Patent ID: 8413585

Claim:
A projectile comprising: (a) a projectile casing in which an explosive charge is arranged; (b) a fragmentation casing, wherein the explosive charge is surrounded by a fragmentation casing, and wherein the projectile casing and the fragmentation casing are connected to one another by several steel grooved pins arranged so as to be uniformly distributed over a circumference of the projectile casing and of the fragmentation casing; (c) a unit comprising (i) the explosive charge, wherein the explosive charge is supported in the projectile casing so that the explosive charge is displaceable in an axial direction towards the rear of the projectile, and wherein the explosive charge is surrounded by a metal jacket; (ii) a first ignition device disposed adjacent to the explosive charge and at a rear of the projectile, wherein the metal jacket of the explosive charge and the first ignition device are connected to one another, wherein the first ignition device is operably connected to ignite the explosive charge, and wherein the first ignition device includes a housing; and (iii) a radially protruding annular surface, wherein the radially protruding annular surface is a surface of the housing of the first ignition device; and (d) an ejection charge, wherein the ejection charge is situated in the projectile casing, wherein the ejection charge is configured and arranged in the projectile casing, in an annular cavity that surrounds an outside of the fragmentation casing, so that after ignition of the ejection charge, propellant gases developing due to ignition of the ejection charge act on the radially protruding annular surface of the first ignition device housing, and thereby effect a pushing of the explosive charge toward the rear of the projectile and out of the fragmentation casing so that ignition of the explosive charge does not rip the fragmentation casing apart and hurl high speed fragments.