METHOD OF AMMUNITION UNLOADING Russian patent published in 1997 - IPC

FIELD: unloading of ammunition fitted with explosives - artillery shells, mines, aerial bombs, etc. SUBSTANCE: preliminarily the ammunition chamber is opened, then the body with the explosive charge is subjected to thermal action, which provides for softening of the explosive or reduction of adhesion of the explosive charge to the ammunition chamber walls. Then the ammunition is placed in the centrifuge rotor on its radius with the bottom to the axis of rotation, and the rotor is driven up to speed. During rotor rotation the charge is thrown out of the ammunition chamber into a trap. The charge is also thrown out of the chamber under the action of linear forces. EFFECT: facilitated procedure. 3 cl