Reactive armor with radar absorbing structure

Details Reactive armor with radar absorbing structure Reactive armor with radar absorbing structure

1993-03-19

1995-05-09

Bentley, Stephen C.

Ordnance

Shields

With explosive device

89 3608, 342 3, F41H 5007

Patent

active

054130271

ABSTRACT:
A reactive armor box for protecting armor surfaces comprising a base for achment to the armor surfaces, a plurality of walls extending from the base at an angle to provide an enclosed space, a plurality of explosive cassettes disposed within the enclosed space and supported and contained within the walls, and a top, attached to the walls to contain the cassettes in the enclosed space, which has radar absorbing characteristics for absorbing radio waves of the radar to avoid detection of the protected armor surface and to protect the armor surface from projectiles utilizing radio frequency guidance seekers. The top and the entire structure of the box on the invention may be formed of a light weight composite material which has the radar absorbing characteristics or the box may be formed of conventional metals with only the top surface of the box being formed of the radar absorbing materials.

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patent: 4928575 (1990-05-01), Smirlock et al.
patent: 5070764 (1991-12-01), Sherach et al.

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