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Method of protecting an object from the effect of a high-speed projectile

US6244156A · kind A · utility

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Assignee

Diehl Stiftung & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

Raimar Steuer · Westerburg, DE
Christian Klee · Bad Honnef, DE
Helmut Ertel · Hersbruck, DE
Gunter Weihrauch · Blansingen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 21, 1999
Grant date	Jun 12, 2001
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 21, 2019

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF41H5/007
WIPO fieldOther special machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A blast shell is launched as a defense against an attacking tail fin-stabilized projectile, such as in particular a KE penetrator, from an object which is to be protected. Gas fumes and a reaction pressure blast wave from a fired blast warhead of the shell act principally on the tail region of the attacking projectile and thereby deflect the latter from a trajectory in the attack direction so that the object under attack is either missed or at least is not hit in a head-on direction, thereby reducing the effectiveness of the attacking projectile.

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