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EP0178486A1
EP0178486A1 EP85111930A EP85111930A EP0178486A1 EP 0178486 A1 EP0178486 A1 EP 0178486A1 EP 85111930 A EP85111930 A EP 85111930A EP 85111930 A EP85111930 A EP 85111930A EP 0178486 A1 EP0178486 A1 EP 0178486A1
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Charlotte Schutkin
Friedhelm Günthner
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Rheinmetall Industrie AG
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    • 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
    • F42B12/04—Projectiles, missiles or mines characterised by the warhead, the intended effect, or the material characterised by the warhead or the intended effect of armour-piercing type
    • F42B12/10—Projectiles, missiles or mines characterised by the warhead, the intended effect, or the material characterised by the warhead or the intended effect of armour-piercing type with shaped or hollow charge
    • F42B12/105—Protruding target distance or stand-off members therefor, e.g. slidably mounted
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F42—AMMUNITION; BLASTING
    • F42C—AMMUNITION FUZES; ARMING OR SAFETY MEANS THEREFOR
    • F42C1/00—Impact fuzes, i.e. fuzes actuated only by ammunition impact
    • F42C1/14—Impact fuzes, i.e. fuzes actuated only by ammunition impact operating at a predetermined distance from ground or target by means of a protruding member

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  • the innovation concerns a warhead according to the preamble of protection claim 1.
  • Such a warhead is known from DE-OS 22 42 930.
  • the known warhead comprises a warhead housing for receiving a shaped charge and an igniter connected to the warhead housing.
  • the warhead is transported and ejected in large numbers from a missile or cargo floor over a target area in order to sink down to the target area with or without braking.
  • shaped charges only reach their maximum effect if they are detonated at a certain minimum distance above the target surface.
  • an ignition spacing tube is therefore provided to maintain this minimum distance (stand-off), which is loaded by a compression spring and is telescopically extended before the target collision.
  • the compression spring is arranged inside the cavity formed by the shaped charge, so that the effectiveness of the shaped charge can be impaired under certain circumstances.
  • the innovation is based on the object of specifying alternative means for setting the optimum ignition distance which do not have these disadvantages.
  • a warhead 10 partially in longitudinal section, which comprises a warhead housing 11 for receiving a hollow charge 14 having a lining 15 and a detonator 12 connected to the warhead housing 11.
  • prism-shaped legs 16 are provided which are mounted in a dovetail groove of the casing 13 of the warhead housing 11 and which are acted upon by helical compression springs 17.
  • the legs 16 acted upon by spring pressure are extended in the direction of flight before the warhead 10 hits the surface of the target.
  • the legs 16 are locked in the end position by means of bolts 19 which are spring-loaded in the radial direction and which engage in a recess 20 of the leg 16.
  • the optimal flight distance is set by pin-shaped legs 16 a, which are extendable in the longitudinal axial direction and are slidably mounted within the casing 13 of the warhead housing 11.
  • the pin-shaped legs 16 a are loaded by compression spring 17.
  • the pin-shaped legs 16 a are locked by radially spring-loaded bolts 19 which snap into recesses 20 of the pin-shaped legs 16 a after they have reached their end position.

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Abstract

The warhead 10 comprises a warhead housing 11 with a fuse 12. To set an optimum firing interval, there are provided in the warhead housing 11 extendably arranged legs 16, which are acted upon by helical compression springs 17. <IMAGE>

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Die Neuerung betrifft einen Gefechtskopf nach dem Oberbegriff des Schutzanspruchs 1.The innovation concerns a warhead according to the preamble of protection claim 1.

Ein derartiger Gefechtskopf ist aus der DE-OS 22 42 930 bekannt. Der bekannte Gefechtskopf umfaßt ein Gefechtskopfgehäuse zur Aufnahme einer Hohlladung sowie einen mit dem Gefechtskopfgehäuse verbundenen Zünder. Der Gefechtskopf wird in einer größeren Anzahl von einem Flugkörper oder Lastengeschoß über ein Zielgebiet transportiert und ausgestoßen, um gebremst oder ungebremst auf das Zielgebiet hinabzusinken. Hohlladungen erreichen bekanntlich ihre maximale Wirkung nur dann, wenn sie in einem bestimmten Mindestabstand über der Zieloberfläche zur Detonation gebracht werden. Bei dem bekannten Gefechtskopf ist daher zur Einhaltung dieses Mindestabstands (stand-off) ein Zündabstandsrohr vorgesehen, das von einer Druckfeder belastet ist und vor dem Zieleufprall teleskopartig ausgefahren wird. Die Druckfeder ist dabei innerhalb der von der Hohlladung gebildeten Höhlung angeordnet, sodaß unter Umständen die Wirksamkeit der Hohlladung beeinträchtigt werden kann.Such a warhead is known from DE-OS 22 42 930. The known warhead comprises a warhead housing for receiving a shaped charge and an igniter connected to the warhead housing. The warhead is transported and ejected in large numbers from a missile or cargo floor over a target area in order to sink down to the target area with or without braking. As is well known, shaped charges only reach their maximum effect if they are detonated at a certain minimum distance above the target surface. In the known warhead, an ignition spacing tube is therefore provided to maintain this minimum distance (stand-off), which is loaded by a compression spring and is telescopically extended before the target collision. The compression spring is arranged inside the cavity formed by the shaped charge, so that the effectiveness of the shaped charge can be impaired under certain circumstances.

