CA2588780A1 - Wide area dispersal warhead - Google Patents

Wide area dispersal warhead Download PDF

Info

Publication number
CA2588780A1
CA2588780A1 CA002588780A CA2588780A CA2588780A1 CA 2588780 A1 CA2588780 A1 CA 2588780A1 CA 002588780 A CA002588780 A CA 002588780A CA 2588780 A CA2588780 A CA 2588780A CA 2588780 A1 CA2588780 A1 CA 2588780A1
Authority
CA
Canada
Prior art keywords
warhead
housing
munitions
explosive charge
cavity
Prior art date
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
Granted
Application number
CA002588780A
Other languages
French (fr)
Other versions
CA2588780C (en
Inventor
Richard M. Lloyd
Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)
Raytheon Co
Original Assignee
Raytheon Company
Richard M. Lloyd
Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)
Filing date
Publication date
Priority claimed from US10/998,457 external-priority patent/US20090320711A1/en
Application filed by Raytheon Company, Richard M. Lloyd filed Critical Raytheon Company
Publication of CA2588780A1 publication Critical patent/CA2588780A1/en
Application granted granted Critical
Publication of CA2588780C publication Critical patent/CA2588780C/en
Active legal-status Critical Current
Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical

Links

Classifications

    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F42—AMMUNITION; BLASTING
    • F42B—EXPLOSIVE CHARGES, e.g. FOR BLASTING, FIREWORKS, AMMUNITION
    • F42B12/00—Projectiles, missiles or mines characterised by the warhead, the intended effect, or the material
    • F42B12/02—Projectiles, missiles or mines characterised by the warhead, the intended effect, or the material characterised by the warhead or the intended effect
    • F42B12/36—Projectiles, missiles or mines characterised by the warhead, the intended effect, or the material characterised by the warhead or the intended effect for dispensing materials; for producing chemical or physical reaction; for signalling ; for transmitting information
    • F42B12/56—Projectiles, missiles or mines characterised by the warhead, the intended effect, or the material characterised by the warhead or the intended effect for dispensing materials; for producing chemical or physical reaction; for signalling ; for transmitting information for dispensing discrete solid bodies
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F42—AMMUNITION; BLASTING
    • F42B—EXPLOSIVE CHARGES, e.g. FOR BLASTING, FIREWORKS, AMMUNITION
    • F42B12/00—Projectiles, missiles or mines characterised by the warhead, the intended effect, or the material
    • F42B12/02—Projectiles, missiles or mines characterised by the warhead, the intended effect, or the material characterised by the warhead or the intended effect
    • F42B12/20—Projectiles, missiles or mines characterised by the warhead, the intended effect, or the material characterised by the warhead or the intended effect of high-explosive type
    • F42B12/22—Projectiles, missiles or mines characterised by the warhead, the intended effect, or the material characterised by the warhead or the intended effect of high-explosive type with fragmentation-hull construction
    • F42B12/32—Projectiles, missiles or mines characterised by the warhead, the intended effect, or the material characterised by the warhead or the intended effect of high-explosive type with fragmentation-hull construction the hull or case comprising a plurality of discrete bodies, e.g. steel balls, embedded therein or disposed around the explosive charge

Landscapes

  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
  • Combustion & Propulsion (AREA)
  • General Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Aiming, Guidance, Guns With A Light Source, Armor, Camouflage, And Targets (AREA)
  • Aerials With Secondary Devices (AREA)

Abstract

A wide area dispersal warhead including a housing defining a cavity, an explosive charge in the housing, and a large plurality of individual munitions in the cavity of the housing about the explosive charge. The explosive charge is configured to deploy the munitions upon detonation into a hemispherical dome shaped pattern.

Claims (21)

1. A warhead comprising:

a housing defining a cavity;

an explosive charge in the housing; and a large plurality of individual munitions in the cavity of the housing about the explosive charge, the explosive charge configured to deploy the munitions upon detonation into a hemispherical dome shaped pattern.
2. The warhead of claim 1 in which the housing includes a cylindrical body with first and second end plates attached to the ends thereof.
3. The warhead of claim 2 in which one said end plate is dome shaped and constitutes the nose of the warhead.
4. The warhead of claim 1 in which the explosive charge is conical in shape tapering from a larger first end to a smaller second end.
5. The warhead of claim 1 further including a buffer about the explosive charge.
6. The warhead of claim 1 in which the housing is toroid in shape.
7. The warhead of claim 1 in which said munitions are spherical in shape.
8. The warhead of claim 1 in which said munitions are made from materials including glass, metal, tungsten carbide, a phenolic material, and explosive materials.
9. The warhead of claim 1 in which there are 1,000,000 or more munitions in said cavity.
10. The warhead of claim 1 in which said explosive charge is an insensitive explosive.
11. The warhead of claim 1 in which said housing has a wall thickness of less than 2 mils.
12. The warhead of claim 1 in which said munitions include a munition core and a plurality of particles adhered to an external surface of the munition core designed to release from the munition core upon impact of the munition with a target.
13. The warhead of claim 12 in which said munition core is made of a dense material.
14. The warhead of claim 13 in which said dense material is a tungsten carbide composition.
15. The warhead of claim 12 in which said particles are made of a brittle material.
16. The warhead of claim 15 in which said brittle material is glass.
17. The warhead of claim 12 in which said particles are attached to the munition core with an adhesive.
18. The warhead of claim 12 in which said particles are microparticle in size.
19. A warhead comprising:

