US12742622 - Multi-part projectile with anti-rotation coating
Described herein are multi-part projectiles that include a high-friction coating as part of an interface between parts of the projectile body. The high-friction coating reduces the probability that projectile parts coupled at the interface would rotate relative as the projectile is launched, thus enhancing the reliability and accuracy of the projectile. In one example, a multi-part projectile includes a projectile body having first and back sections coupled by an interface. The front section has a front land and the back section has a back land. The threaded interface restrains the rotation of the projectile body first and back sections. A high-friction coating is disposed on at least one of the lands of one or both the front and back sections. The high-friction coating has a co-efficient of friction greater than the parent metals against each other alone, without the high-friction coating disposed therebetween.