IMMOBILIZING GRENADE Russian patent published in 1998 - IPC

FIELD: ammunition for temporary immobilization of personnel, for instance, for neutralization of terrorist or extremist elements. SUBSTANCE: immobilizing grenade has jacket, for example, of polyethylene that houses powdery mixture of irritant and inert substances and central charge of explosive. Basic fraction ( not less than 60% ) of powdery irritant substance in which capacity acetophenon chlorine in the amount of 85.0-98.5 per cent by mass may be used has dispersity of 20-160 μm. Central charge of explosive may be produced from phlegmatized hexogen with proportion of mass of charge to mass of mixture equal to 1:(45-55). With operation of central charge of explosive there takes place burst dispersing of irritant substance which ensures practically instantaneous creation of needed concentration of it in large rooms or out of doors. EFFECT: high efficiency of immobilizing grenade. 5 cl, 1 dwg