False Ogive or Ballistic Cap

Fallout. See under Atomic Energy A502-L False Ogive or Ballistic Cap A483-L Felixdorf Factory Ammionals (Austrian)... [Pg.682]

Ogive, False. A rounded or pointed hollow cap added to the nose of a projectile to improve streamlining. Also called windshield or ballistic, cap... [Pg.421]

AP shell intended to penetrate face-hardened armor is usually provided with a slightly blunted nose which is fitted with a cone-shaped cap made of soft and tough forged alloy steel, face hardened. Such shell is called APC (armor-piercing capped). The cap of this shell is fitted with a conical cup, called windshield or ballistic cap, (also called false ogive) the purpose of which is... [Pg.483]

Typical AP-T (Armor-Piercing-Tracer) Artillery Projectile, such as used in 120-mm AP-T Separated Projectile M358, is shown in Fig 1-7. Its solid cylindrical body (called "slug" or "shot ), made of hardened steel, has a pointed nose, a flat base and two gilding metal rotating bands. A tracer is inserted in the cavity of the base. The nose of proj is covered with a metallic (such as of forged Al) windshield (also known as "ballistic cap" or false ogive"), which makes the... [Pg.820]

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