Arrangement for protection of active armor

US6128999A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Messerschmitt-Bolkow.sub.-- Blohm GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Gunther Sepp · Ottobrunn, DE
• Franz Tessun · Unterschleißheim, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 21, 1989
• Grant date: Oct 10, 2000
• Expiry date: Feb 21, 2009

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F41H5/007
• WIPO field: Other special machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention is directed to an arrangement for protection of active armor against attack by sensor guided armor piercing projectiles, preferably with twin shaped charges, wherein inflatable individual segments are arranged at the object to be protected so as to be pressure- and temperature regulated.