EP0418566B1 - Dispositif pour détecter les signaux typiques d'un hélicoptère et allumer des mines sol-air - Google Patents

Dispositif pour détecter les signaux typiques d'un hélicoptère et allumer des mines sol-air Download PDF

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EP0418566B1
EP0418566B1 EP90115901A EP90115901A EP0418566B1 EP 0418566 B1 EP0418566 B1 EP 0418566B1 EP 90115901 A EP90115901 A EP 90115901A EP 90115901 A EP90115901 A EP 90115901A EP 0418566 B1 EP0418566 B1 EP 0418566B1
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F42—AMMUNITION; BLASTING
    • F42C—AMMUNITION FUZES; ARMING OR SAFETY MEANS THEREFOR
    • F42C13/00—Proximity fuzes; Fuzes for remote detonation
    • F42C13/06—Proximity fuzes; Fuzes for remote detonation operated by sound waves
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F42—AMMUNITION; BLASTING
    • F42C—AMMUNITION FUZES; ARMING OR SAFETY MEANS THEREFOR
    • F42C11/00—Electric fuzes
    • F42C11/001—Electric circuits for fuzes characterised by the ammunition class or type
    • F42C11/007—Electric circuits for fuzes characterised by the ammunition class or type for land mines
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F42—AMMUNITION; BLASTING
    • F42C—AMMUNITION FUZES; ARMING OR SAFETY MEANS THEREFOR
    • F42C13/00—Proximity fuzes; Fuzes for remote detonation
    • F42C13/02—Proximity fuzes; Fuzes for remote detonation operated by intensity of light or similar radiation

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  • the present invention relates to a device for target detection and firing for surface-to-fire mines to be fired in helicopter combat with a microphone sensitive to helicopter noise.
  • a surface mine is a defense mine that is fired from the ground, but fights a flying object, such as a helicopter.
  • a device of this type is known from EP-A-0 152 516.
  • a surface-to-air mine is described which has a purely acoustic location device.
  • This locating device has four electroacoustic transducers which are designed as microphones with all-round characteristics.
  • Acoustic devices for triggering weapons are also described in DE-A-31 01 722 and FR-A-2 495 762.
  • the device described in the first-mentioned publication has a sound pickup, for example a microphone or a piezo element.
  • the last-mentioned publication relates to an ignition circuit, in particular for a mine, which has an acoustic detector and a further detector.
  • the further detector can be a proximity detector.
  • the invention has for its object to provide a device for target detection and launch of such a surface-air mine, which is characterized by a particularly great simplicity and reliability and low energy consumption.
  • the device according to the invention combines the advantages of a mine that is autonomous and can be placed inconspicuously with modern electronics and sensors and consequently makes this mine usable in the third dimension.
  • the surface-air mine equipped with a device according to the invention is set up rigidly. There is no tracking. It is therefore necessary to set up a few mines next to one another with different firing directions in order to cover an air space to a predetermined extent. The density of the lineups and the spreading effect of the floor determine the effectiveness of the mine belt, which functions in the third dimension.
  • the electronic evaluation device splits the signals generated by the microphone and / or infrared sensor into different branches, evaluates them separately, feeds them to a comparator and then to a logical link.
  • the electronic evaluation device splits the signals generated by the microphone into a branch of 5-40 Hz and a branch of 200-1000 Hz.
  • the first range corresponds to a sound frequency range (infrasound), which is caused by the rotating rotor of a helicopter, while the machine noise of the helicopter is in the second range. Only if there are signals from both frequency ranges and the infrared sensor responds, a launch is effected.
  • the evaluation electronics split into several areas, and the mine is only ignited if signals are generated which fall within these frequency ranges characteristic of helicopters.
  • the latter has a radial directional lobe, in the direction of which the surface-air mine can be fired.
  • the term "directional lobe" denotes the reception characteristic of an infrared sensor or an aggregate of infrared sensors. It is more or less club-shaped in the functional area of the device according to the invention. The sensitivity increases towards the axis.
  • the infrared sensor must ensure a suitable tripping behavior with a directional characteristic.
  • the helicopter or its infrared source (turbine) appears quite small compared to the mine cone.
  • An infrared detector the sensitivity of which is directly matched to the scattering cone, therefore only gives a relatively weak infrared signal.
  • a certain susceptibility to faults e.g. moving clouds
  • the microphone used in accordance with the invention there is the condition that it is sensitive to helicopter noises, especially those in the infrasound range (caused by rotor rotation). Such a microphone does not need to have a special directional characteristic.
  • a directional microphone with a conical acoustic directional characteristic directed at the target area for the solution according to the invention, which microphone defines a target field with its acoustic directional characteristic.
  • the directional lobe of the infrared sensor which is narrow compared to the acoustic directional characteristic, then preferably runs in the center of the target field of the acoustic directional characteristic.
  • the term “acoustic directional characteristic” denotes the reception characteristic of a directional microphone. In the functional area in this embodiment of the invention, it is connected more or less conically, the sensitivity increasing towards the center of the cone.
  • FIG. 3 shows a perspective view of a ground-air mine 10 similar to FIG. 1, a particularly preferred embodiment of an infrared sensor (not shown) being used in this exemplary embodiment.
  • This infrared sensor has a plurality of active cones 3, which form segments of maximum sensitivity, which are arranged in an overall active cone 20.
  • Such a sensitivity distribution can be achieved by segmented infrared lenses or mirrors.
  • the gaps between the segments 30 lead to the probability that the helicopter will not be detected when passing through the cone. This probability increases with increasing distance from the mine.
  • Such behavior is very desirable because the effectiveness of the mine is limited to a certain distance (for example 100 m). This provides a certain level of protection against false triggering caused by helicopters flying at great heights.
  • FIG. 4 shows a block diagram of the evaluation electronics which are used in the embodiments of FIGS. 1 to 3.
  • the device comprises a microphone 40, the electrical signals generated as a function of the helicopter noise are split up into different branches by filters 41, 41. In this embodiment, two filters are shown; however, further subdivisions can also be made.
  • the split signals are then evaluated separately and fed to a logic element 43 via respective comparators 42.
  • FIG. 4 also shows an infrared sensor 44. Its signals are also fed to the link 43 via a filter 45 and a comparator 46. Here, too, a split into several branches can take place, as is indicated in dashed lines.
  • the link 43 triggers the ignition device of the mine when there are signals from the two branches of the microphone when a signal from the infrared sensor is present.

