SHAPED WARHEAD Russian patent published in 2002 - IPC

FIELD: artillery ammunition. SUBSTANCE: shaped warhead has body with bottom, shaped charge with lining, safety-actuating mechanism, initiation blasting cartridge and electric detonator. Initiation blasting cartridge has no case, centering ring protruding beyond face of cartridge by height of front branch pipe of safety-actuating mechanism and installed with its outer surface in central hole of bottom of body of warhead assembled with tight fit is pressed uniaxially into rear face of cartridge on side of safety-actuating mechanism flush with its outer diameter at level of 0.3-0.5 of its height. Thin-walled branch pipe of safety- actuating mechanism has spring protrusion on outer surface and is placed inside protruding part of centering ring to positive stop by rear face of initiation blasting cartridge. Amplifier of detonation pulse coming in the form of cylindrical column of explosive with height of 1.0-1.2 of its diameter is installed uniaxially in ring casing inside branch pipe. Front face of initiation blasting cartridge is located in central socket of lens and is loaded in axial direction by rubber damper placed in same socket. EFFECT: increased armor piercing capability of shaped warhead thanks to point initiation of shaped charge by way of separate centering of elements of initiation unit and to insertion of amplifier as compensator of axial errors of their installation. 1 dwg