a housing defining a cavity;

an explosive charge in the housing; and a plurality of individual munitions in the cavity of the housing about the explosive charge, the munitions including a munition core and a plurality of particles attached to an external surface of the munition core designed to release from the munition core upon impact of the munition with a target.
20. A warhead comprising:

a housing defining a cavity and a nose and a base of the warhead;

a large plurality of individual munitions in the cavity of the housing;
and an explosive charge in the housing having a conical shape tapering from a smaller first end proximate the nose of the housing to a larger second end proximate the base of the housing to deploy the munitions upon detonation into a hemispherical dome shaped pattern.
21. A warhead comprising:

a housing having a longitudinal axis;

an explosive charge in the housing extending along the longitudinal axis thereof and having a conical shape; and a large plurality of individual munitions in the housing about the explosive charge.
CA2588780A 2004-11-29 2005-11-14 Wide area dispersal warhead Active CA2588780C (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (5)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US10/998,457 2004-11-29
US10/998,457 US20090320711A1 (en) 2004-11-29 2004-11-29 Munition
US11/030,455 2005-01-06
US11/030,455 US7717042B2 (en) 2004-11-29 2005-01-06 Wide area dispersal warhead
PCT/US2005/040789 WO2006118606A2 (en) 2004-11-29 2005-11-14 Wide area dispersal warhead

Publications (2)

Publication Number Publication Date
CA2588780A1 true CA2588780A1 (en) 2006-11-09
CA2588780C CA2588780C (en) 2010-08-10

Family

ID=37308425

Family Applications (1)

Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
CA2588780A Active CA2588780C (en) 2004-11-29 2005-11-14 Wide area dispersal warhead

Country Status (3)

Country Link
EP (1) EP1817539B1 (en)
CA (1) CA2588780C (en)
WO (1) WO2006118606A2 (en)

Family Cites Families (6)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US1272984A (en) * 1917-02-05 1918-07-16 Michael Mutro Projectile for field-guns.
US2406135A (en) * 1943-04-12 1946-08-20 Reinaldo C Chavez Explosive shell
DE3736842A1 (en) * 1987-10-30 1989-05-11 Diehl Gmbh & Co BLASTING BULLET WITH A BULLET BODY
US4947754A (en) * 1987-12-10 1990-08-14 General Dynamics Corporation, Pomona Division System and method for penetrating orbiting targets
GB2302395A (en) * 1995-06-16 1997-01-15 Numerica Limited Grenade
US6598534B2 (en) * 2001-06-04 2003-07-29 Raytheon Company Warhead with aligned projectiles

Also Published As

Publication number Publication date
WO2006118606A3 (en) 2008-10-16
EP1817539B1 (en) 2012-10-17
WO2006118606A2 (en) 2006-11-09
CA2588780C (en) 2010-08-10
EP1817539A2 (en) 2007-08-15
EP1817539A4 (en) 2011-05-04

Similar Documents

Publication Publication Date Title
IL183480A (en) Wide area dispersal warhead
CA2433805A1 (en) Warhead with aligned projectiles
CA2496546A1 (en) Tandem warhead
WO2006137949A3 (en) Kinetic energy rod warhead with lower deployment angles
WO2006127027B1 (en) Kinetic energy rod warhead with lower deployment angles
CA2527043A1 (en) Kinetic energy rod warhead with lower deployment angles
EP3403047B1 (en) Warhead
CA2588780A1 (en) Wide area dispersal warhead
US4942820A (en) Fragmentation device
US10408590B1 (en) Flash output for projectile training
KR101975875B1 (en) Cluster Submunition
US20050155510A1 (en) Expanded volume less lethal ball type projectile
JP2719983B2 (en) Exercise bullet self-destructive projectile head
GB2257775A (en) Hollow charges
Fong et al. Nonaxisymmetric waveshaped EFP warheads
AU704676B2 (en) Frangible ammunition
RU2213322C1 (en) Deformed warhead
SE1900056A1 (en) Fragmentation device
JP5628967B2 (en) Slag warhead holding member
NZ733335A (en) Projectile with reduced ricochet risk
WO2002090869A3 (en) Solid outer skin powder-base disc for projectiles
JP2010078294A (en) Slug bullet nose holding member

Legal Events

Date Code Title Description
EEER Examination request