The paper proposes a technique to derive the dispersion relations for acoustoelastic shear body waves propagating in periodically layered media formed of identical metallized sandwiches, each consisting of two different piezoelectric layers and a dielectric layer between them. A numerical analysis is carried out and the propagation of body waves in different structures is described for a wide range of frequencies and wave numbers. The effect of the physical, mechanical, and geometrical parameters of the layers on the transmission and suppression bands is examined. The influence of the piezoeffect on the arrangement of the transmission edges upon change in the relative thickness of the layers is studied Keywords: shear body wave, periodically layered piezodielectric medium, piezoelectic, dielectric Introduction. Studying the propagation of acoustoelectric waves in various layered structures is of current importance from the point of view of both fundamental research and application in various acoustoelectric devices. This makes it necessary to model and study in detail the physical and mechanical properties of such structures. By varying the parameters and types of the layers within the period of structure over a wide range, it is possible to produce piezoelectric materials with optimal characteristics.To derive and analyze the dispersion equations describing the propagation of body, surface, and normal modes of different polarization in periodically layered media of different anisotropy, a variety of mathematical approaches has been proposed [2, 6-10, 12-15]. Dispersion equations for body, surface, and normal shear waves in regularly layered media formed of alternating metal and piezoceramic layers are detailed in [3,4]. Expanding upon the previous studies, the present paper discusses the results from a numerical analysis of the dispersion relations describing the propagation of acoustoelectric shear body waves in periodically layered media formed of identical sandwiches, each consisting of two different piezoelectric layers with metallized outside surfaces and a dielectric, nonpiezoelectric layer between them.1. Problem Formulation and Solution Procedure. Consider, in a Cartesian coordinate system Oxyz, a structure modeled by a sandwich repeated along the Ox-axis. The sandwich consists of three layers: a piezoelectric layer of thickness h p1 , a dielectric layer of thickness h d , and a piezoelectric layer of thickness h p2 . The outside surfaces of the sandwich are metallized (covered by an infinitely thin metal layer with zero potential). The physical and mechanical properties of the piezoelectric layers are described by constitutive relations for a hexagonal (6mm) crystal with a sixth-order axis of symmetry parallel to the Oz-axis. The propagation of acoustoelectric shear waves in the direction of constant properties is described by the following system of equations in the piezoelectric layers [3,4]: