Patent · US Expired

Warhead with a plurality of slave missiles

US4289073A · kind A · utility

20Cited by

5References

7Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Rheinmetall GmbH · DE

Inventors

Rudolf Romer · Kaarst, DE
Hendrik Lips · Goldkronach, DE
Benjamin Furch · Unterlüß, DE
Hans Orth · Düsseldorf, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 16, 1979
Grant date	Sep 15, 1981
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 16, 1999

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF42B12/60
WIPO fieldOther special machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A disc-shaped warhead adapted for being fired from a barrel weapon, and particularly for being stacked with a plurality of similar warheads in a load-carrying missile for ejection one after the other. The warhead has a plurality of slave missiles disposed in radially directed firing tubes, and a parachute connected to the warhead and causing a directional, braked descent in the target area. Each of the slave missiles has a proximity fuse to detonate it individually after reaching a predetermined distance from the ground or other target.

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