AIRBORNE RECONNAISSANCE SYSTEM AMMUNITION Russian patent published in 2014 - IPC F42B12/36 F42B25/00 F42B30/00 F42B99/00 

FIELD: weapons and ammunition.

SUBSTANCE: invention refers to systems providing individual groups of foot soldiers with necessary real-time information, and namely to ammunition of an air reconnaissance system. Ammunition of the air reconnaissance system includes a housing and propellant charge. A remote bottom initiation device is arranged in the housing. Charge is activated from the initiation device and destructs the ammunition housing at the required altitude. A container is adjacent to propellant charge. The container includes a housing, a retransmission station with an antenna, a power supply unit and a parachute. Photo or video recording equipment is arranged in the housing. The retransmission station with the antenna transmits equipment operation results to a ground control panel. The power supply unit supplies electric current to the photo or video recording equipment and retransmission station. The parachute is attached to the container and laid in the cavity of the head part of the ammunition housing. When in initial position, the power supply unit is electrically connected to the photo or video recording equipment and the retransmission station. The power supply unit is made in the form of a pyrotechnic current source installed with an end face of its pyrotechnic equipment to propellant charge. Photo or video recording equipment is arranged at opposite end face of the container housing with a lens towards the parachute. A clamp is arranged between the parachute and the container, and its ends are located along the container and enclose it on diametrically opposite sides.

EFFECT: simpler structure and improved operating reliability of ammunition.

4 cl, 5 dwg