Patent ID: 6019217
Filing Date: 2000-02-01
Classification: F42B

Abstract:
A packaging container for cartridge ammunition having a propellant case and a sabot projectile provided with frontal and rearward sabot flanges; said packaging container comprising(a) a box for accommodating the cartridge ammunition; said box having an inner wall and a length; and(b) an adapter sleeve disposed in said box and having(1) a rear portion formed as a centering sleeve for surrounding the rearward sabot flange and for centering the cartridge ammunition when situated in said packaging container; said rear portion of said adapter sleeve being affixed to said inner wall of said box; and(2) a forwardly conically tapering front portion having a frontal terminus for engaging a rearwardly oriented side of the frontal sabot flange when the cartridge ammunition is situated in said packaging container; said front portion of said adapter sleeve being provided with elongated apertures oriented along the box length and extending to and breaking through said frontal terminus for dividing said front portion into radially resilient fingers.