Missiles and gun barrels for eliminating sabots therefrom

Claim 1

A COMBINATION OF A WEAPON BARREL AND A PROJECTILE ADAPTED TO BE FIRED THROUGH THE WEAPON BARREL, SAID PROJECTILE HAVING A BODY PORTION AND SABOT SEGMENTS, SAID SABOT SEGMENTS HAVING A DIAMETER GREATER THAN SAID BODY PORTION; MEANS FOR RETAINING SAID SABOT SEGMENTS IN CONTACT WITH SAID PROJECTILE PRIOR TO AND DURING INSERTION INTO THE WEAPON BARREL; HELICAL LANDS AND GROOVES IN SAID BARREL, WITH SAID GROOVES HAVING A DEPTH TO RECEIVE THE EXTENSION IN RADIAL LENGTH POSSESSED BY SAID SEGMENTS BEYOND THE RADIUS OF SAID BODY PORTION; SAID LAND HAVING A RADIAL INNER SURFACE OF CONSTANT DIAMETER EXTENDING THE FULL LENGTH OF THE BARREL AND SUPPORTING SAID BODY PORTION OF LTHE PROJECTILE; A PROJECTION AND RECESS TYPE CONNECTION BETWEEN EACH SEGEMENT AND THE PROJECTILE; THE BASE OF SAID GROOVES COOPERATING WITH SAID SEGMENTS TO RESTRAIN SAID SEGMENTS AGAINST RADIAL OUTWARD MOVEMENT; ABOUT 5-15% OF SAID LENGTH OF SAID BARREL ADJACENT ITS MUZZLE HAVING SAID BARREL GROOVES OF GREATER DEPTH THAN THE REMAINDER OF SAID BARREL GROOVES BY AN AMOUNT GREATER THAN THE DEPTH OF SAID PROJECTION AND RECESS TYPE CONNECTION TO ALLOW FOR CENTRIFUGAL SEPARATION OF SAID SEGMENTS AWAY FROM THE PROJECTILE WITHOUT RETARDING THE FORWARD MOVEMENT OF THE PROJECTILE; THE PROJECTILE BEING IN CONTACT WITH SAID HELICAL LAND''S RADIAL INNER SURFACE, SAID PROJECTILE THEREBY BEING GUIDED AND SUPPORTED THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE FORWARD MOVEMENT WITHIN SAID BARREL, INCLUDING THAT FORWARD MOVEMENT AFTER SEPARATION OF SAID SEGMENTS FROM SAID PROJECTILE.