Research on the Discarding Characteristic of a Novel Sabot

In order to avert the mutual interference that occurs between the armor piercing discarding sabot and the muzzle brake when the armor piercing projectile ejects out of the gun barrel, a novel sabot was designed based on the traditional saddle-shaped sabot.The discarding mechanism of the novel sabot was analyzed, and the discarding experiments of the sabots were carried out.The results show that by adopting a series of measures such as adjusting the tilt angle of the windward side, reducing the volume of the windward and the leeward troughs, distributing uniformly the opened cylindrical holes in the sabot's leading edge, the discarding angle of the sabot can be reduced, thereby averting the mutual interference between the armor piercing discarding sabot and the muzzle brake.