EP0646232A1 - Zone-defending weapon system - Google Patents
Zone-defending weapon systemInfo
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- EP0646232A1 EP0646232A1 EP94911989A EP94911989A EP0646232A1 EP 0646232 A1 EP0646232 A1 EP 0646232A1 EP 94911989 A EP94911989 A EP 94911989A EP 94911989 A EP94911989 A EP 94911989A EP 0646232 A1 EP0646232 A1 EP 0646232A1
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- Prior art keywords
- zone
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- monitoring
- weapon system
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F42—AMMUNITION; BLASTING
- F42B—EXPLOSIVE CHARGES, e.g. FOR BLASTING, FIREWORKS, AMMUNITION
- F42B23/00—Land mines ; Land torpedoes
- F42B23/10—Land mines ; Land torpedoes anti-personnel
- F42B23/16—Land mines ; Land torpedoes anti-personnel of missile type, i.e. all kinds of mines launched for detonation after ejection from ground
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F42—AMMUNITION; BLASTING
- F42C—AMMUNITION FUZES; ARMING OR SAFETY MEANS THEREFOR
- F42C15/00—Arming-means in fuzes; Safety means for preventing premature detonation of fuzes or charges
- F42C15/40—Arming-means in fuzes; Safety means for preventing premature detonation of fuzes or charges wherein the safety or arming action is effected electrically
- F42C15/42—Arming-means in fuzes; Safety means for preventing premature detonation of fuzes or charges wherein the safety or arming action is effected electrically from a remote location, e.g. for controlled mines or mine fields
Definitions
- the present invention relates to a zone defense weapon system, of the type consisting of an attack device comprising at least one tube for launching ammunition, the projectile of which contains, for example, one or more explosive charges, and at least one device for monitoring and acquiring objectives which controls a surveillance zone to detect an objective penetrating said zone and to control the attack device with firing of the ammunition in the direction of the detected objective.
- the patent FR2667139 describes a space barrier system for the recognition and the fight against terrestrial objectives. Such a system provides on the one hand for the installation of detectors in an area and on the other hand for the sending of active elements such as mines.
- the detectors and the active bodies are sent at different times and by means of different carriers such as rockets.
- Such a system is complex to implement since it requires the use of heavy equipment such as artillery rocket launchers. It is suitable for creating dams at large distances.
- the detectors sent are distributed on the ground in any way, which requires to ensure a certain efficiency the sending over the area of a large quantity of ammunition or even the sending of ammunition equipped with complex means allowing target detection or a trajectory correction.
- the subject of the invention is not such a heavy defense system but rather a zone defense weapon or zone defense mine which makes it possible to attack an objective or target, such as a tank for example, in a surveillance zone whose range of action is of the order of a few tens to a few hundred meters.
- a zone defense weapon system is most often directly set up by an operator in the surveillance zone.
- the attack device and the device for monitoring and acquiring objectives are mounted on a platform stabilized on the ground by feet, and the device for monitoring and acquiring objectives, based on sensors, is deployed automatically or by the operator.
- the objective monitoring and acquisition device once activated, has the function of detecting, locating and identifying the objective that enters the surveillance zone.
- the signals received are analyzed by processing electronics which optionally controls means for orienting the launching tube of the ammunition of the attack device in elevation and / or deposit, before ordering a device for igniting the propellant charge. of the projectile.
- on-board detection means scan the ground and an explosive charge such as a charge with nucleus generation is fired from the projectile in the direction of the objective, once the latter has been detected.
- zone defense weapon systems are notably linked to the performance of the surveillance and objective acquisition device, knowing that these systems are also subject to two constraints concerning their camouflage on the one hand, and their re-use on the other hand, this being compulsory when they have not operated during their programmed activity time, this re-use requiring their prior recovery, if possible, under conditions which do not imply long and tedious operations.
- the device for monitoring and acquiring objectives comprises a seismic sensor which is inserted into the ground and three microphones respectively situated at the ends of three arms which are deployed in a triangle.
