Subcaliber Munition With Integrated Sabot-Ogive for Easy Loading
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing high-density, long rod penetrators face challenges in manufacturing costs and require complex sabot designs that complicate loading into small-caliber firearms, limiting their range and efficiency.
Innovation Solution
A single-piece sabot-ogive design encasing the projectile, produced as a unified structure with incorporated ogive, using materials inert to combustible gases, and secured by wires, bands, or gas rings, allowing for smooth loading and enhanced range.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a complex multi-segment sabot design is used to encase the projectile, then the structural integrity and sealing capability are improved, but the manufacturing cost increases and loading difficulty increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple sabot segments into a single integrated sabot-ogive structure that encases the projectile. This unified design eliminates the need for separate obturator band, bourrelet ring, and tipping ring components, thereby reducing manufacturing complexity and cost while maintaining the necessary structural integrity for sealing and propulsion.
Solution Approach 2:
The sabot-ogive structure serves multiple functions simultaneously: it provides structural support, creates the sealing interface with the gun tube, guides the projectile during loading, and provides the ogive aerodynamic shape. This multi-functional integration reduces the number of separate components needed and simplifies the overall design.
2Reliability
If a complex multi-segment sabot design is used to encase the projectile, then the sealing capability is improved, but the loading ease deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The integration of the ogive and sabot into a single piece creates a streamlined profile that facilitates smooth loading into the firearm chamber. The unified structure eliminates gaps and discontinuities between separate segments, allowing for easier insertion while the integrated obturator portion maintains effective sealing against the gun tube.
3Adaptability or versatility
If the sabot is designed with multiple separate components, then the adaptability to different firearm calibers is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent achieves caliber adaptability by varying the dimensional parameters of the single-piece sabot-ogive structure, such as outer diameter, length, and ogive radius, rather than using different multi-component designs for each caliber. This allows the same basic integrated design to be scaled for different firearm calibers without increasing structural complexity.
Data Source
AI summary
The present provides a munition comprising a projectile (7) and an at least two-segment sabot (1) having an ogive (2) incorporated on the sabot.