Tandem charge projectile

US4803928A · kind A · utility

Inventors

• Stefan KRÄMER · Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm, DE
• Georg Aschenbrenner · Schrobenhausen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 21, 1987
• Grant date: Feb 14, 1989
• Expiry date: Jul 21, 2007

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F42B12/16
• WIPO field: Other special machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A projectile with a tandem charge consisting of a borehole charge and a secondary firing charge, in which exact piercing guidance between the borehole charge and the secondary firing charge is obtained by the counterdirectional motion of the housing part with the secondary firing charge relative to a tubular guiding part of the housing.