EP0053658A3 - Radar reflector for an artillery projectile - Google Patents

Radar reflector for an artillery projectile Download PDF

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EP0053658A3
EP0053658A3 EP81107112A EP81107112A EP0053658A3 EP 0053658 A3 EP0053658 A3 EP 0053658A3 EP 81107112 A EP81107112 A EP 81107112A EP 81107112 A EP81107112 A EP 81107112A EP 0053658 A3 EP0053658 A3 EP 0053658A3
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sleeve element
artillery shell
order
explosive device
shell
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Rudolf Heller
Iwan Kahn
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Rheinmetall Air Defence AG
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Oerlikon Contraves AG
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01Q—ANTENNAS, i.e. RADIO AERIALS
    • H01Q1/00—Details of, or arrangements associated with, antennas
    • H01Q1/27—Adaptation for use in or on movable bodies
    • H01Q1/28—Adaptation for use in or on aircraft, missiles, satellites, or balloons
    • H01Q1/281—Nose antennas
    • 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
    • F42B12/38—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 of tracer type
    • F42B12/387—Passive tracers, e.g. using a reflector mounted on the projectile
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F42—AMMUNITION; BLASTING
    • F42B—EXPLOSIVE CHARGES, e.g. FOR BLASTING, FIREWORKS, AMMUNITION
    • F42B30/00—Projectiles or missiles, not otherwise provided for, characterised by the ammunition class or type, e.g. by the launching apparatus or weapon used
    • F42B30/08—Ordnance projectiles or missiles, e.g. shells
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T29/00—Metal working
    • Y10T29/49—Method of mechanical manufacture
    • Y10T29/49805—Shaping by direct application of fluent pressure
    • Y10T29/49806—Explosively shaping

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  • Aviation & Aerospace Engineering (AREA)
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  • Combustion & Propulsion (AREA)
  • Aerials With Secondary Devices (AREA)
  • Radar Systems Or Details Thereof (AREA)
  • Pressure Welding/Diffusion-Bonding (AREA)

Abstract

The method of mounting a radar reflector on an artillery shell contemplates providing a body constituted by a functional element and a sleeve element formed rotationally-symmetrical about a lengthwise axis of said body with at least one explosive device arranged at least at the neighborhood of an outer surface of said sleeve element near to one end of said sleeve element and remote from the functional element. The body is mounted on the artillery shell and the explosive device is detonated in order to establish a form-locking connection of the sleeve element with the shell. The detonation of the explosive device severs the sleeve element at the region of said one end of said sleeve element in order to provide a substantially straight-lined closure of the sleeve element about the artillery shell in order to avoid undesirably altering ballistic characteristics of the artillery shell.
EP81107112A 1980-12-02 1981-09-10 Radar reflector for an artillery projectile Expired EP0053658B1 (en)

Priority Applications (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
AT81107112T ATE10148T1 (en) 1980-12-02 1981-09-10 RADAR REFLECTOR FOR AN ARTILLERY SHELL.

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

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CH8891/80 1980-12-02
CH889180 1980-12-02

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EP0053658A2 EP0053658A2 (en) 1982-06-16
EP0053658A3 true EP0053658A3 (en) 1982-09-01
EP0053658B1 EP0053658B1 (en) 1984-10-31

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EP (1) EP0053658B1 (en)
JP (1) JPS57120098A (en)
AT (1) ATE10148T1 (en)
CA (1) CA1162277A (en)
DE (1) DE3166984D1 (en)
NO (1) NO813468L (en)

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US2343344A (en) * 1941-12-26 1944-03-07 Russell G Thompson Projectile
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FR1343590A (en) * 1961-09-14 1963-11-22 Carlisle Chemical Works Oxygenated stabilizers
DE1578209A1 (en) * 1966-12-12 1971-03-11 Rheinmetall Gmbh Decay bullet for practice cartridges
US3543387A (en) * 1967-12-01 1970-12-01 Euratom Method for the explosive welding of a metal plug to a metal tube or of nested portions of metal tubes to each other
FR2191718A5 (en) * 1972-06-30 1974-02-01 France Etat
US3814019A (en) * 1972-07-26 1974-06-04 Us Army Expansile protective cap for fluidic ordnance fuzes
US3798653A (en) * 1973-03-30 1974-03-19 Us Army Cavity excited conical dielectric radiator
DE2634518A1 (en) * 1976-07-31 1978-02-02 Dynamit Nobel Ag FLOOR WITH AT LEAST ONE PYROTECHNICAL SET, IN PARTICULAR A LIGHT TRACK
FR2444253A3 (en) * 1978-12-13 1980-07-11 Contraves Ag ARTILLERY PROJECTILE WITH RADAR REFLECTOR

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US4446792A (en) 1984-05-08
EP0053658B1 (en) 1984-10-31
DE3166984D1 (en) 1984-12-06
EP0053658A2 (en) 1982-06-16
NO813468L (en) 1982-06-03
ATE10148T1 (en) 1984-11-15
US4547949A (en) 1985-10-22
CA1162277A (en) 1984-02-14
JPS57120098A (en) 1982-07-26

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