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Projectile

  • US 3,890,902 A
  • Filed: 12/04/1973
  • Issued: 06/24/1975
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/04/1973
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. In an aerodynamically stable projectile having a heavy penetrator positioned within a non-discarding sabot, said non-discarding sabot including a sabot body portion and an aerodynamic windshield nose member threadedly secured thereto, said heavy penetrator secured within said sabot body portion and said nose member, said nose member having a forward tapered external surface, said nose tapered surface terminating in a closed forward end, said sabot body portion having a forward exterior surface containing a cylindrical portion and a tapered portion forwardly thereof defining an origin of ogive therebetween, said tapered sabot portion being a mating continuation of said nose tapered surface, said sabot body portion carrying a first rotating band rearward of the center of gravity of said projectile, and a second rotating band having a mid-point located on said sabot body portion forward of said projectile center of gravity.

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