ARTILLERY SMALL-CALIBER SHELL Russian patent published in 2008 - IPC F42B12/20 F42B12/38 

FIELD: weapons.

SUBSTANCE: invention concerns ammunition of fragmentation demolition type. Shell contains the case equipped with a conducting corbel with the chamber, filled with explosive and a bottom cavity with tracer agent placed in it, and the head detonator established in a carving point of the case. The tracer agent is executed in the form of a thin-walled glass with pyrotechnic structure press-fitted in it which is strengthened in a ground cavity through the layer of anaerobic hermetic and is longitudinal fixed by the cutting spring washer placed in the ring groove bottom cavity. Between the tracer agent and a back end face of the shell the free volume is formed by the depth, making 0.15-0.25 of the shell calibre. The chamber is executed with an undercut exceeding on diameter a carving point under a detonator, and with explosive pressing possibility.

EFFECT: increase of power of ammunition and adaptability to manufacture of its manufacturing and assemblage.

1 dwg