel

Classifications

• F42B12/06 Primary

  with hard or heavy core; Kinetic energy penetrators (F42B12/16, F42B12/74 take precedence) · CPC title

• F42B12/34

  expanding before or on impact, i.e. of dumdum or mushroom type · CPC title

• F42B12/367

  Projectiles fragmenting upon impact without the use of explosives, the fragments creating a wounding or lethal effect (practice or training projectiles disintegrating upon impact F42B8/14; projectiles of high-explosive type with fragmentation-hull construction F42B12/22) · CPC title