- the objective is detected by the seismic sensor, and its location is calculated by processing electronics from the measurement of the phase shifts between the different signals received by the microphones.
- the main object of the invention is to overcome the drawbacks of the above-mentioned zone defense weapon systems while satisfying the camouflage and reuse constraints, thanks to a defense weapon system. new design area, simple structure and reduced manufacturing cost.
- the invention proposes a zone defense weapon system comprising: at least one monitoring and acquisition device which controls a surveillance zone to detect an objective penetrating into it,
- an attack device having at least one tube for launching a main projectile, the firing of which towards the detected objective is controlled by the watch and acquisition device,
- each standby and target acquisition device is constituted by an auxiliary projectile fired towards the surveillance zone by means of an auxiliary launching tube of the attack device, the main projectile fired by the attack device being intended to arrive inside the surveillance zone and in the immediate vicinity of the monitoring and acquisition device.
- the attack device can be located outside the surveillance zone. Such an arrangement increases the camouflage of the device and makes mine clearance operations more complex.
- the system comprises several monitoring and objective acquisition devices which respectively control several surveillance zones, and the attack device has a tube which can be pointed in the direction of the device watch and acquisition which ordered the firing order of the main projectile.
- the launching tube of the main projectile of the attack device must be able to be oriented in elevation and / or in bearing to point the launching tube in the direction of the device for monitoring and acquiring objectives which has ordered firing order.
- the system also comprises several devices for monitoring and acquiring objectives which respectively control several surveillance zones, but the attack device comprises several tubes for launching a main projectile , each device for monitoring and acquiring objectives then being dedicated to a launch tube.
- the launch tubes , main projectiles are not necessarily equipped with means making it possible to orient them in elevation and / or in bearing.
- the surveillance zone which is situated in the field of effectiveness of the attack device can be divided into several surveillance zones, which do not necessarily overlap with each other, each of these zones may be reduced in area to increase the efficiency of the monitoring and acquisition of objectives device that controls it without requiring the use of complex detection means.
- the objective monitoring and acquisition device which controls this zone may be content to detect only the presence of the objective, without it is necessary to locate it.
- the explosive charge will have an efficiency zone at least equal to the surveillance zone considered.
- the detection means can scan an area at least equal to the surveillance area considered .
- each auxiliary projectile which constitutes a device for monitoring and acquiring objectives comprises at least one sensor of the acoustic, seismic or magnetic type for detecting the presence of an objective which enters the surveillance zone, a processing electronics. to analyze the signals received by the sensor, a device for transmitting an alert signal to a device for receiving the attack device, and a source of electrical energy.
- the receiving device of the attack device can control the firing order of the auxiliary projectile in response to an activation order transmitted remotely by an operator.
- the attack device comprises a long-range alert device for monitoring the approach of an objective at distances greater than that at which the surveillance zone should be located and controlling the firing order of the auxiliary projectile.
- FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a zone defense weapon system according to the invention
- FIG. 2 is a schematic view of the attack device of the zone defense weapon system of FIG.
- FIG. 3 is a schematic view of the device for monitoring and acquiring objectives of the zone defense weapon system according to the invention
- FIG. 4 is a view similar to FIG. 1 to illustrate the operation of the zone defense weapon system according to the invention.
- FIGS. 5 and 6 schematically illustrate two embodiments of the invention, respectively.
- a zone defense weapon system consists of an attack device 1 and a device 2 for monitoring and acquiring an objective or target 3 entering a surveillance zone Z which is under the control of the monitoring and acquisition device 2 and which is within the range of action of the attack device 1.
- the device Attack 1 and the device 2 for monitoring and acquiring objectives hereinafter referred to as the monitoring device 2 are separated from one another.
- the watch device 2 is located in the surveillance zone Z which it is responsible for controlling, while the attack device 1 is located at a distance from the watch device 2 and may advantageously be outside the surveillance zone Z, as in the example illustrated in Figure 1.
