AMMUNITION WITH A COMBINATION OF DETECTION AND TARGET DESTRUCTION MODES FOR AN UNDERBARREL GRENADE LAUNCHER Russian patent published in 2022 - IPC F42B12/20 F42B8/18 F42B30/04 

FIELD: ammunition.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to ammunition for underbarrel grenade launchers, which are mounted under the barrel of AK series assault rifles, and is designed to detect and destroy enemy manpower, both openly located and hiding behind artificial and natural terrain and inaccessible to defeat. Ammunition for an underbarrel grenade launcher with a combination of detection and target destruction modes includes a high-explosive fragmentation warhead with a fuse and a video camera and a carrier. Four slots are provided in the wall of the body of the bearing part, in which four folding supports with electric motors and propellers are placed before launch. In the case of the bearing part, the ammunition controls and the power source are located. On the shank of the body of the bearing part, a combustion chamber with an igniter primer is made, filled with a powder propellant charge, with an external profile for the pre-chamber of the grenade launcher barrel. The warhead is fixed on the bearing part with an electromechanical disconnector. The combustion chamber is made replaceable. The ammunition is equipped with an additional video camera located at the end of the body of the bearing part, made with the ability to work when the warhead is separated.

EFFECT: increasing the effectiveness of grenade launchers for hitting targets with high lethality.

1 cl, 3 dwg