Patent ID: 8601950

Claim:
A large-caliber explosive projectile comprising: (a) a projectile casing provided with an ogival front part, wherein the projectile casing surrounds an internal area of the explosive projectile, wherein the internal area is filled with a plastic-bonded explosive charge, and the ogival front part of the projectile casing has a mouth hole formed therein at a tip end of the front part; (b) a nose fuze disposed to close the mouth hole of the ogival front part; (c) a liner comprising an elastic material, wherein the liner is arranged on inner walls defining the internal area of the projectile casing, and the explosive charge is located in the liner, and the explosive charge is pressed at a front end by an elastic compensation element, wherein the projectile casing includes at least two projectile casing sections arranged in a direction of a longitudinal axis of the projectile casing, wherein the at least two projectile casing sections include i. an annular front projectile casing section that includes the mouth hole formed in the ogival front part; and ii. a tail-end projectile casing section that is connected to the annular front projectile casing section via a screw connection so that the explosive charge extends into the annular front projectile casing section; and (d) a cover disposed to close the liner, wherein the compensation element rests in an interlocking manner on a front of the cover.