Patent · US Expired

Liner for a warhead with protruding central portion

US4979443A · kind A · utility

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Assignee

Rheinmetall GmbH · DE

Inventors

Rolf Rittel · Velbert, DE
Torsten Niemeyer · Celle, DE
Peter Tripptrap · Langenfeld, DE
Jurgen Bocker · Oberhausen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 3, 1989
Grant date	Dec 25, 1990
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 3, 2009

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF42B1/028
WIPO fieldOther special machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An improved liner for a warhead having a shaped explosive charge for the production of a projectile by explosive reshaping of the liner includes a liner body having a central region which has a radius of curvature which is smaller than that of a surrounding liner portion. The central region of the liner is indented relative to the surrounding liner portion along a central axis of the liner body toward the side of the liner adjacent the shaped explosive charge. Upon explosive reshaping of the liner, a projectile having an ogival shape is produced.

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