WARHEAD OF STEM TYPE Russian patent published in 2002 - IPC

FIELD: armament, design of warheads of rockets and other ammunition fitted with explosive compounds. SUBSTANCE: warhead includes bursting charge located in body in which side surface there are made longitudinal shaped grooves at angle from 30 min to 5 degrees with respect to its generating line. All-metal jacket, smooth-walled in cross-section, is placed above charge. Preferable variants of invention propose cutting of lateral annular grooves in all-metal jacket which determines length of stems formed by blast of explosive charge. Internal surfaces of butt sections of all-metal jacket in zone of formation of stems in warhead with cylindrical outer surface come in the form of truncated cones which bigger bases face butts. EFFECT: enhanced efficiency of proposed warhead and ease of its manufacture. 2 cl, 3 dwg