ARTILLERY AMMUNITION Russian patent published in 1997 - IPC

FIELD: artillery equipment, in particular, ammunition in which the shell and charging device are joined before their loading in the gun barrel; the shell obturating device has rifles. SUBSTANCE: artillery ammunition has shell 1 with stabilizers 2, charging device 3 consisting of igniter 4 in body 5 with flange 6, damping device 7 and propellant charge 8; damping device 7 is made as flexible member 10, nut 11 and double- diameter cylinder 12 positioned inside tube 13 with internal annular shoulder 14; larger-diameter part 15 of cylinder 12 overlaps body 5 of igniter 4 on the opposite side of flange 6, and its side surface 16 is engageable with part 39 of tube 13 located between its annular shoulder 14 and body 5; flexible member 10 is pressed to the end of annular shoulder 14 of tube 13 by nut 11 secured on smaller-diameter part 40 of cylinder 12; booster member 9 is made in the form of an axial stud, whose ends are fastened to sleeve 17 positioned in recesses 18 of stabilizers 2, and stem 19 fastened to tube 13 of damping device 7; the stud carries spring 21, located inside sleeve 17, and tube 22 with flanges 23 and 24; external ends 25,26 of the flanges are engageable with spring 21 and stem 19, and internal ends 27, 28 of the flanges are engageable on one side with rear ends 29 of stabilizers 2, and on the other side - with teeth 30 of the stabilizers, each of them being positioned in respective recess 18; neck 31 of sleeve 17 envelops teeth 30 and is engageable with ends 32 of the recesses of stabilizers 2. Part of flexible member 10 adjoining nut 11 has an enhanced stiffness, for instance, it is made in the form of a bank of twinned plate springs. EFFECT: improved design. 2 cl, 6 dwg