Ammunition and explosives – Drop bombs – With direction controlling means
Patent
1992-09-30
1994-04-12
Brown, David H.
Ammunition and explosives
Drop bombs
With direction controlling means
102393, 102489, 244 321, F42B 1002, F42B 1032, F42B 1258
Patent
active
053016149
ABSTRACT:
Submunition is transported by a carrier to a target area and launched there, whereupon it covers a preset distance at a constant altitude at an angle to the flight axis of the carrier. The submunition has a target sensor and a payload, and is equipped with an altimeter as well as a circuit to evaluate the altimeter readings, and with at least one altitude/roll rudder controllable by this circuit.
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"Intelligente Munition fur Rohr und Rakete", Borchet, pp. 690-699 Soldst und Technik Oct. 1991.
Brown David H.
Messerschmitt-Boelkow-Blohm AG
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