Projectile

US5656792A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Diehl GmbH & Co. · DE

Inventors

• Max Rentzsch · Westerburg, DE
• Manfred Schildknecht · Eckental, DE
• Hans Strauss · Reichenschwand, DE
• Rainer Himmert · Achern, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 16, 1996
• Grant date: Aug 12, 1997
• Expiry date: Sep 16, 2016

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F42B12/625
• WIPO field: Other special machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A ballistic projectile including a subcaliber-sized penetrator which is coaxially carried in the casing of the projectile, and in which the penetrator additionally carries an explosive charge. The projectile possesses a proximity fuze at its tip which electrically triggers a penetrator-propellent charge which is arranged in the projectile base and which fills the volume of the projectile base, which accelerates the penetrator through a therebetween arranged propellant base, and in which the penetrator additionally possesses an impact detonator.