HITTING COMPONENT OF CLUSTER AMMUNITION Russian patent published in 2004 - IPC

FIELD: hitting components of cluster ammunition.

SUBSTANCE: the hitting component has a body, having a means of crushing into fragments in the form of circular riffles, filling of an explosive with a shaped recess with an open cylindrical bushing fastened before it, inertia fuse with a primer detonator shifted relative to the striker spring connected to the band of the aerodynamic stabilizer through a cross axle and a rotary bent shackle zigzagged around the fuse. The novelty is in the fact that the primer detonator is installed in a spring-loaded slide bar resting on a pyrotechnical lock, and a number of through slots is made in the bushing, longitudinal or inclined riffles are additionally made on the body outer surface, they form together with the circular riffles a net of evenly distributed semi-finished fragments.

EFFECT: enhanced fragmentation action of the hitting components that are safe in service handling.

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