Patent ID: 9714819
Date: 2017-07-25
CPC Classifications: F42B

Claim:
1. A munition comprising: a projectile; and a sabot including a single monolithic cylindrical tubular body having a tube forward end and a tube aft end, a first stepped surface within the cylindrical tubular body proximate to the tube forward end, and a second stepped surface within the cylindrical tubular body closer to the tube aft end than the first stepped surface, wherein the first stepped surface has a first cylindrical inner diameter, and wherein the second stepped surface has a second cylindrical inner diameter that is smaller than the first cylindrical inner diameter, the first and second stepped surfaces forming a progressively narrower inner diameter of the cylindrical tubular body, wherein an outer surface of the tube aft end of the cylindrical tubular body comprises an outwardly flared portion, wherein the cylindrical tubular body has a length configured to extend beyond a base of the projectile when the projectile is received within the cylindrical tubular body, wherein the first cylindrical inner diameter and the second cylindrical inner diameter are complementary to respective first and second outer diameters of the projectile, wherein the projectile is configured to outwardly propel from the tube forward end.