Warhead

US5153373A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Rheinmetall GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Henrik R. Lips · Düsseldorf, DE
• Jurgen Bocker · Oberhausen, DE
• Peter Tripptrap · Langenfeld, DE
• Klaus Weimann · Lörrach, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 14, 1990
• Grant date: Oct 6, 1992
• Expiry date: Dec 14, 2010

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F42B1/036
• WIPO field: Other special machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A warhead including a shell which encloses the explosive charge and a projectile forming liner with the liner being disposed so that its circumferential surface lies against an intermediate ring which, in turn, is fastened to the shell. To avoid undefinable spalling effects in the region of the boundary surfaces between the liner and the shell, which could result in asymmetrical tail formation for the projectile produced by the detonative resharping of the liner, the intermediate ring and the liner have the same acoustic impedance.