Der Neuerung liegt die Aufgabe zugrunde, alternative Mittel zur Einstellung des optimalen Zündabstands anzugeben, die diese Nachteile nicht aufweisen.The innovation is based on the object of specifying alternative means for setting the optimum ignition distance which do not have these disadvantages.

Diese Aufgabe wird durch die in 5chutzanspruch 1 angegebene Neuerung gelöst.This object is achieved by the innovation specified in claim 5.

Vorteilhafte Ausgestaltungen der Neuerung gehen aus den Unteransprüchen hervor.Advantageous refinements of the innovation emerge from the subclaims.

Die Neuerung wird nachfolgend, unter Bezug auf die Zeichnung, näher erläutert.Dabei zeigt:

  • Fig. 1: einen Gefechtskopf teilweise im Längsschnitt;
  • Fig. 2:.eine vergrößerte Detaildarstellung des Gefechtskopfes nach Fig. 1 als Ansicht aus Richtung des Pfeils A;
  • Fig. 3:.einen weiteren Gefechtskopf, ebenfalls teilweise im Längsschnitt;
  • Fig. 4: eine vergrößerte Detaildarstellung des Gefechtskopfes nach Fig. 3 als Ansicht aus Richtung des Pfeils A.
The innovation is explained in more detail below with reference to the drawing, which shows:
  • 1: a warhead partially in longitudinal section;
  • 2 shows an enlarged detailed illustration of the warhead according to FIG. 1 as a view from the direction of arrow A;
  • 3: Another warhead, also partly in longitudinal section;
  • 4: an enlarged detail view of the warhead according to FIG. 3 as a view from the direction of arrow A.

Fig. 1 zeigt teilweise im Längsschnitt einen Gefechtskopf 10, der ein Gefechtskopfgehäuse 11 zur Aufnahme einer eine Auskleidung 15 aufweisenden Hohlladung 14 und einen mit dem Gefechtskopfgehäuse 11 verbundenen Zünder 12 umfaßt. Um beim Auftreffen des Gefechtskopfes 10 auf die Zieloberflächeden der Hohlladung 14 einzustellen, sind prismenförmige Beine 16 vorgesehen, die in einer Schwalbenschwanznut des Mantels 13 des Gefechtskopfgehäuses 11 gelagert sind und die von Schraubendruckfedern 17 beaufschlagt sind. Unmittelbar nach dem Ausstoßvorgang aus dem Lastengeschoß und der Trennung der Gefechtsköpfe 10 voneinander werden die durch Federdruck beaufschlagten Beine 16 in Flugrichtung ausgefahren bevor der Gefechtskopf 10 auf der Oberfläche des Ziels aufprallt. Die Beine 16 werden in Endstellung verriegelt und zwar durch in Radialrichtung federbelastete Bolzen 19, die in eine Ausnehmung 20 des Beins 16 eingreifen.1 shows a warhead 10, partially in longitudinal section, which comprises a warhead housing 11 for receiving a hollow charge 14 having a lining 15 and a detonator 12 connected to the warhead housing 11. To adjust when the warhead 10 strikes the target surface of the shaped charge 14, prism-shaped legs 16 are provided which are mounted in a dovetail groove of the casing 13 of the warhead housing 11 and which are acted upon by helical compression springs 17. Immediately after the ejection process from the cargo floor and the separation of the warheads 10 from one another, the legs 16 acted upon by spring pressure are extended in the direction of flight before the warhead 10 hits the surface of the target. The legs 16 are locked in the end position by means of bolts 19 which are spring-loaded in the radial direction and which engage in a recess 20 of the leg 16.

In einem weiteren Ausführungsbeispiel der Neuerung (Fig. 3, Fig. 4) wird der optimale Flugabstand durch stiftförmige Beine 16 a eingestellt, die in Längsaxialrichtung ausfahrbar innerhalb des Mantels 13 des Gefechtskopfgehäuses 11 gleitbar gelagert aind. Die stiftförmigen Beine 16 a sind durch Druckfeder 17 belastet. Die stiftförmigen Beine 16 a werden durch in Radielrichtung federbelastete Bolzen 19 arretiert, die in Ausnehmungen 20 der stiftförmigen Beine 16 a einrasten, nachdem diese ihre Endstellung erreicht heben.In a further exemplary embodiment of the innovation (FIG. 3, FIG. 4), the optimal flight distance is set by pin-shaped legs 16 a, which are extendable in the longitudinal axial direction and are slidably mounted within the casing 13 of the warhead housing 11. The pin-shaped legs 16 a are loaded by compression spring 17. The pin-shaped legs 16 a are locked by radially spring-loaded bolts 19 which snap into recesses 20 of the pin-shaped legs 16 a after they have reached their end position.

