Weapon with guiding wire

US5343809A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Forsvarets Forskningsanstalt · SE

Inventors

• Lennart Wennberg · Åkersberga, SE
• Lena Sarholm · Dalarö, SE
• Egon Svensson · Tyresö, SE
• Jan Erikson · Karlstad, SE
• Ralf Holmlin · Gately Drive, SE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 12, 1993
• Grant date: Sep 6, 1994
• Expiry date: May 12, 2013

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F42B23/16
• WIPO field: Other special machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to a weapon whose main object is to attack targets, such as armoured tanks, from above unexpectedly. The weapon includes an active part (1), a propulsion unit, such as a launching device (2), an anchorage attachment (4) which is intended to be firmly anchored in relation to the terrain, and a line (3) whose first end (5) is attached to the active part (1) and whose second end (6) is pivotally attached to the anchorage attachment (4). When used, the active part (1) is launched vertically upwards, with the line (3) held taut, whereafter the active part is guided by the line through the air in a circular arcuate path or trajectory (8) to a target (7), with the centre of the arcuate trajectory in the anchorage attachment (4).