BULLETIN FOR SLUG Russian patent published in 2018 - IPC F42B7/10 F42B30/02 

FIELD: military equipment.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to the equipping of firearms and can be used for shooting from smoothbore guns. Bullet contains frontal part 1 and cylindrical part 3 with diagonal guiding ribs 5 located on it. Cavity is formed in cylindrical part 3 of the bullet body. Bullet has ricochet compensating projection 4, bullet core 6, bullet skirt 9 with its supporting part, bullet tail, which includes core-fairing 8, support ring 12, wad lock and wad stage 18 with its obturating functions. Bullet has a streamlined shape, the frontal part of which is made in the form of a cone with a rounding in the upper part. Bullet contains plastic core-fairing 8 with points of support 19 of wad stage 18, which is made in the form of closing cone 20 and is installed with the possibility of eliminating the formation of a discharged space in the tail of the bullet during its flight and which has annular groove 15 for fixation. Bullet is made in the form of support ring 12, and edge 11 of plastic core-fairing 8 is mounted to abut support ring 12. Skirt 9 of the bullet and its supporting part is made in the form of a conical shape. Bullet has wad lock 14 with annular fixing edges 13 and 16. Bullet contains wad stage 18 in which ring-shaped obturating cavity 21 is formed, and which prevents the breakdown of powder gases during a shot. In wad stage 18, cavity 22 is provided for distributing the pressure of the powder gases in order to avoid excessive pressure on the barrel walls during the shot.

EFFECT: technical result consists in increasing the streamlining of the bullet, its accuracy, range of flight and lowering the ricochet ability.

1 cl, 3 dwg