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Smoke munition

US10422609B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Rheinmetall Waffe Munition GmbH · DE

Inventors

Karl Raupp · Neuenbürg, DE
Lothar-Georg Kopp · Neuenbürg, DE
Stefan Lauer · Erlangen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 8, 2017
Grant date	Sep 24, 2019
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 8, 2037

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF42B12/34
WIPO fieldOther special machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A smoke munition or smoke grenade which can be fired from a launcher, for example a grenade launcher, and has at least one active charge for producing smoke as a protection for ships. To achieve the effect that the active charge of the smoke grenade can be delivered quickly and safely for the ship's crew and the active compound thereof can be converted completely into smoke even after hitting the water, the invention proposes providing the active charge with a floating aid, which can be deployed before the active charge hits the water and prevents the active charge from sinking and prevents the active compound that produces the smoke from becoming wet.

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