SHAPED-CHARGE AMMUNITION Russian patent published in 1998 - IPC

FIELD: military equipment, applicable for piercing various obstacles and producing a fragmentation field. SUBSTANCE: the body accommodates an explosive charge and an initiating device in the axis of ammunition symmetry. A shaped recess is made on the charge plane surface. At least one annular shaped recess with a V-shaped section is made on the charge lateral surface, its angle bisector passes through the center of the initiating device. Stress concentrators are made on the shaped recess facing. EFFECT: enhanced efficiency. 4 cl, 2 dwg