Patent ID: 7934456

Claim:
A sabot projectile, comprising: a subcaliber penetrator; and a sabot, the sabot including a propulsion element that acts on a rear end of the penetrator, a segmented, essentially cylindrical guide cage, which is connected to a front end of the propulsion element, and a segmented, disk-shaped metal guide element that extends radially inward in a front area of the guide cage and holds the penetrator, wherein the disk-shaped guide element has a convex contour that extends in a direction of flight of the projectile, wherein the guide element is dimensioned and of a material so that the guide element is pushed back slightly when the sabot projectile is fired, whereby an outer marginal area of the guide element is restable against an inside wall of a gun barrel from which the sabot projectile is fired, and/or an inner marginal area of the guide element rests against an outer surface of the penetrator.