Method for remote controlled combat of near-surface and/or surface targets

US6455828B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• LFK-LENKFLUGKOERPERSYSTEME GMBH · DE

Inventors

• Roland Gauggel · Salem, DE
• Michael Arnold · Bad Reichenhall, DE
• Reinhard Krüger · Hamburg, DE
• Norbert Tränapp · Piding, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 12, 2001
• Grant date: Sep 24, 2002
• Expiry date: Jun 12, 2021

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F41G3/165
• WIPO field: Other special machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for combating near-surface and/or surface targets such as tanks or the like by using a missile comprising a seeker head, an effective charge and at least one thruster. According to the invention, the missile is redirected into an essentially horizontal cruising and seeking phase after completing an essentially vertical start phase. During said cruising and seeking phase, the missile scans the terrain ahead of it using the seeking head, whereupon an approaching phase which is directed in an essentially downward direction follows after the finally ensues head locks onto an identified target. An external reconnaissance system in an appropriate aircraft and/or spacecraft such as in a helicopter, a drone or in a satellite receives information for guiding the missile which is transmitted to the same.