- the attack device 1 is supported by a platform 10 stabilized on the ground S by feet 11, and it comprises at least one launching tube 12 of a munition consisting of a propellant charge and a main projectile 13 which contains at least one explosive charge intended to attack an objective 3 which enters the surveillance zone Z.
- the surveillance zone Z being located, in an essential manner, entirely within the range of action of the attack device, this means that a projectile launched by the latter is capable of attacking any target being in this zone Z .
- the platform 10 can be equipped with means (not shown) which allow an orientation of the launch tube in elevation and in deposit or in deposit only.
- the standby device 2 shown in FIG. 3 is constituted by an auxiliary projectile 20 which notably contains:
- one or more sensors 21 of the acoustic, seismic or magnetic type are provided.
- This auxiliary projectile 20 is advantageously fired from the attack device 1 by means of an auxiliary launching tube 25 integral with it, and it is also equipped with stabilization fins 26 which are deployed at the exit from its launch tube 25.
- the attack device 1 is also equipped with a reception device 30 with an antenna 30a which is intended to pick up the alert signal transmitted by the watch device 2, which triggers the firing of the projectile 13.
- a long-range alert device 31 can advantageously be mounted on the platform 10 of the attack device 1, and it includes a detection device 31a such as a microphone which monitors the approach of a target 3 at distances greater than that at which the surveillance zone Z must be located.
- This long-range alert device 31 has the function of controlling the launching of the auxiliary projectile 20 and the placing on standby of the weapon system.
- the launching tube 12 of the driving device 1 is oriented along an axis X-X corresponding to a determined angle of elevation.
- the launching tube 25 of the auxiliary projectile 20 is oriented along an axis Y-Y which is arranged in the same vertical plane as the axis X-X.
- the axes X-X and Y-Y are shown here in parallel.
- the angle between the axes XX and YY will be determined, according to the masses and geometries of the projectiles 13 and 20 as well as according to the propellant charges of these projectiles, so that these two projectiles have substantially the same point of impact. on the ground.
- the ballistics of the projectiles 13 and 20 can therefore be different.
- the main projectile There is no need for an identity between the theoretical ground impact points of the main projectile and the auxiliary projectile, it is enough that these theoretical points are close enough to each other for the main projectile is capable of attacking with sufficient probability a target detected by the auxiliary projectile. It may be advantageous to give the main projectile an efficiency zone whose surface is at least equal to that of the detection zone.
- the relative angles of the axes X-X and Y-Y with respect to the vertical could possibly be modified in the field so as to be able to adapt the system to particular constraints. For example in the case where the point of impact on the ground of the projectiles must be at an altitude different from that at which the platform is located (below or overhanging).
- Abacus and firing tables may be established to facilitate rapid adjustment on the ground.
- the auxiliary projectile 20 forming the standby device 2 is fired from the auxiliary launch tube 25.
- This firing takes place in a conventional manner by firing a a propellant charge, and the firing conditions are determined so that the impact on the ground of the projectile 20 occurs at a point which can be defined with precision.
- the position on the ground of the auxiliary projectile 20 is essential, because it determines the position of the surveillance zone Z.
- the auxiliary projectile 20 is provided for example with a warhead 32 of reduced diameter and high mechanical strength which allows its insertion in the ground S and avoids rebounds during its impact on the ground, this warhead 32 can be extended by a point 32a.
- the firing of the auxiliary projectile 20 can be controlled from a transmitted activation order:
- the reception device 30 which picks up signals emitted by a transmitter located at a distance, which allows an operator to remote control the shot, the signals then having different frequencies or a specific coding to allow the reception device 30 to be able to distinguish an activation order (firing of the auxiliary projectile 20) from an alert signal (firing of the main projectile 13).
- auxiliary projectile 20 it is possible to cause an automatic firing of the auxiliary projectile 20 at the end of a fixed or programmable electronic or pyrotechnic delay when the weapon system is installed.
