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Method and apparatus for covering a target area with ammunition

US4616567A · kind A · utility

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6References

52Claims

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Assignee

Rheinmetall GmbH · DE

Inventors

Rudolf Romer · Kaarst, DE
Karl W. Bethmann · Moers, DE
Christian Jaeneke · Aachen, DE
Manfred Moll · Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy, FR

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 20, 1985
Grant date	Oct 14, 1986
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 20, 2005

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF42B12/58
WIPO fieldOther special machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A method and apparatus for covering a target area with ammunition, wherein a container, which contains active bodies W arranged on different decks 30.1, 30.2 and which is to be brought over the target area, releases the active bodies W through release openings 34 on its sides to become effective from above on respective individual flight paths against objects, for example armored vehicles, present in the target area.

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