CLUSTER NOSE FOR ANTITANK MINE LAYING Russian patent published in 1999 - IPC

FIELD: cluster noses, in particular noses furnished with hitting members (antitank mines), applicable for antitank remote mine laying and may find a wide application in rocketry. SUBSTANCE: the cluster nose for antitank mine laying has a shell, frame with antitank mines, piston, safety-actuating mechanism of the master controller, gas generator placed in direct engagement with the safety-actuating mechanism of the master controller, independent supercharging cavity, ignition-bursting charges gas-dynamically connected to the independent supercharging cavity by means of orifices. The cluster nose is furnished with a control unit of the piston rear cavity and a forced opening mechanism, and the piston is made with an annular tapered recess connecting the piston rear cavity to the shell interior through the piston gas conduits. The piston in the shell is positioned in a spaced relation providing for gas-dynamic coupling between the piston rear cavity and the shell interior, and the forced opening mechanism located in the cavity between the piston and the opening powder charge body is secured on the piston, furnished with a powder batch and made in the form of a chute with a bent edge. EFFECT: enhanced reliability of functioning at a relatively loose density of laying of hitting members. 1 cl, 2 dwg