Ammunition and explosives – Igniting devices and systems
Patent
1977-12-07
1979-11-27
Pendegrass, Verlin R.
Ammunition and explosives
Igniting devices and systems
102 9, 102 74, 244 325, 244 327, F42B 1310
Patent
active
041754913
ABSTRACT:
A warhead for an anti-tank projectile or a rocket propelled missile inclu a warhead body with a casing having a plurality of concave shaped-charge type liners arranged around the periphery and surrounding the interior explosive charge and in a plurality of planes extending along the axis of the warhead.
The explosive charge forms a portion of the body of a rocket propelled missile which includes a nose having a telescopic rod which is extendable from the tip and which is actuated upon impact at the target zone to initiate explosion of the explosive charge when at least one of the charge liners is at a height which corresponds to the maximum height of the target, for example, a tank. The missile body carries a plurality of flaps which may be moved outwardly or a parachute which may be ejected, such as by suitable operating mechanism, or by the withdrawal of a covering such as at the head of the missile to provide a braking effect on the missile to cause the axis of the projectile to adjust to a direction substantially perpendicular to the tangent of its trajectory and to cause the forward speed to become considerably reduced. The missile also advantageously includes means for restabilizing the missile after it has been adjusted to a substantially vertical drop by control devices such as tail fins or a parachute which is ejected from the nose of the missile and which effects the reversal thereof to a position in which the tail extends downwardly.
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Messerschmitt-Bolkow-Blohm Gesellschaft mit beschrankter Haftung
Pendegrass Verlin R.
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