EP1521053A1 - Anti-Bunker Munition - Google Patents

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EP1521053A1
EP1521053A1 EP04292219A EP04292219A EP1521053A1 EP 1521053 A1 EP1521053 A1 EP 1521053A1 EP 04292219 A EP04292219 A EP 04292219A EP 04292219 A EP04292219 A EP 04292219A EP 1521053 A1 EP1521053 A1 EP 1521053A1
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Nicolas Eches
Dominique Bouchaud
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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
    • F42B12/36—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
    • F42B12/58—Cluster or cargo ammunition, i.e. projectiles containing one or more submissiles
    • F42B12/62—Cluster or cargo ammunition, i.e. projectiles containing one or more submissiles the submissiles being ejected parallel to the longitudinal axis of the projectile

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  • the technical field of the invention is that of ammunition allowing the destruction of targets strongly protected by a wall for example of concrete.
  • the volume available for the explosive and one can reduce the efficiency of the sheaf splinters due to the overfragmentation of the envelope.
  • these ammunition comprise a steel casing high mechanical characteristics which is intended to generate splinters. It is not possible to define a reliable and reproducible way the radius of effectiveness of this chip load which is thus deformed after the crossing a wall.
  • the anti-bunker munition according to the invention makes it possible control the efficiency of the flash load whatever the wall thickness crossed.
  • the invention relates to an anti bunker ammunition
  • a penetration body delimiting a cavity internal closed by a base
  • ammunition characterized in that the cavity contains at least one submunition, a device ejection of said submunition and a device ejection of the base, the sub-munition (s) and the ejection devices being isolated from at least one of the walls of the inner cavity by a damping material.
  • the sub munitions include an explosive charge arranged in a envelope generating splinters.
  • the explosive charge of the sub munitions may include two initiation devices, each device being disposed at one end of the fragment-generating envelope, the joint initiation of the two devices ensuring a focus of the chips.
  • the submunition may include an incendiary heat charge and / or blast effect, or a thermobaric charge.
  • the damping means may comprise at least two blocks.
  • the munition according to the invention may comprise a means control connected to a rocket ensuring the detection of through a wall, control means ensuring in sequence first the initiation of the device of ejection of the base then that of the device for ejecting the sub-munition or sub-munitions.
  • the initiation of the ejection device of the sub ammunition will be advantageously ordered after the crossing of the wall.
  • the penetration body may include a front tip comprising at least one bar crimped in at least one bore.
  • the penetration body may be attached to a propellant.
  • the penetration body may be integral with a module guidance / steering.
  • the anti-bunker munition according to the invention may thus be constitute a bomb or an air-to-air missile.
  • an anti-bunker ammunition according to one embodiment of the invention comprises a head piercing military before 1a which is here in solidarity with a rear portion 1b comprising a propulsion module 2 and a electronic guidance / steering module 4.
  • the propulsion module 2 is not represented here in details. It contains in a classical way a load propellant (not shown) which generates gases, ejected towards the rear of the ammunition 1 by a nozzle 3.
  • the electronic guidance / steering module 4 is not no longer shown in detail. It is connected to four rear control surfaces 5 arranged in a cross.
  • the ammunition 1 thus constitutes a missile or a air-to-ground bomb with steering capability target.
  • the propulsion module 2 makes it possible to give the projectile a desired minimum speed at impact on a target, speed to ensure the perforation of the target. This module can therefore be initiated only a few tens of meters before the impact. For a thick concrete target greater than one meter, we will look for a speed of impact greater than or equal to 300 m / s.
  • the module propeller 2 could include a propulsion stage of cruise that would ensure the desired reach for the missile.
  • the thruster of cruise will be able to ensure the speed of impact desired or it can be coupled to a propellant of perforation providing the desired minimum speed for the impact.
  • the ammunition is a bomb and if the total mass of the bomb could ensure the speed the desired minimum on impact, it may not be possible to propulsion module.
  • the propulsion modules 2 and guide / control 4 do not not the object of the present invention and therefore will not be described in more detail later.
  • the ammunition 1 comprises a piercing military head 1a which comprises a penetrating body 6 having a tip before massive 6a and that is extended by some rear cylindrical 6b delimiting an internal cavity 7 closed by a base 8.
  • the internal cavity 7 encloses a submunition 31 and an ejection device 9 of the said submunition 31.
  • This ejection device 9 comprises an initiator 10 and a pyrotechnic charge that generates gas 11.
  • a piston 12 is also interposed between submunition 31 and the pyrotechnic charge 11.
  • the internal cavity 7 also contains a device 13 ejection of the base 8.
  • This device 13 also includes an initiator 14 and a pyrotechnic charge generating gas 15.
  • the two initiators 15 and 10 are connected by wired links 16 to a control means 17 which is located disposed within the internal cavity 7, between the tip before 6a and the device 9 for ejection of the submunition.
  • This control means is itself connected to a rocket 18 which is designed so that it can detect the crossing a wall.
  • rockets are well known the skilled person. For example, we can refer to US5255608 which describes such a rocket.
  • control means 17 and the rocket 18 can constitute a single electronic circuit comprising a microprocessor programmed appropriately.
  • the sub munition 31 and the ejection devices 9 and 13 are isolated walls of the internal cavity 7 by damping means 19. Thus the submunition 31 and the ejection devices 9, 13 are not disturbed by the impact on the target of Penetration body 6.
  • the damping means 19 will for example consist of a elastomeric material such as RTV 630. This material will be example set up by casting inside the cavity internal 7 and before placement of the submunition 31 and ejection devices 9 and 13. Appropriate tools will allow to save during the casting the free volume necessary for the subsequent establishment of the submunition and ejection devices.
