Abstract: Increasingly greater requirements as concerns mechanical strength and gas tightness are placed upon the connection between the sabot tail or rear portion and the sabot jacket of a sabot projectile. To improve such connection the invention provides a circumferential groove at the sabot tail or rear portion, this circumferential groove having side walls extending essentially parallel to one another and inclined forwardly with respect to the lengthwise axis of the projectile at an angle of about 75.degree.. The rear end of the sabot jacket protrudes into such circumferential groove.

Abstract: For the attachment of a ballistic hood at a projectile body prior art constructions of projectiles provided a groove in the projectile body. The employment of such groove in the projectile body is undesired for armor-piercing projectiles. By adhesively bonding the ballistic hood to the projectile body there can be avoided the use of such groove. Through the provision of ribs at the inner surface of the ballistic hood which contacts the projectile body there is afforded an exact alignment and centering of the ballistic hood upon the projectile body.