Fin stabilized subammunition body

US5037040A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Rheinmetall GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Gerhard Goltz · Celle, DE
• Werner Grosswendt · Ratingen, DE
• Helmut Peller · Düsseldorf, DE
• Jens Seidensticker · Kaarst, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 1, 1990
• Grant date: Aug 6, 1991
• Expiry date: Mar 1, 2010

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F42B15/01
• WIPO field: Other special machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A fin stabilized subammunition body including a target detection device and being ejectable in a target area from a spin stabilized artillery carrier projectile. The target detection device includes a fixed sensor for detecting a target and producing target signals representing characteristics of the detected target, a reference platform for producing inertial reference signals, and a controller connected to the fixed sensor and the reference platform for producing drive control signals for selectively actuating a plurality of microreaction drive mechanisms arranged for producing transverse acceleration forces for aligning the body with a detected target.