Method and device for controlling the power type and power emission of a warhead
US9903692B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 1, 2016 |
| Grant date | Feb 27, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 1, 2036 |
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- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF42B12/208
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An initiation device and method allowing power output to be switched between blast generation and splinter generation. The device and method include a cylindrical warhead with a cylindrical, central explosive charge and a tubular perforated mask surrounding the explosive charge, and also with at least two ignition devices, the first ignition device arranged in a region of one of the head sides of the cylindrical charge, and the second ignition device arranged in a region around a center of a longitudinal axis of the warhead, and having a splinter-generating casing surrounding the perforated mask.
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