Sabot Projectiles

As no cutaway view of US sabot projectile is given in Ref 52, we are referring the readers to the drawings of German sabot projectiles given on p Ger 171 of Ref 35, and to pp 363-71 of Ref 27b. About 12 types were developed in Germany before and during tt WII... 

Cutaway views of German Sabot Projectiles are shown in PATR 2510(1958), p Ger 171 and a brief description is given on p Ger 170 (Ref 35)... 

Compare with Arrowhead Projectile, Arrow or Needle Projectile, Disintegrating Band Projectile, R chling Projectile, Sabot Projectile and Tapered Bore Projectile)... 

Sabot is a French term for a wooden shoe made of one piece, worn by peasants in Belgium, France and Holland, In Ordnance, sabot means a lightweight carrier, (usually made of brittle metal or plastic) in which a subcalibet projectile (core) is encircled. The sabot diameter is about twice as large as that of the core and it. fills the bore of the gun. The principle of "sabot projectile is to allow its firing from large caliber weapon in order to have a larger surface exposed to pressure... 

Some of the German sabot projectiles were provided with one or two discarding bands, each in one piece. They were fired from normal rifled guns. Some of these projectiles are briefly described here as "Disintegrating Rotating Band Projectiles" (Ref 2)... 

Refs 1) Armament Engineering (1954), 209 2) PATR 2510(1958), p Ger 170 (Treibspiegel-geschoss) 3) Glossaty of Ord (1959), 153 (Hypervelocity armor-piercing discarding sabot projectile) 250-L (Sabot)... 

Discarding and nondiscarding sabot projectiles 5 D1504—D1505... 

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