Mortar system with improved round

Details Mortar system with improved round Mortar system with improved round

1984-08-23

1985-08-06

Jordan, Charles T.

Aeronautics and astronautics

Missile stabilization or trajectory control

Automatic guidance

244 324, F42B 1332

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045330948

ABSTRACT:
An improved round for a mortar is shown to include a streamlined, jettisonable nose covering a hemispherical infrared (I.R.) dome incorporated in a gyroscopically stabilized I.R. seeker, deployable wings and a jet control arrangement; during the initial phases of flight the streamlined nose is in place and the deployable wings are deployed so that the aerodynamic characteristics of the round are similar to those of a conventional round, but, in the terminal phase of flight, when the nose is jettisoned the jet control arrangement may be operated in response to commands from the I.R. seeker to direct the round to impact on the top of a selected target.

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