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'SuperSabot' enters weapons market.


Brenneke, a German ammunition manufacturer, has introduced a sabot round for 12-gauge, rifled shotguns This is a list of shotguns. Shotguns fire pellets stored in large shells that are normally loaded into a chamber, one shell at a time. Each shell may contain as many as 200 pellets.  that the company claims is more accurate and powerful than other versions on the market.

A sabot is a lightweight carrier in which a subcaliber projectile a projectile having a smaller diameter than the caliber of the arm from which it is fired, and to which it is fitted by means of a sabot.
- Knight.

See also: Subcaliber
 is centered to permit firing the projectile projectile

something thrown forward.


projectile syringe
see blow dart.

projectile vomiting
forceful vomiting, usually without preceding retching, in which the vomitus is thrown well forward.
 in the larger caliber weapon. The new round, dubbed dub 1  
tr.v. dubbed, dub·bing, dubs
1. To tap lightly on the shoulder by way of conferring knighthood.

2. To honor with a new title or description.

3.
 the SuperSabot, features a 490-grain projectile that measures .63 inches in diameter. Once it hits the target and enters it, the round's brass exterior expands to one inch in diameter, explained Peter Mank, president of Brenneke.

The projectile is surrounded by a plastic sabot, which fills the bore of the weapon and separates from the projectile after leaving the muzzle muzzle

1. the part of the face supported by the maxillae and nasal bones; the part of a dog's head anterior to the stop and cheeks, containing the nasal passages and bearing the nosepad. Longer in dolichocephalics and practically nonexistent in brachycephalics.
, he said.

A patented piston design allows the use of more powder, generating a higher velocity. The piston also creases a highly aerodynamic shape, resulting in bullet-like accuracy at 100 yards, Mank said.

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Title Annotation:tech talk
Author:Rietze, Susan
Publication:National Defense
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Date:Aug 1, 2003
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