Patent · US Expired

Warhead

US4622901A · kind A · utility

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3References

5Claims

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Assignee

Rheinmetall GmbH · DE

Inventors

Wolfram Witt · Goldkronach, DE
Herbert Scholles · Meerbusch, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 30, 1984
Grant date	Nov 18, 1986
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 30, 2004

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF42B12/10
WIPO fieldOther special machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A warhead includes a housing in which an effective explosive charge and a projectile-forming layer is disposed. The effective explosive charge is connected and ignited by a target recognition device. In order to reduce the effect of the antenna as a hindrance and obstacle to the formation of a projectile by means of a projectile-forming layer forming part of the effective explosive charge, the antenna extends only to a limited extent into the central region of the end face of the effective charge and is in the form of an annular shape which only to a minor degree covers the projectile-forming layer so that only the peripheral surfaces of the projectile-forming layer are blocked by the antenna structure.

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