Claims
- 1. A subcaliber projectile assembly for firing from a barrel-type weapon to attack a multilayer armored target, comprising:
- an elongated sabot comprising a plurality of axially extending segments separable along axial planes, said segments defining a recess close to a leading air-catching end of the sabot;
- a relatively small inertial enabling projectile received in said end of said sabot and having a fin stabilizer received in said recess;
- a relatively large main inertial subsequently attacking projectile received in said sabot behind said enabling projectile and having a fin stabilizer disposed rearwardly of said sabot, said segments and the periphery of said main projectile being formed with mating formations enabling entrainment of said main projectile with said sabot until said segments of said sabot separate, said projectiles having aerodynamic configurations such that said enabling projectile reaches said target ahead of said main projectile; and
- at least one band surrounding said segments for releasably retaining same against said projectiles and holding said formations in mutual engagement.
- 2. The projectile assembly defined in claim 1 wherein the trailing end of said enabling projectile is formed with a recess form-fittingly receiving a nose at the leading end of said subsequently attacking projectile.
- 3. The projectile assembly defined in claim 2 wherein said sabot is a pull sabot.
- 4. The projectile assembly defined in claim 2, further comprising means for retarding the flight of said subsequently attacking projectile relative to said enabling projectile to establish a time-spaced sequence of attack of said projectile on said target.
- 5. The projectile assembly defined in claim 4 wherein the last mentioned means includes means for imparting different aerodynamic resistances to said projectiles.
- 6. The projectile assembly defined in claim 5 wherein said different aerodynamic resistances are the result of different configurations of said fin structures.
Priority Claims (1)
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CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This application is related to the commonly owned copending application Ser. No. 213,171 filed Nov. 26, 1980 and the continuation-in-part Ser. No. 295,551 filed July 27, 1981 thereof.
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