Incendiary warhead

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1978-02-21

1979-11-13

Pendegrass, Verlin R.

Ammunition and explosives

Igniting devices and systems

102 72, 102 69, F42B 1344

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041739310

ABSTRACT:
An incendiary warhead comprises a destructible body carrying a plurality of stacked incendiaries. Each incendiary comprises a housing containing a compressed three-part icendiary filling. The filling comprises a flame substance for forming an intense flame, a thermit unit for forming a red-hot slag, and a combustion transfer substance which projects into both the flame substance and the thermit substance to be ignited by the former and ignite the latter. A tail unit is mounted at a top end of the housing to control the rate of descent of the incendiary. The tail comprises a hook, a pair of chains connected to the hook, and a vane connected to the free end of each chain. An anchor point extends from a bottom end of the housing and is in the shape of an arrowhead having barbed side edges.

REFERENCES:
patent: 3736878 (1973-06-01), Guntermann
patent: 3888179 (1975-06-01), Nord
patent: 3961579 (1976-06-01), Faber
patent: 4015355 (1977-04-01), Schiessl

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