Warhead with a tandem charge

US5309843A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Diehl GmbH & Co. · DE

Inventors

• Max Rentzsch · Westerburg, DE
• Manfred Schildknecht · Eckental, DE
• Werner Rudenauer · Roth, DE
• Klaus Lindstadt · Arnstorf, DE
• Michael Hahn · Stuart, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 9, 1993
• Grant date: May 10, 1994
• Expiry date: Jul 9, 2013

Classification

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

Abstract

A warhead which may be integrated, for example, in a bazooka, is capable of shooting through a wall protecting an enemy. For that purpose, a tandem charge includes a hollow charge which produces in the wall a firing passage for a follow-up charge. The follow-up charge is in the form of a fragmentation projectile which produces fragments behind the wall.