Projectile or the like, preferably for armor-piercing weapons, and a method of manufacturing such a projectile

Claim 1

ARMOR-PIERCING PROJECTILE COMPRISING FORWARD AND REAR PORTIONS AND A BONDING SECTION JOINING THE INTERFACES OF SAID SECTIONS TOGETHER, SAID FORWARD AND REAR SECTIONS BEING COMPOSED OF SINTERED MATERIAL AND BEING OF UNIFORM COMPOSITION THROUGHOUT THEE RESPECTIVE PORTIONS, SAID BONDING SECTION BEING COMPOSED OF A METAL COMPOSITION WHICH IS CAPABLE OF BONDING TO THE RESPECTIVE PORTIONS AND OF PREVENTING DIFFUSION IN TH EINTERFACES OF SAID PORTIONS, SAID FORWARD AND REAR POSITIONS BEING OF DIFFERENT COMPOSITION AND SAID BONDIND SECTIONS BEING COMPOSED OF FORWARD AND REAR LAYERS WHICH ARE BONDABLE RESPECTIVELY TO SAID FORWARD AND REAR POSITIONS AND TO EACH OTHER, SAID FORWARD PORTION BEING COMPOSED OF A MIXTURE OF A HEAVY METAL WITH A COPPER AND NICKEL, SAID REAR PORTIN BEING COMPOSED OF A MIXTURE OF A METAL CARBIDE AD COBALT, THE FORWARD LAYER OF SAID BONDING SECTION BEING COMPOSED OF A MIXTURE OF COPPER AND NICKEL, AND THE REAR LAYER OF SAID BONDING SECTION BEING COMPOSED OF COBALT.