Ammunition and explosives – Drop bombs – With direction controlling means
Patent
1979-01-24
1981-09-22
Jordan, Charles T.
Ammunition and explosives
Drop bombs
With direction controlling means
358103, 358109, 250333, F42B 2524
Patent
active
042903645
ABSTRACT:
A guided bomb for use in low level flying for pinpoint target combat, comprises a bomb having a braking device associated therewith to produce a slow-down which is effective against the trajectory and a picture-taking sensor connected to the bomb to guide the bomb for final phase guidance. The braking device advantageously comprises retrorockets or a parachute. The picture-taking sensor is advantageously a television camera or an infrared camera and a tracker is associated with it which may be mounted, for example, on the aircraft carrying the bomb. The picture taken by the picture-taking sensor is transmitted via either a radio or mechanical connection to the aircraft and is reproduced there for guidance by the pilot. The target may advantageously be illuminated by a laser illuminator carried on the aircraft and the bomb advantageously has a tracker with laser vectoring.
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Schnaebele Werner
Weidenhagen Dieter
Jordan Charles T.
Messerschmitt-Bolkow-Blohm G.m.b.H.
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