  • damping material will adhere to the walls of the penetration body 6 without being adherent to the submunition 31 which can therefore be ejected without difficulty.
  • Figure 5a shows the arrival of ammunition 1 at impact on a concrete target 20 whose thickness E is greater by the meter and which covers an internal cavity 21.
  • the impact velocity V of the penetration body 6 is greater than or equal to 300 m / s. This speed results according to case, either of the inertia of the fall (bomb not propelled), the thrust of a propellant (propelled bomb or missile).
  • Figure 5b shows the first moments following the impact of ammunition 1 on the target 20.
  • control means 17 first causes the initiation of the ejection device 13 of the base 8.
  • This ejection of the cap can also ensure the ejection of the rear part 1b of the ammunition (no represented here).
  • the submunition 31 is isolated from the mechanical stresses experienced by the penetration body 6 thanks to the damping material 19.
  • Figure 5c shows the target 20 bearing a hole 22 achieved by crossing the penetration body 6.
  • the rocket 18 detects the entry into the cavity 21 and initiates through the control means 17 the device 9 ensuring the ejection of the submunition 31.
  • the control means 17 also ensures the initiation of the submunition 31 at the end of a time interval preprogrammed corresponding to the time required to eject submunition 31 out of the body 6.
  • the submunition 31, undistorted by the crossing of the target 20, can then exert its action inside the cavity 21.
  • FIG. 2 shows in more detail a mode of realization of a piercing military head.
  • the submunition 31 is a submunition chip generator that includes an explosive charge 22 disposed in a spark generator envelope 23.
  • Shattering envelopes are well known the skilled person. For example, we can refer to patents FR2807156, US5544589 and EP918206 which describe such envelopes.
  • the envelope 23 is here a closed cylindrical envelope at each end by a lid 24.
  • Each lid carries an initiation device 25 that will incorporate advantageously a pyrotechnic delay ensuring a initiation of the explosive charge 22 after ejection of the under ammunition out of the body 6.
  • the initiation devices 25 are both connected to the control means 17. Thus each device being disposed at a different end of the envelope 23, the joint initiation of the two devices ensures a focussing the chips in a substantially median plane perpendicular to the axis of the cylindrical envelope 23.
  • the front tip 6a of the penetration body 6 is made integrally in a material with high mechanical characteristics, it's up to say a material whose elastic limit is greater or equal to 1200 Mega Pascals.
  • a material with high mechanical characteristics it's up to say a material whose elastic limit is greater or equal to 1200 Mega Pascals.
  • the cylindrical portion 6b does not have to protect the explosive charge 22 of the submunition that is isolated from the shock by the damping material 19.
  • the cylindrical portion 6b can therefore have a thickness reduced (of the order of 6 to 8 mm).
  • the effectiveness of splinters generated inside the target is that of the under ammunition 31.
  • Figures 3a, 3b and 3c show another mode of production of a piercing head 1a according to the invention.
  • This mode differs from the previous one only in the structure of the front tip 6a which here comprises bars 26a, 26b, 26c set in bores made in the body of the tip 6a.
  • Each bar 26a, 26b, 26c is cylindrical and the axis of its bore is parallel to the axis 27 of the perforating head 1a.
  • the bars 26a and 26b are thus distributed in two concentric rings surrounding the axis 27 of the body of penetration.
  • a bar 26c also occupying a bore , coaxial with the head 1a (see also Figure 3b).
  • first crown or middle crown comprising eight bars 26b regularly distributed around axis 27 and a second crown or outer ring comprising sixteen bars 26a regularly distributed around axis 27.
  • the diameters of the peripheral bars 26a are here lower than those of the median bars 26b.
  • the diameters of different bars may be identical or different for reasons of organization of the body of penetration. The purpose is to obtain the highest overall density for the piercing head.
  • the diameters of the bars be between 10 mm and 30 mm.
  • the bars are made of a dense material at high mechanical characteristics. We will choose a material of density greater than or equal to 17 and having a limit elastic greater than or equal to 1000 Mega Pascals. We will be able to for example using a high-limit tungsten alloy elastic and obtained by sintering. We could also make the bars of depleted uranium or tantalum.
  • the body of the head 6a is made of steel.
  • This embodiment makes it easy to obtain a front tip 6a having a high density. It is indeed more easy to make dense bars of reduced diameter (from order of 10 to 30 mm) than to achieve a peak before large diameter (greater than 150mm) in such a sintered material.
  • This embodiment therefore makes it possible to produce a body made of steel with adequate mechanical properties carrying the sub-ammunition and nevertheless including a front part of significant density conferring power desired perforating.
  • Figure 4 shows another embodiment of a piercing military head 1a according to the invention.
  • This mode differs from that shown in Figure 3 by the nature submunition 31 carried away.
  • the submunition 31 is thermal and / or blast submunition having a heat load 28 disposed in a case 29 made of plastic or composite material.
  • the thermal load is initiated by an igniter 30 connected to the control means 17.
  • a delay (for example pyrotechnic) is arranged upstream of the igniter 30 so that the initiation of the charge only intervenes after ejection of the submunition 31 out of the internal cavity 7.
  • damping means 19 is divided into three parts: a front block 19a surrounding the device ejection of the submunition, a median block 19b cylindrical surrounding submunition 31 and a rear block 19c surrounding the ejection device 13 of the base 8.
  • the blocks 19a, 19b and 19c can thus be made of individual way outside the ammunition and then set up in the internal cavity 7 during assembly.
  • FIGS. 1 and 2 It is possible to provide the embodiments with FIGS. 1 and 2 of a front tip 6a comprising bars arranged in bores.
  • thermobaric thermobaric

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