OMELYANENKO'S MULTIPLE-COMPONENT PROJECTILE USED TO FIRE SMOOTHBORE ARMS Russian patent published in 1997 - IPC

FIELD: ammunition. SUBSTANCE: projectile has cylindrical container made in the form of a plastic cup, whose inner surface envelops individual hitting components arranged in it in adjoining columns. The container has an obturating skirt on the rear end and a spherical recess on the front end of its wall. Each hitting component has a lateral cylindrical surface, nose section with a convex surface in the form of a half of ellipsoid or truncated cone, and a rear end with a concave surface. Made on the inner surface of the container bottom opposite each column is one lug, which rests on the concave surface of the rear end of the last component of each column and a recess in the form of a half of ellipsoid or truncated cone is available in the end. An annular groove with lateral walls inclined towards the rear end is made on the lateral surface of the container bottom part. EFFECT: enhanced hitting effect. 3 cl, 4 dwg