ILLUMINATION AMMUNITION Russian patent published in 2018 - IPC F42B12/42 

FIELD: weapons and ammunition.

SUBSTANCE: device contains a warhead-placed impact fuse that communicates through a throttling sleeve with a firing layer of a gas generating expulsion charge, on which a set of longitudinal stars installed in a cylindrical body, rests. The set is associated with a detachable shank equipped with aerodynamic blades. The body is made of coaxial shells rigidly connected by end bridges, bulk ballast, mainly sand is placed in the gap therebetween. The expulsion charge is a pyrotechnic flash-light, and the stars are installed in a cylindrical sleeve equipped with a central locking pin. The shank has a weakened cross-section along the generatrix, while a power plate bearing a mounting ring is fixed on the outer shell of the body.

EFFECT: expanded technological possibilities of using the ammunition which is used as an aviation light to indicate the impact point and illuminate the territory, at a smoke alarm clearly visible and distinguishable at a distance.

2 cl, 2 dwg