FRAGMENTATION AMMUNITION BODY Russian patent published in 2003 - IPC

FIELD: artillery ammunition. SUBSTANCE: the fragmentation ammunition body with a net of semi-finished fragments in the form of rhombic truncated pyramids on the inner surface, formed by two rows of equidistributed helical riffles of contrary direction has a tapered tail section contracting down-wards. An open chamber with through radial slots on the walls is made in the tail section on the side of the bottom. EFFECT: enhanced fragmentation of the ammunition body and enhanced range of its flight. 2 dwg