Warhead for projectiles and rockets

US4305333A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Rheinmetall GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Ernst-Wilhelm Altenau · Duisburg, DE
• Wolfram Witt · Goldkronach, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 10, 1979
• Grant date: Dec 15, 1981
• Expiry date: Aug 10, 1999

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F42B12/22
• WIPO field: Other special machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

Warhead for projectiles and rockets in which the projectile or rocket casing can be relied upon to decompose into splinters of predetermined size, shape, and distribution. To accomplish this result, a thin-walled insert is positioned between the projectile or rocket casing and the explosive charge, such insert being provided with a number of ribs forming a series of saddle-roof shaped structures which exert a cutting charge effect on the casing on the detonation of the explosive charge.