Fragmentation type weapon

Claim 1

A FRAGMENTATION-TYPE WEAPON COMPRISING A BODY OF EXPLOSIVE MATERIAL, AN OUTER CASING AT LEAST PARTIALLY ENCLOSING SAID BODY OF EXPLOSIVE MATERIAL AND COMPRISING A SHELL OF A MULTIPLICITY OF DISCRETE METALLIC SLUGS FORMING TWO GROUPS OF DISCRETE SLUGS, EACH OF SAID GROUPS OF SLUGS COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF DISCRETE SLUGS OF UNIFORM SIZE DIFFERING FROM THE SIZE OF THE SLUGS COMPRISING ANOTHER GROUP OF SLUGS TO PROVIDE RELATIVELY LARGE SLUGS IN ONE GROUP AND RELATIVELY SMALL SLUGS IN THE OTHER GROUP, SAID DISCRETE SLUGS BEING DISTRIBUTED IN THE RATIO OF ABOUT 8-16 SLUGS OF SAID RELATIVELY SMALL SLUGS WEIGHING ABOUT 30 GRAINS EACH TO EACH SLUG OF SAID RELATIVELY LARGE SLUGS, EACH OF SAID RELATIVELY LARGE SLUGS WEIGHING ABOUT 140 GRAINS, AND CEMENTITIOUS MEANS COMPRISING A PLASTIC MATRIX DISPOSED BETWEEN ADJACENT FACES OF JUXTAPOSED SLUGS BONDING SAID SLUGS TOGETHER IN SUBSTANTIALLY CONTACTING RELATIONSHIP FOR DEFINING A PRESSURE-TIGHT SEAL EXTENDING BETWEEN ADJACENT FACES OF JUXTAPOSED SLUGS AND PROVIDING SAID SHELL WITH A HIGH COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH AND A MINIMAL SHEAR STRENGTH, WHEREBY DISPERSION OF SAID SLUGS IN A PREDETERMINED PATTERN UPON DETONATION OF SAID BODY OF EXPLOSIVE METERIAL IS FACILITATED.