WARHEAD Russian patent published in 2003 - IPC

FIELD: military equipment, in particular, warheads of missiles and artillery projectiles. SUBSTANCE: the warhead has a cylindrical body with a rear cover, the body accommodates the main explosive charge and a device for its initiation, the device for initiation of the military load is located near the front end of the warhead, and installed on the outer side of the rear cover in parallel with the warhead longitudinal axis are modules uniformly distributed in the circumference and made in the form of metal cups filled with an explosive, the open ends of the cups partially enter the rear cover so that the thickness of the rear cover in the point of installation of each module provides for transmission of the detonating pulse from the explosive military load to the explosive of the modules. EFFECT: enhanced combat power of the missile or artillery projectile due to the increase of the explosive mass of its warhead. 2 dwg