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  • Measurement Of Mechanical Vibrations Or Ultrasonic Waves (AREA)
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  1. Dispositif de reconnaissance de cibles et de déclenchement de tir pour tir de mines sol-air de combat contre hélicoptères, avec un microphone (40) sensible au bruit de l'hélicoptère, caractérisé par un détecteur infrarouge (44) dont la caractéristique directionnelle (3, 20) est accordée sur la zone de dispersion du corps efficace, et par un dispositif électronique d'évaluation qui analyse le bruit de l'hélicoptère et qui déclenche le tir lorsqu'une intensité prédéterminée est atteinte en même temps que le détecteur infrarouge (44) est sollicité.
  2. Dispositif selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que le dispositif électronique d'évaluation sépare en des canaux différents les signaux créés par le microphone (40) et/ou par le détecteur infrarouge (44), les traite séparément et les envoie à un comparateur (42) et ensuite à un coupleur logique (43).
  3. Dispositif selon la revendication 2, caractérisé en ce que le dispositif électronique d'évaluation sépare les signaux créés par le microphone (40) en un canal de 5-40 Hz et en un canal de 200-1000 Hz.
  4. Dispositif selon une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que le détecteur infrarouge (44) possède une distribution de sensibilité dans laquelle plusieurs segments (30) de sensibilité maximale se trouvent à l'intérieur d'un cône efficace (20).
  5. Dispositif selon une des revendications 1 à 3, caractérisé en ce que le détecteur infrarouge (44) possède un lobe directionnel rayonnant (3), dans la direction duquel la mine sol-air peut être tirée.
  6. Dispositif selon une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que le microphone (40) est un microphone directionnel orienté sur la zone de la cible et avec caractéristique acoustique directionnelle (2), et définit un champ de visée avec sa caractéristique acoustique directionnelle (2).
  7. Dispositif selon la revendication 6, caractérisé en ce que le lobe directionnel (3), étroit par rapport à la caractéristique acoustique directionnelle (2), s'étend au centre du champ de visée de la caractéristique acoustique directionnelle (2).
EP90115901A 1989-08-22 1990-08-20 Dispositif pour détecter les signaux typiques d'un hélicoptère et allumer des mines sol-air Expired - Lifetime EP0418566B1 (fr)

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DE3927663A DE3927663C3 (de) 1989-08-22 1989-08-22 Vorrichtung für die Zielerkennung und Abschußauslösung für abzufeuernde Boden-Luftminen bei der Hubschrauberbekämpfung

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