UNIVERSAL BULLET Russian patent published in 1998 - IPC

FIELD: small arms ammunition, applicable for shooting in the air, under water, from air to water and from water to air. SUBSTANCE: bullet is made as an extended rod with a truncated cone in the front part with formation of a cavitation space at motion in aqueous medium. The bullet consists of two parts. The bullet front part has a higher mean density, and the rear part - a lower mean density. The front part may be made of a hard alloy, for instance, of a tungsten one, and the rear part - of a light alloy, for instance, of an aluminium one. The bullet may be made monolithic, its rear part may be lightened, for instance, in the form of a caliber tail made in the bullet material. EFFECT: enhanced efficiency. 2 cl, 3 dwg