TANK CLUSTER PROJECTILE “VARCOB” WITH FRAGMENTATION WARHEADS Russian patent published in 2018 - IPC F42B12/62 

FIELD: weapons and ammunition.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to ammunition, namely to: cluster projectiles with fragmentation warheads. Projectile contains a housing with the trajectory fuse with a pyrotechnic channel, an explosive powder charge, an axial rod-pusher and a set of fragmentation warheads placed therein. They contain a housing with an explosive charge and a shock fuse. Fragmentation warheads are made spherical or of close to it shape. On their outer surface they are provided with flat end areas and contacting each other with said areas. Set of fragmentation warheads of the projectile contains central and radial fragmentation warheads. Axial rod-pusher is made of central fragmentation warheads, connected together on flat end areas using the breaking fastening elements. They are fastened in such a way that said warheads form a cylinder with a shaped surface, mainly consisting of the central fragmentation elements monotonously repeating spherical surfaces. Forming the projectile main charge fragmentation elements are located in the projectile in the form of several autonomous modules. Each autonomous module consists of one central fragmentation element and evenly distributed around it several radial fragmentation elements. Said central and radial fragmentation warheads are fastened together using bursting pyrotechnic fastening elements.

EFFECT: technical result is an increase in the projectile's action effectiveness due to the axial rod-pusher execution from the fragmentation warheads.

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