Armor-piercing tandem shell or projectile
First Claim
1. An improved armor-piercing tandem projectile particularly adapted for piercing multi-layered armored targets and having a shell body incorporating at least two armor-piercing means which differentiate each other at least with respect to their moments of impacting the target, the rearmost one of the armor-piercing means including a shaped hollow explosive charge;
- the improvement comprising;
a first most forwardly disposed armor-piercing means, relative to the target, having the first, in point of time, impacting moment of said armor-piercing means, acting by its kinetic energy;
a second most rearwardly disposed armor-piercing means having a chamber;
said first and second armor-piercing means being rigidly secured to each other,shaped hollow explosive charge means operatively mounted in said chamber, said shaped hollow explosive charge means including spike forming means;
said first armor-piercing means being formed as an impact body which has a fowardly extending conduit in communication with said shaped hollow explosive charge means.
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An armor-piercing tandem projectile adapted for multi-layered armored targets. Two armor-penetrating devices are incorporated in the body of the tandem shell projectile which differentiate each other with respect to their moments of impact; the rear armor-penetrating device incorporates a shaped hollow explosive charge including a cavity lining forming an armor-penetrating spike (projectile with high initial velocity) upon detonation. The forward armor-penetrating device has a pointed end with an axial conduit which is in communication with the hollow explosive charge and serves as a passageway for said spike.
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1. An improved armor-piercing tandem projectile particularly adapted for piercing multi-layered armored targets and having a shell body incorporating at least two armor-piercing means which differentiate each other at least with respect to their moments of impacting the target, the rearmost one of the armor-piercing means including a shaped hollow explosive charge;
- the improvement comprising;
a first most forwardly disposed armor-piercing means, relative to the target, having the first, in point of time, impacting moment of said armor-piercing means, acting by its kinetic energy; a second most rearwardly disposed armor-piercing means having a chamber; said first and second armor-piercing means being rigidly secured to each other, shaped hollow explosive charge means operatively mounted in said chamber, said shaped hollow explosive charge means including spike forming means; said first armor-piercing means being formed as an impact body which has a fowardly extending conduit in communication with said shaped hollow explosive charge means. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
- the improvement comprising;
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