Abstract: A sabot arrangement for launching a penetrator from an electromagnetic acerator and including a forward sabot that is made of a multiplicity of segments with the segments being made of electrical and thermal insulating material and a base sabot that includes a metal shell made of three integral parts with a cap of electrical and thermal insulating material for insulating the shell structure from the launch tube of an electomagnetic accelerator.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 14, 1986
Date of Patent:
January 27, 1987
Assignee:
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army