- the standby device 2 formed by the auxiliary projectile 20 is then activated by putting its energy source 24 into service, to detect an objective 3 which enters the surveillance zone Z and whose presence is detected by the sensors 21.
- the signals from the sensors 21 are analyzed by the processing unit 22 which confirms the presence of the objective 3 to be attacked.
- the electronics 22 then command the emission of an alert signal which is transmitted by the device 23 (FIG. 4).
- This alert is for example a radio signal which will be received by the antenna 30a of the reception device 30 of the attack device 1 to trigger the firing of the main projectile 13 in the direction of the surveillance zone Z.
- the explosive charge will be fired along a trajectory (a) to directly destroy the objective 3 which it will identify itself with its own detection means inside the area of Z monitoring. It is also possible to fire a main projectile 13 devoid of target detection means. This will then follow a trajectory (b) which will cause it to impact the ground in the vicinity of the standby device 2.
- the charge contained in this main projectile can be initiated by an impact contactor or by a rocket (of the type stopwatch or detecting proximity to the ground).
- This charge is chosen so that its efficiency zone is at least equal to that of the surveillance zone Z, which will ensure the aggression of objective 3.
- the charge of the main projectile can also consist of submunitions such as anti-tank bombs which are dispersed over the surveillance zone Z.
- submunitions such as anti-tank bombs which are dispersed over the surveillance zone Z.
- Such a variant is particularly simple and economical, since the projectile 13 does not include means for target detection which are complex and expensive.
- the attack device 1 is equipped with several launching tubes 25 of an auxiliary projectile 20, in this case four, by means of which it is possible to fire four standby devices 2 along four different directions Dl, D2, D3 and D4 to define four surveillance zones Zl, Z2, Z3 and Z4, respectively.
- the attack device 1 is only equipped with a single launch tube 12 of a main projectile, and it is imperative that this launch tube 12 is orientable.
- the launching tube 12 In the case where all the standby devices 2 are pulled along the same elevation angle, it will suffice to provide for the launching tube 12 a simple possibility of orientation in deposit. In case the devices standby are not all fired at the same elevation angle, the launch tube 12 will be orientable in elevation and in bearing. The main thing is in all cases that the projectile 13 is launched in the direction of the surveillance zone Z, the watch device of which has transmitted an alert signal.
- the attack device 1 comprises several launch tubes 12 for a main projectile, and an equal number of launch tubes 25 for an auxiliary projectile 20.
- each watch device 2 is dedicated to a launch tube 25, the alert signal emitted by one of the watch devices 2 being accompanied by an identification code of the associated launch tube 12 which must fire the main projectile .
- each of these tubes is dedicated to a specific monitoring device and it received during the installation of the device the appropriate orientation which ensures when firing the arrival on the ground of the main projectile considered in the vicinity of the device. associated watch.
- the means of transmission of the alert signal by radio or sound allow a transmission without intervisibility between the standby device 2 and the attack device 1, which facilitates the camouflage of the latter.
- the attack device 1 is placed outside the surveillance zone Z, but it is possible to define a weapon system in which the attack device 1 is located inside the surveillance zone Z, for example in the vicinity of its border. Such a system will function correctly if the main projectile 13 launched by the attack device 1 is capable of attacking any target being in the surveillance zone Z.
- a defense system of the type anti-personnel in which the monitoring device is designed to detect the presence of persons and the attack system launches explosive flashes or stun projectiles (of the sound type or dispersing a neutralizing gas).
- the invention to a weapon system of the field artillery (or mortar) type in which the watch device will be located at a significant distance (of the order of several kilometers) from the device of attack consisting for example of an artillery battery.
- the alert signal, of reduced power, which is supplied by the standby device can then be relayed by transmitting stations arranged at an intermediate distance between the standby device and the attack device.
- an intermediate station it is possible to use a small remote-controlled surveillance aircraft.
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