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A double ramped, saboted, kinetic energy assembly automatically aligns a projectile in a gun tube. The assembly has an acceleration activated device consisting of a split centering ring causing alignment during the early phase of the shot motion of the projectile. The assembly also includes a series

A double ramped, saboted, kinetic energy assembly automatically aligns a projectile in a gun tube. The assembly has an acceleration activated device consisting of a split centering ring causing alignment during the early phase of the shot motion of the projectile. The assembly also includes a series of small protrusions or a continuous expandable ring which forces and maintains the projectile into a straight aligned position during its traversal of the gun tube. The assembly may have either a smooth bore or a rifled bore gun tube. The disclosure also include a method related to the assembly.

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Apparatus for automatically aligning and seating a projectile concentrically in a gun tube, comprising in combination: the gun tube having a bore, a shell casing for the gun tube, a sabot mounted on the shell casing and having a double ramp assembly, the assembly having a front ramp section with a f

Apparatus for automatically aligning and seating a projectile concentrically in a gun tube, comprising in combination: the gun tube having a bore, a shell casing for the gun tube, a sabot mounted on the shell casing and having a double ramp assembly, the assembly having a front ramp section with a front bore-rider portion and a rear ramp section with a rear bore-rider portion, the front bore-rider portion having more clearance spacing within the gun tube than the rear bore-rider portion, this additional clearance spacing permitting the projectile within the gun tube to seat slightly out of alignment, and this additional clearance spacing being taken up by incorporating an interface means on the front bore-rider portion for maintaining the alignment of the projectile as it travels down the gun tube, wherein the interface means on the front bore-rider portion comprises a series of radially and outwardly projecting ellipsoidal shaped protrusion members.