HARD-CORE PROJECTILE Russian patent published in 2002 - IPC

FIELD: ammunition, in particular, projectiles having an elongated cylindrical body, applicable for hitting of armored targets, as well as for fundamental researches of high-speed interaction of bodies. SUBSTANCE: the driving device is made as one piece, made in its front section is a cavity, which accommodates the stabilizing member representing a sleeve with stabilizing surfaces that has longitudinal lugs located in the longitudinal recesses of the body ending in a stopper. Besides, a fixing device is positioned in the sleeve and in the front part of the driving device, and a retaining device is additionally introduced. The surfaces, in which the longitudinal recesses on the projectile body, longitudinal grooves for the fixing devices are positioned , do not coincide. EFFECT: improved stabilization of the projectile in the trajectory and end strike at the obstacle, prevented disturbance of arrangement in storage, transportation and at loading. 4 cl, 7 dwg