SHAPED-CHARGE TANDEM WARHEAD Russian patent published in 2004 - IPC

FIELD: blasting, in particular, tandem shaped-charge warheads for destruction of armored targets. SUBSTANCE: located in the warhead body are the leading and main shaped charges, installed between which are the control system components: the safety-and-actuator mechanism and the blast delay line for removal from the axis of the warhead after actuation of the leading charge+ADs- positioned on its side surface is an additional explosive charge detonatingly coupled to the leading charge, and on the opposite side - a balancing load, whose mass equals the mass of the additional explosive charge. The mass of the additional charge is selected within 8 to 12+ACU- of the mass of the removed component. EFFECT: enhanced armor piercing due to conservation of the velocity and mass of the cumulative jet, simplified structure and enhanced adaptability to assembly. 3 cl, 1 dwg