Patent ID: 8794154
Filing Date: 2014-08-05
Classification: F42B

Abstract:
1. An artillery projectile for firing from an artillery gun, mortar or artillery rocket launcher, the artillery projectile comprising: (a) a body; (b) a payload including a plurality of inert fragments located within said body; (c) a booster rocket motor associated with said body for accelerating said body with said payload to a penetration velocity; (d) an opening arrangement associated with said body and deployed for initiating release of said fragments; and (e) a control system causally associated with said booster rocket motor and said opening arrangement, said control system including a data storage device storing at least one parameter, said control system being configured to generate during a terminal portion of flight of the artillery projectile a first command to actuate said booster rocket motor and a second command to actuate said opening arrangement, wherein a time between actuation of said booster rocket motor and actuation of said opening arrangement is determined at least in part by a value of said at least one parameter.