Patent ID: 8074574

Claim:
A hard-core projectile comprising: a projectile core having a cylindrical bore in the projectile core, that extends centrically along a projectile axis for less than the entire length of the projectile core, but beyond the centre of the projectile, and that ends with a flat base within the projectile core; a jacket that surrounds only a substantially cylindrical region of the projectile core; a penetrator disposed in the cylindrical bore, such that an exposed head of the penetrator projects out of an end face of the cylindrical bore, the length of the penetrator extends along the projectile axis from the exposed head to the flat base end of the cylindrical bore, and the projectile core surrounds most of the penetrator but the projectile core does not surround the exposed head, wherein the penetrator is connected to the projectile core by at least one of a form-fitting connection, a force-fitting connection, and a material-fitting connection.