WARHEAD Russian patent published in 2004 - IPC

FIELD: armaments, applicable in the structures of the warheads of rockets and other ammunition equipped with explosive compounds.

SUBSTANCE: in contradistinction to the known warhead containing the burster and the body with an assembly of non-joined oblique-laid rods, in the claimed warhead a layer of rings and an all0metal tube, smooth-walled in cross-section, are laid in succession above the oblique-laid rods. Additional fields of destruction -rod and fragmentation-are provided partially due to a reduction of the passive mass at an inclusion of the fairing in the assembly of organized crushing, and the adaptability to manufacture of the warhead body is enhanced, in which additional fields of destruction are formed at a minimum mechanical working of the body.

EFFECT: enhanced efficiency of the warhead.