Ammunition and explosives – Drop bombs – With drop-retarding means
Patent
1987-03-23
1989-08-22
Brown, Daivd H.
Ammunition and explosives
Drop bombs
With drop-retarding means
102211, 102214, 102476, F42B 102, F42B 1300
Patent
active
048585327
ABSTRACT:
The disclosure relates to a submunition disposed to be separated from an aeronautical body, for example a shell carrier canister or the like above a target area, the submunition essentially including a warhead (5), a target detector (6) and a device which imparts rotation to the submunition for scanning the target area in a helical pattern (4) during the fall of the submunition towards the target area. The target detector (6) is pivotally disposed on a carrying shaft (12a) parallel to the line of symmetry (5a) of the warhead in order to permit outward activation of the target detector (6) from a collapsed position where the optical axis of the target detector coincides with the line of symmetry (5a) of the warhead to an activated position where the optical axis of the target detector is parallel with the line of symmetry (5a) of the warhead, so as to permit free scanning vision for the target detector (6) beyond the warhead (5).
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Albrektsson Kjell
Axinger Jan
Fixell Jan-Olof
Hyvarinen Jari
Persson Per-Olof
Aktiebolaget Bofors
Brown Daivd H.
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