Patent ID: 6374743
Filing Date: 2002-04-23
Classification: F42B

Abstract:
Small-calibre projectile (100) with a jacket (3) made of steel, plated steel or brass, with at least in each case a hard core (5) arranged at the front, the hard core having a density of greater than 10 g/cm3 and a truncated-cone-shaped soft core (8) arranged at the tail and having a density of less than 10 g/cm3 the external shape of the jacket (3), considered from the projectile head (4), being configured in an ogive shape (7a), merging into a cylindrical middle part and ending in a conical tail region, a likewise ogive-shaped part of the hard core (5) lying in a form-fitting manner against a wide region of the ogive internal shape of the jacket (3) and forming a hollow space between the jacket (3) and the front region of the hard core (5), further characterized in that the hard core (5) merges, in its front region (5a), into a truncated-cone shape or spherical-cap shape and has a smoothened surface, in that a closed-off air space (6) exists between the inner surface of the jacket and the front region of the hard core (5), in that the tail region (5b) of the hard core is configured in a truncated-cone shape, in that the soft core (8) lies in a form-fitting centered manner against the truncated cone of the hard core (5) and the soft core filling the entire cylindrical middle part (7b) and the truncated-cone-shaped tail region (9) of the jacket.