CASSETTE NOSE CONE Russian patent published in 2001 - IPC

FIELD: artillery jet ammunition. SUBSTANCE: cassette nose cone has a shell with a bottom, container with a flange and piston fastened to each other by a central tube, cassettes with military components with flap-type stabilization blocks, pistons, powder charges, boosting units and a timer. The cassettes are made in the form of guide tubes provided with launching devices with a detachable bottom and piston. The military components are oriented towards the cassette boosting unit and gasodynamically linked with the working cavities of the container through radial ducts in the guide tube, directed to the heat radiation sensors of the explosive devices. The launching device body is rigidly fastened to the guide, and the cassette piston is provided with a gas dynamic shield located in the stabilization unit and having a length exceeding the length of the flap cantilever. The cassettes are packed with the launching devices directed towards the container flange and provided with a frame and axial support. The frame is made in the form of a threaded ring secured in the body of the launching device, and the axial support is made in the form of a cylindrical diaphragm fastened to the guide by beading and having cross-shaped slots on the ends. The nose cone container is provided with stop laminar sectors positioned between the piston of the container and the cylindrical diaphragms of the guide tubes. EFFECT: enhanced reliability of functioning of ammunition, enhanced area of hitted target. 8 dwg