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1. Gefechtskopf mit einem Gefechtskopfgehäuse zur Aufnahme einer Hohlladung und einem mit dem Gefechtskopf verbundenen Zünder sowie Mitteln zur Einstellung eines optimalen Zündabstands (stand-off), dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Mittel zur Einstellung des optimalen Zündabstands aus innerhalb des Gefechtskopfgehäuses (11) ausfahrbar angeordneten Beinen (16, 16 a) bestehen.1. warhead with a warhead housing for receiving a shaped charge and a detonator connected to the warhead as well as means for setting an optimal firing distance (stand-off), characterized in that the means for setting the optimal firing distance from inside the warhead housing (11) are arranged extendable Legs (16, 16 a) exist. 2. Gefechtskopf nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichn e t , daß die Beine (16, 16 a) durch Schraubendruckfedern (17) beaufschlagt sind.2. Warhead according to claim 1, characterized in that the legs (16, 16 a) are acted upon by helical compression springs (17). 3. Gefechtskopf nach einem der Ansprüche 1 und 2, dadurch g e - kennzeichnet, daß die Beine (16) prismenartig ausgebildet und in Schmalbenachuanznuten des Mantels (13) des Gefechtskopfgehäuses (11) gelagert sind.3. warhead according to one of claims 1 and 2, characterized g e - indicates that the legs (16) are prismatic and are mounted in narrow-groove grooves of the jacket (13) of the warhead housing (11). 4. Gefechtskopf nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 3, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Beine (16 a) stiftförmig ausgebildet und in im Mantel (13) des Gefechtskopfgehäuses (11) angeordneten Bohrungen gelagert sind.4. warhead according to one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the legs (16 a) are pin-shaped and in the casing (13) of the warhead housing (11) are arranged bores. 5. Gefechtskopf nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 4, dadurch g e - k e n nzeichnet , daß die Beine (16, 16 a) in ihrer Endstellung durch in Radialrichtung federbaufschlagte Bolzen (19) arretierbar sind, die in Ausnehmungen (20) der Beine (16, 16 a) eingreifen. 5 . Warhead according to one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the legs (16, 16 a) can be locked in their end position by means of bolts (19) spring-loaded in the radial direction, which are located in recesses (20) of the legs (16, 16 a) intervene.
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EP0375018A2 (en) * 1988-12-19 1990-06-27 Bofors AB A projectile fitted with at least one stand-off means
US9644925B1 (en) * 2014-06-19 2017-05-09 The United States Of America As Represented By The Secretary Of The Army Explosive device for breaching doors and walls

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DE1090559B (en) * 1959-07-17 1960-10-06 Wasagchemie Ag Connectable cutting charge
FR2357858A1 (en) * 1976-07-06 1978-02-03 Messerschmitt Boelkow Blohm Hollow explosive charge with lining generating thermal jets - has readily adjusted spacing between lining and target surface
US4178851A (en) * 1972-03-08 1979-12-18 The United States Of America As Represented By The Secretary Of The Army Dual purpose munition
AT363033B (en) * 1979-08-16 1981-07-10 Hirtenberger Patronen SINGLE LOAD WITH TRIPLE ADJUSTMENT
DE3343267A1 (en) * 1983-11-30 1985-06-05 Rheinmetall GmbH, 4000 Düsseldorf AIR RESISTABLE DEVICE FOR PRODUCING A PROJECTILE

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DE1090559B (en) * 1959-07-17 1960-10-06 Wasagchemie Ag Connectable cutting charge
US4178851A (en) * 1972-03-08 1979-12-18 The United States Of America As Represented By The Secretary Of The Army Dual purpose munition
FR2357858A1 (en) * 1976-07-06 1978-02-03 Messerschmitt Boelkow Blohm Hollow explosive charge with lining generating thermal jets - has readily adjusted spacing between lining and target surface
AT363033B (en) * 1979-08-16 1981-07-10 Hirtenberger Patronen SINGLE LOAD WITH TRIPLE ADJUSTMENT
DE3343267A1 (en) * 1983-11-30 1985-06-05 Rheinmetall GmbH, 4000 Düsseldorf AIR RESISTABLE DEVICE FOR PRODUCING A PROJECTILE

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
EP0375018A2 (en) * 1988-12-19 1990-06-27 Bofors AB A projectile fitted with at least one stand-off means
EP0375018A3 (en) * 1988-12-19 1992-09-02 Bofors AB A projectile fitted with at least one stand-off means
US9644925B1 (en) * 2014-06-19 2017-05-09 The United States Of America As Represented By The Secretary Of The Army Explosive device for breaching doors and walls

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