Re: HKP and the Kra'Vak

Tom Anderson wrote:

> i must say that i'm a little troubled by oerjan's description -
firstly,
> the round needs to be a good conductor, which i would imagine 
> precludes making it from depleted uranium or tungsten, although i 
> suppose you could put a copper coating around it, and secondly, if
the > accelerating force is
> coming from the current flow throught the round itself, why is a
sabot
> needed? unless that sabot is the bit with the conductor, in which
case it
> all makes perfect sense.

Bingo. The sabot is indeed the conductor; it is necessary mainly
because the ideal shape for a sabot is rather far from the ideal shape
of the rod penetrator <g>

Regards,

Oerjan Ohlson
oerjan.ohlson@telia.com

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