Explosive projectile assembly with a projectile body

US4882996A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Diehl GmbH & Co. · DE

Inventors

• Erich Bock · Ingolstadt, DE
• Rainer Himmert · Achern, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 28, 1988
• Grant date: Nov 28, 1989
• Expiry date: Oct 28, 2008

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F42B12/32
• WIPO field: Other special machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

An explosive missile or projectile assembly which possesses a projectile body and a ballistic hood which is positioned in front of the projectile body, wherein the hood encompasses a head end portion of the projectile body, and which includes an explosive charge arranged within the projectile body and a base detonator. An in-depth effect and fragmentation effect comes into bearing in the direction of firing, in that fragments are arranged intermediate the head end portion of the projectile body and the ballistic hood, and in which the projectile body is equipped with performed fragments.