DETACHABLE HIGH-EXPLOSIVE NOSE Russian patent published in 2001 - IPC

FIELD: artillery ammunition. SUBSTANCE: detachable high-explosive nose has an explosive device, combat compartment, body, explosive charge and a bushing with ready-made hitting elements. The bushing with ready-made hitting elements comprises blocks of coarse and fine fractions, the block of coarse-fraction elements has a length equal to 0.7-0.8 of the length of the bushing with ready made hitting elements. The relationship between the mass of the hitting element of the fine-fraction block and the mass of the hitting element of the coarse- fraction block makes up 0.1-0.2. The body is provided with a parachute compartment, whose bottom carries a burster that is gasodynamically connected to the explosive device through a gas vent, and the parachute is packed in a spiral around it. EFFECT: enhanced area of fragment hitting of manpower and equipment. 1 dwg