EP1728042B1 - Fragmentierbare granate - Google Patents

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EP1728042B1
EP1728042B1 EP05739413A EP05739413A EP1728042B1 EP 1728042 B1 EP1728042 B1 EP 1728042B1 EP 05739413 A EP05739413 A EP 05739413A EP 05739413 A EP05739413 A EP 05739413A EP 1728042 B1 EP1728042 B1 EP 1728042B1
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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
    • F42B12/20—Projectiles, missiles or mines characterised by the warhead, the intended effect, or the material characterised by the warhead or the intended effect of high-explosive type
    • F42B12/22—Projectiles, missiles or mines characterised by the warhead, the intended effect, or the material characterised by the warhead or the intended effect of high-explosive type with fragmentation-hull construction
    • F42B12/32—Projectiles, missiles or mines characterised by the warhead, the intended effect, or the material characterised by the warhead or the intended effect of high-explosive type with fragmentation-hull construction the hull or case comprising a plurality of discrete bodies, e.g. steel balls, embedded therein or disposed around the explosive charge
    • 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
    • F42B12/20—Projectiles, missiles or mines characterised by the warhead, the intended effect, or the material characterised by the warhead or the intended effect of high-explosive type
    • F42B12/22—Projectiles, missiles or mines characterised by the warhead, the intended effect, or the material characterised by the warhead or the intended effect of high-explosive type with fragmentation-hull construction
    • F42B12/24—Projectiles, missiles or mines characterised by the warhead, the intended effect, or the material characterised by the warhead or the intended effect of high-explosive type with fragmentation-hull construction with grooves, recesses or other wall weakenings

