Device for producing a decoy cloud, in particular an infrared decoy cloud

US4621579A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Buck Chemische-Technische Werke GmbH & Co. · DE

Inventors

• Wolfgang Badura · Bad Reichenhall, DE
• Gerhard Grau · Müllheim, DE
• Axel Widera · Freilassing, DE
• Kurt Adamek · Bischofswiesen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 12, 1985
• Grant date: Nov 11, 1986
• Expiry date: Jun 12, 2005

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F42B4/24
• WIPO field: Other special machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

Device for producing a series of consecutive decoy clouds, in particular infrared decoy clouds which move progressively away from the actual target, in which several projectiles (A, B, C, D, E, F, G) are arranged within a thin walled discharge tube (1), each projectile is practically of identical construction and has a separate ignition disintegrator unit (10) for disintegrating it and for igniting and scattering the combustible charge (18) to form a decoy cloud, a separate ejection chamber (27) provided with a propellant charge cartridge (28) is provided on each projectile, each propellant charge cartridge (28) can be ignited via a separate electrically actuated ignition lead (5) by means of a command controlled ignition distributor unit (69) and each projectile has a separate percussion fuse (47) for the ignition disintegrator unit (10) which can be actuated by releasing its safety device (360 mechanically, its safety device (36) only being released after ignition of the propellant charge cartridge (28) with opening of the ejection chamber (27) and after the projectile has left the discharge tube (1) and due to the acceleration of the projectile.