Ogive, false

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

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... 

Fallex. (Abbr for Fall Exercises) A big training exercise without troop movements, carried out each autumn by NATO. Its ob- False Ogive. See Windshield, listed under Ballistic Cap in Vol 1, p B5-R... 

The defuzed projs are placed vertically with open ends downward inside a long rectangular tank provided with a perforated false bottom. The ogival part of each proj should rest in one of the holes of false bottom. Then the tank is partly filled with water and live, low pressure steam is injected thru a perforated pipe located below the projs. This causes the water to boil and the heat melts the expl, thus emptying the projs. The molten material is accumulated at the bottom of the tank and then drained. The expl thus collected Is usually suitable for industrial uses... 

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... 

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

False Ogive. See Windshield, listed under Ballistic Cap in Vol 1, p B5-R... 

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