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  • the present invention relates to an improvement to the grenades used, for example in conjunction with tear gas, for dispersing crowds.
  • the presence of the projectile sheet simplifies the manufacture of the grenade, since the projectiles do not have to be manufactured or assembled individually.
  • the sheet can still be used to optimize the volume of the grenade, that is to say, for the same external size to increase the mass of the projectiles, or mass projectiles equal, reduce the caliber of the grenade.
  • the sheet comprises two assembled edges, preferably by gluing.
  • the grenade can thus comprise half-projectiles assembled along an assembly line.
  • the projectiles thus reconstituted may have ballistic characteristics very similar to those of the other projectiles of the sheet, which are monolithic.
  • the material bridges may be located on the outside of the web. This is advantageous for giving the pomegranate a relatively smooth outer surface without having to use a heat-shrinkable envelope reported, which is useful especially in case of ejection of the grenade by a grenade launcher.
  • the material bridges may be located on the inside of the web or elsewhere.
  • the thickness of the bridges of material may be chosen according to the mechanical characteristics of the material used to mold the sheet and may represent less than 10%, better less than 5% of the maximum thickness of the projectiles.
  • the projectile sheet may be free of openings, or alternatively include openings, including openings extending between the material bridges.
  • the projectiles are advantageously devoid of sharp edges, so as to limit the risk of serious injury during impact.
  • the projectiles have radially inner and outer faces each at least partially substantially in the form of cylinder portions and, between them, substantially planar and radial faces.
  • the web defines an inner housing in which the explosive charge is placed.
  • the grenade may include a detonator and a device for retarding ignition.
  • the inner housing can house the detonator and the possible ignition retarder, which is sold in the trade under the name of "self-timer igniter plug" and can have a screw or clip interface for launching manual of the grenade if it is equipped with a lever equipped with a safety pin, ie the launching with a firearm, generally a rifle, if it is equipped with a cap of self-propulsion and d a percussion primer.
  • the inner housing may have at its axial ends enlarged portions, and one of them can receive at least partially the detonator.
  • the elastically deformable material in which the projectiles are made may have a hardness of, for example, between 20 and 55 Shore A, in particular between 35 and 45 Shore A, or even about 40 Shore A, and be for example EPDM, or any other suitable elastomer, natural or synthetic.
  • the material used may optionally be supplemented with chemicals intended to improve the physical or chemical qualities, during manufacture or after.
  • the elastically deformable material may for example comprise a charge of a compound making it possible to reduce the coefficient of friction of the grenade, for example graphite or PTFE.
  • the elastically deformable material may also include, where appropriate, metal particles or not, a composite material or plastic.
  • the added particles may allow, for example, to increase or decrease the density of the projectiles. They may allow for example to reduce the elasticity of the elastically deformable material, which may allow for example to facilitate the rupture of the material bridges during the explosion of the load.
  • an elastically deformable material comprising particles having dynamic characteristics comparable to those of biological tissues, for example using materials similar to those usually used for cosmetic surgery prostheses, or having similar characteristics.
  • At least one projectile may contain an agent, for example a powder, a liquid or a gas, intended to produce a physiological effect, for example CS or capsicum.
  • This agent may for example be contained, especially in the encapsulated state, in a cavity defined by at least one projectile.
  • the grenade can be configured to be launched by hand and have a size suitable for this purpose.
  • the grenade can be configured to be launched with a grenade launcher.
  • its firing can be caused for example by the impact on the target or on the ground.
  • the firing can be linked to a pyrotechnic chain triggering the shot of the grenade launcher.
  • the grenade may further include, if necessary, a guide shoe or overscaling to improve the coefficient of friction and the rear seal.
  • a guide shoe can also be used to launch grenades of an undersized caliber with an existing grenade launcher, configured to launch grenades of a higher caliber.
  • Each web may have been molded flat, being for example of generally rectangular shape, then rolled and glued edge to edge, the two edges before gluing each comprising for example a row of half-projectiles.
  • Each individual tablecloth can thus be used for the subsequent manufacture of a grenade.
  • a projectile sheet used to make a grenade can be molded in one piece with an annular shape in an elastically deformable material, then demolded by its elasticity, for example by externally applying a pressure lower than the existing pressure on the inner side of the projectile sheet, or by applying internally an overpressure.
  • the web may be dipped in a bath of a compound to reduce the coefficient of friction of the pomegranate, for example PTFE or the like.
  • FIG. 1 shows a fragmentable grenade 1 comprising a sheet 4 of projectiles 5 interconnected by material bridges 6, integrally molded with the projectiles 5.
  • the sheet 4 surrounds an explosive charge 2, contained in a tube 3 , and known in itself.
  • the sheet 4 is configured to allow, during the explosion of the charge 2, the separation and the dispersion of the projectiles 5.
  • FIG. 2 shows separately the ply 4 of projectiles, on the inner side and after a deformation which separates the projectiles 5.
  • the sheet 4 has, when flat for the purposes of observation, a generally rectangular shape and comprises, for example, three rows of projectiles 5, each of which comprises five whole projectiles and two half-projectiles 5a. , 5b.
  • the latter are assembled to one another by gluing along an assembly line A to form the housing receiving the tube 3 containing the load 2, as can be seen in FIG.
  • Pomegranate 1 thus comprises three stages of projectiles 5 each comprising six projectiles distributed circumferentially, as can be seen in FIG. 4, ie eighteen projectiles in total.
  • the grenade comprises a different number of projectiles, for example between twelve and twenty four projectiles.
  • the material bridges 6 are located on the outside of the grenade 1.
  • Their thickness e represents in the example considered less than 5% of the maximum thickness E of the projectiles, in this case about 4% of the maximum thickness E as can be seen in Figure 3.
  • Each projectile 5 has in cross section, as shown in Figure 3, radially outer 11 and inner 12 substantially concentric sides, joined by sides 13 and 14 substantially radial and converging towards the center of the grenade 1.
  • the grenade 1 is generally symmetrical with respect to planes containing its longitudinal axis X.
  • the sheet 4 defines an inner housing 15 in which the explosive charge 2 is placed.
  • This inner housing 15 has a first portion 15a, substantially cylindrical, of a first radius R 1 , and in this first portion a second enlarged portion 15b, with two substantially cylindrical stages of respective radii R ' 2 and R 2 with R 1 ⁇ R ' 2 ⁇ R 2 , which makes it possible to house, for example, the detonator and a possible device for retarding the ignition.
  • the housing 15 further comprises a third substantially enlarged portion 15c, substantially cylindrical, of radius R 3 > R 1 , intended for example to receive a ring for fixing the explosive charge 2 in the middle of the sheet 4 of projectiles 5.
  • the tube 3 fits tightly in the housing 15, and the sheet 4 by deforming elastically can help to retain the tube 3 in the grenade 1.
  • the sheet 4 is made of an elastically deformable material, which in the example described has a hardness of between 20 and 55 Shore A, in particular between 35 and 45 Shore A, and even about 40 Shore A.
  • the material used is, for example, EPDM.
  • the elastically deformable material may comprise a charge of a compound making it possible to reduce the coefficient of friction of the outside of the grenade, for example graphite or PTFE.
  • the elastically deformable material may comprise metal particles, made of composite material or plastic material.
  • At least one of the projectiles may contain an agent such as a powder, a gas or a liquid, intended to produce a physiological effect, in particular CS or capsicum.
  • an agent such as a powder, a gas or a liquid, intended to produce a physiological effect, in particular CS or capsicum.
  • the material bridges 6 connect the projectiles 5 without forming apertures, but it is not beyond the scope of the present invention when for example the bridges of material 6 define apertures which may for example facilitate the detachment of the projectiles 5 from each other during the explosion of the explosive charge.

