SHAPED-CHARGE AMMUNITION Russian patent published in 1998 - IPC

FIELD: firing smoothbore guns with the aim of through piercing of armored jackets and other highly effective light armored structures. SUBSTANCE: bullet projectile caliber does not exceed 30 mm, it has combat shaped charge 2 in an envelope of external (3) and internal (4) cone-shaped parts. Fuze bottom part 5 made in the form of a disk is arranged behind charge 2. The projectile is placed in standard case 11. Wad-container 14 envelops the projectile and isolates it from propellant charge by its bottom. The projectile envelope tail part serves as a stabilizing means. The wad-container is divided into longitudinal lugs whose end faces are directed inside the bulge with a profile corresponding to the profile of the projectile head part. EFFECT: enhanced efficiency. 6 cl, 4 dwg