GUIDED ARTILLERY PROJECTILE Russian patent published in 1998 - IPC

FIELD: artillery equipment, in particular, guided artillery projectiles that are kept and transported in specialized packs. SUBSTANCE: projectile has a control compartment and compartment for projectiles placed in the respective sealed packs with quick-detachable covers and joined to one another by means of a quick- acting lock just before loading into the gun barrel. The quick-acting lock for joining the compartments of the projectile is furnished with fixing radial screws partially driven in the body of the control compartment. Part of the fixing radial screws, projecting from the outer surface of the compartment body, are positioned in through radial holes made in the pack shell under the quick-detachable cover. The inner cylindrical surface of the pack shell that is engageable with the outer surface of the control compartment in the area of fixing radial screws has a diameter corresponding to the diameter of bulges of the bore rifling. EFFECT: enhanced reliability of functioning of guided artillery projectile. 3 dwg