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  1. Fragmentierbare Granate (1), umfassend:
    - eine Sprengladung (2),
    - eine Einlage (4) von elastisch verformbaren Geschossen (5), die durch formgegossene Stoffbrücken (6) mit den Geschossen (5) verbunden sind, wobei diese Einlage (4) die Ladung (2) umgibt und konfiguriert ist, um bei der Sprengung der Ladung (2) die Trennung und die Verteilung der Geschosse (5) zu ermöglichen.
  2. Granate nach dem vorherigen Anspruch, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Einlage (4) Geschosshälften (5a, 5b) aufweist, die entlang einer Zusammensetzungslinie (A), insbesondere durch Kleben, zusammengesetzt sind.
  3. Granate nach einem der vorherigen Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass sich die Stoffbrücken (6) außerhalb der Einlage (4) befinden.
  4. Granate nach einem der vorherigen Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Dicke (e) der Stoffbrücken (6) weniger als 10%, besser weniger als 5% der maximalen Dicke (E) der Geschosse darstellt
  5. Granate nach einem der vorherigen Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Geschosse (5) ohne scharfe Kanten sind.
  6. Granate nach einem der vorherigen Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Geschosse (5) radial innere und äußere Flächen aufweisen, jede mindestens teilweise im Wesentlichen zylinderteilförmig und zueinander mit im Wesentlichen geraden und radialen Flächen.
  7. Granate nach einem der vorherigen Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Geschosse (5) ein Innengehäuse (15) definieren, in dem die Ladung (2) angeordnet ist.
  8. Granate nach dem vorherigen Anspruch, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das Innengehäuse (15) zwei erweiterte Teile (15b, 15c) an seinen axialen Enden aufweist.
  9. Granate nach einem der vorherigen Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das elastisch verformbare Material, aus welchem die Geschosse realisiert sind, eine Härte von 20 bis 55 Shore A, insbesondere von 35 bis 45 Shore A, ja sogar von etwa 40 Shore A aufweist.
  10. Granate nach einem der vorherigen Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet dass sie keine Außenhülle hat.
  11. Verfahren zum Zusammensetzen einer zerlegbaren Granate nach den Ansprüchen 1-10, umfassen die folgenden Schritte:
    - Bereitstellen einer Einlege (4) elastisch verformbarer Geschosse (5), die durch formgegossene Stoffbrücken (6) mit den Geschossen verbunden sind,
    - Anordnen einer Sprengladung (2) in einem durch die Einlage definierten Innengehäuse.
  12. Verfahren zur Herstellung einer Einlage von Geschossen einer fragmentierbaren Granate nach den Ansprüchen 1-10, umfassend die folgenden Schritte:
    - Formgießen mit einem elastisch verformbaren Material, insbesondere einem natürlichen oder synthetischen Elastomer einer Einlage (4) von elastisch verformbaren Geschossen (5) mit Stoffbrücken (6) zwischen ihnen, die sie verbinden.
  13. Verfahren nach dem vorhergehenden Anspruch, umfassend den folgenden Schritt:
    - Nachdem die Einlage mittels einer Ringform gegossen wurde, Entformen der Einlage dank ihrer Elastizität, indem außen ein Druck angewandt wird, der unter dem auf der Innenseite der Einlage von Geschossen bestehenden Druck liegt, oder indem innen ein Überdruck angewandt wird.
  14. Verfahren nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Einlage (4) in ein Bad einer Verbindung getaucht wird, die es ermöglicht den Reibbeiwert der Granate zu verringern.
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PL05739413T PL1728042T3 (pl) 2004-03-16 2005-03-11 Granat odłamkowy
SI200530120T SI1728042T1 (sl) 2004-03-16 2005-03-11 V kose razdeljiva granata
CY20071101632T CY1107110T1 (el) 2004-03-16 2007-12-27 Θραυσματοποιησιμη χειροβομβιδα

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FR0450527A FR2867849B1 (fr) 2004-03-16 2004-03-16 Grenage fragmentable
PCT/FR2005/050157 WO2005093364A1 (fr) 2004-03-16 2005-03-11 Grenade fragmentable

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