Destructive effect projectile that explodes on impact

A destructive effect projectile that explodes on impact, the projectile comprising a shell body in which an explosive charge is disposed, a ballistic nose cone extending into said shell body, said ballistic nose cone having a trigger system disposed therein and organized into two distinct portions connected together in axial alignment, one of said portions being a bottom portion which is essentially rigid, is in the form of a cylindrical can and has a perforated bottom, and the other of said portions being a top portion which is essentially deformable on impact on a target and which is in the form of a nose cone extending to the shell body, each of said portions being charged with a compressed incendiary composition having a respective blind axial hollow formed therein in such a manner that said blind hollows together define a closed functional cavity whose shape is maintained on firing and during the trajectory of the projectile, the bottom portion also having a mechanically strong layer of pyrophoric material which is disposed between the perforated bottom and the incendiary composition in the bottom portion, said pyrophoric material being set off on inpact by the charge in the ballistic nose cone due to the sudden local increase in the pressure of air contained in the closed functional cavity such that a large number of incandescent particles are propelled at high velocity against the explosive charge.