PROJECTILE Russian patent published in 2024 - IPC F42B30/08 

FIELD: weapons and ammunition.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to a projectile. Projectile comprises a warhead consisting of high-explosive fragmentation units located along the axis of the projectile and connected by means of a detachable connection along a plane perpendicular to its axis. Each unit comprises a body and an explosive charge; an air gap is made between the head and bottom units. Head unit is made with central channel and is equipped with additional charges, the latter are arranged at body rear end and made of explosive with higher sensitivity to impact than that of main charge. Bottom unit contains an additional charge located near the rear end of the head unit, and is connected to the safety-actuating mechanism by a transfer charge.

EFFECT: higher efficiency of ammunition by increasing the probability of activation during abnormal approaches of the guided projectile to the target.

1 cl, 1 dwg