BULLET FOR SMOOTHBORE WEAPON Russian patent published in 1997 - IPC

FIELD: bullet for smoothbore weapon. SUBSTANCE: bullet uses a mushroom-shaped body consisting of the head and tail-piece, wad-stabilizer with a recess on the front end face for the body tail-piece and detachable centering sectors. The tail-piece has an obturator and a small turbine. The small turbine is made in the form of blades smoothly inclined to one side. A groove with walls inclined towards the rear part are made on the lateral surface of the wad-stabilizer around its edges. A gap is provided between the body head and the wad-stabilizer, and a flexible gasket is located near the recess end face. The front part of the body head is made as a tapered should with an angle of 150 to 160 deg., another shoulder in the form of a truncated cone with an angle of 20 to 30 deg. is located in the center of it. The tail piece end face has a recess filled with a lighter material. The detachable centering sectors are formed by separation of the hollow cylinder into three parts, and have lugs on the inner three parts, engageable with the body head, and inclined stiffening ribs - from the outside. EFFECT: enhanced hitting effect. 2 cl, 3 dwg