CLUSTER PROJECTILE Russian patent published in 2009 - IPC F42B12/58 F42B25/00 

FIELD: ammunition.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to projectile to hit readily vulnerable equipment, war industry structures etc. Projectile comprises warhead (WH), stabiliser fin with blade-as-folded-position clamp representing a cylinder with planes of weakness and container with parachute (PS) system. Afore mentioned components are located on outer surface of the tube with WH bottom, the tube being divided into chambers with the help of bushes to house consecutively WH bottom initiator, stabiliser fin opening device (STOD), PS separation device (PSSD) and container unpacking device (CUD). Incendiary combat elements (ICE) are arranged in gaps between stabiliser fin blades. STOD represents separate charges fitted in the bush, aforesaid separated charges being gas-dynamically interconnected and communicating with free space between ICEs. PSSD represents bush filled with powder charge.

EFFECT: higher specific efficiency and reliability.

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