Patent ID: 7757596

Claim:
A device for restraining a shell in a barrel of an anti-armour weapon, in particular adapted for a disposable, preloaded anti-armoured weapon being stored in a compartment of a transport box, the device comprising: a stopper member configured to be placed in the barrel in front of and adjacent to a shell loaded therein, said stopper member comprising a central body comprising at least three radially expandable, rearwardly directed legs, which are distributed circumferentially about the central body and are each configured to face and engage a tapered front surface of the shell in the barrel, said central body comprising a front stopping element for engaging a front wall of the compartment of the transport box when the stopper member is arranged in the barrel and the shell and stopper member are being stored in the compartment of the transport box, and said legs comprising gripping elements arranged on radially outermost surfaces of the legs and facing an adjacent inner surface of the barrel and configured to cut into the barrel wall upon a forward movement of the shell in the barrel.