Patent · US Expired

Spin-stabilized projectile with a braking device

US6511016B2 · kind B2 · utility

19Cited by

2References

7Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Diehl Munitionssysteme GmbH & Co. · DE

Inventors

Klaus Bar · Achern, DE
Jurgen Bohl · Eckental, DE
Karl Kautzsch · Schwanstetten, DE

Key dates

Filing date	May 10, 2001
Grant date	Jan 28, 2003
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 10, 2021

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF42B10/50
WIPO fieldOther special machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A spin-stabilised artillery projectile (11) can be easily subsequently fitted with an axially symmetrical aerodynamic braking device for reducing the ballistic trajectory if the tip (14) which is equipped with the fuse (13) and which is easily removable from the projectile body (12) is equipped at approximately half its height with flap-shaped sectors (24) which are pivotably mounted in such a way that they can be pivotably extended and which in their launch position fit snugly into the conical peripheral surface of the tip (14) and in the operative position are pivotably extended to form a radial ring which is closed or which has gaps.

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