EP2235471A1 - Projectile - Google Patents

Projectile

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EP2235471A1
EP2235471A1 EP08851559A EP08851559A EP2235471A1 EP 2235471 A1 EP2235471 A1 EP 2235471A1 EP 08851559 A EP08851559 A EP 08851559A EP 08851559 A EP08851559 A EP 08851559A EP 2235471 A1 EP2235471 A1 EP 2235471A1
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Prior art keywords
projectile
charge
explosive charge
shell
ignition device
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EP2235471B1 (fr
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Thomas Heitmann
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Rheinmetall Waffe Munition GmbH
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Rheinmetall Waffe Munition GmbH
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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
    • F42B12/16—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 in combination with an additional projectile or charge, acting successively on the target
    • 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

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  • the invention relates to a projectile with a projectile casing in which an explosive charge surrounding a splinter shell is arranged, wherein the splinter shell with the projectile casing in particular is firmly connected, and wherein the projectile for igniting the explosive charge one of the explosive charge on the rear adjacent preferably adjustable (first) ignition device includes.
  • Shrapnel projectiles are usually constructed in such a way that they allow a targeted strong fragmentation effect in enclosed spaces or in a free landscape. It is therefore not possible with known fragmentation projectiles to use them even if the requirement arises from the respective combat situation that no splinters act on the corresponding target, but only the pressure waves produced during the explosion are to be exploited. Such a situation may occur, for example, when a terrorist group is to be fought with an anti-tank missile and the tank commander immediately before firing the projectile finds that there is a kindergarten near the terrorist group, so that the fragments of the projectile would endanger a large number of uninvolved persons.
  • the invention has for its object to disclose a projectile, which can be used either as a fragmentation projectile or as a projectile, in which the effect of the resulting in the explosion of the explosive charge pressure waves are utilized.
  • the invention is essentially based on the idea of arranging an ejection charge and an explosive charge axially displaceable with respect to the fragmentation shell in the projectile. NEN, which makes it possible to push the explosive charge from the projectile casing at least so far that it no longer acts on the firmly attached to the projectile shell splinter shell in an explosion.
  • the ejection charge If the ejection charge is not activated in such a projectile, it acts as a pure splinter projectile, since the explosive charge - as in known projectiles - is within the fragmentation shell. If, on the other hand, the ejection charge is activated prior to the ignition of the explosive charge, the explosive charge is at least partially pushed out of the projectile envelope and thus out of the splinter shell, and the subsequently activated explosive charge does not cause the splinter shell remaining in the remaining projectile to split apart, so that in this case only the Pressure waves of the explosive charge in the target area come into effect.
  • the explosive charge and the first ignition device are non-positively connected to each other and form a structural unit.
  • the explosive charge in order to achieve the minimum strength required for launching the projectile is enclosed by a carrier jacket (for example a copper jacket), which is non-positively connected to the first ignition device.
  • the ejection charge is preferably arranged in an annular cavity surrounding the splitter casing, wherein the assembly consisting of explosive charge and first ignition device has a radially projecting annular surface onto which the resulting propellant charge gases act after ignition of the ejection charge.
  • the radially projecting annular surface may be the front side (of the housing) of the first ignition device facing the explosive charge.
  • the projectile may, for example, be a wing-stabilized bullet shell of caliber> 100 mm (for example a caliber of 120 mm).
  • the projectile is a projectile with two axially successively in the projectile envelope arranged warheads acts.
  • the rear side arranged first warhead as a fragmentation warhead with rear side movable explosive charge and the front side arranged second warhead trained as a shaped charge warhead.
  • the second warhead then generates by means of the resulting shaped charge jet, for example, an opening in the wall of a building or armored vehicle, through which the first warhead enters the building and then within the building either as a splinter projectile or - when pushed out of the splinter shell explosive charge - by the effect the pressure waves of the explosive charge acts.
  • FIG. 1 shows the longitudinal section through an inventive projectile with two warheads, wherein the rear side first warhead comprises an assembly consisting of an explosive charge and a first ignition device;
  • FIG. 1 shows a section through the projectile shown in FIG. 1 along the section line designated there by H-II and FIG
  • FIG 3 shows an enlarged longitudinal section of the unit shown in Figure 1, consisting of explosive charge and the first ignition unit.
  • a large-caliber, wing-stabilized projectile (with a caliber of, for example, 120 mm), which can be fired, for example, from a tank cannon.
  • the wings (of a wound wire unit) 2 are still in the unfolded state and are wound around a projectile casing 3 at the rear.
  • two warheads 4, 5 are arranged axially behind one another in the illustrated embodiment.
  • the rear-side first warhead 4 is formed as a fragmentation warhead and the second warhead 5 located in front of it as a shaped charge warhead.
  • Both warheads 4, 5 are separated from each other by a damper element 6, so that upon activation of the shaped charge warhead 5, the forming shock waves cause no destruction or activation of the first warhead 4.
  • an explosive charge 8 surrounding by a carrier shell 7 (e.g., copper) (FIGURE 3) located within a splitter shell 9 connected to the projectile casing 3.
  • a carrier shell 7 e.g., copper
  • FIGURE 3 Disposed in the first warhead 4 is an explosive charge 8 surrounding by a carrier shell 7 (e.g., copper) (FIGURE 3) located within a splitter shell 9 connected to the projectile casing 3.
  • the splinter shell 9 with the projectile casing 3 via a plurality of uniformly distributed over the circumference arranged steel kerbroade 10 firmly connected ( Figure 2).
  • one of the explosive charge 8 rear adjacent tempierbare first ignition device 11 is arranged (for the sake of clarity, only the receiving device for the igniter shown in Figures 1 and 3 are reproduced), wherein the explosive charge. 8 and the housing 12 of the first ignition device 11 are frictionally connected to one another via a plate-shaped flange 100, so that the explosive charge 8 and the first ignition device 11 form a structural unit 13.
  • This assembly 13 is fixed within the projectile casing 3, for example, characterized in that the first ignition device 11 is glued or pressed into the projectile casing 3.
  • the explosive charge 8 is mounted so as to be displaceable in the projectile casing 3 in the axial direction towards the rear 14 of the projectile 1.
  • the displacement is effected by means of a discharge charge 15, which is arranged in an annular cavity 16 surrounding the splitter casing 9 on the outside.
  • the cavity 16 is bounded on the rear side by a radially projecting annular surface 17 of the housing 12 of the first ignition device 11.
  • the projectile 1 is fired at the target without additional information being present on the first ignition device 11 have been transmitted via an ignition of the ejection charge 15.
  • the shaped charge warhead 5 is ignited by means of a second ignition device 19.
  • the resulting shaped charge jet generates in the corresponding wall of the target an opening through which the first warhead 4 reaches the interior of the target.
  • the second ignition device 19 and the first ignition device 11 is activated, which then after the entry of the first warhead 4 in the target activates the explosive charge 8, so that the splinter shell 9 ruptures and splinters are thrown radially into the interior of the target at high speed.
  • the ejection charge 15 is activated. Due to the resulting propellant charge gases consisting of the first ignition device 11 and the explosive charge 8 assembly 13 is ejected against the firing direction in the interior of the target and the fragmentation shell 9 remains in the rest of the floor. Only after the ejection of the explosive charge 8 from the projectile casing 3, the explosive charge 8 is then ignited by the associated with her first ignition device 1 1, so that the forming pressure waves no longer act on the splinter shell 9.
  • the invention is not limited to the embodiment described above.
  • the ejection charge need not necessarily be arranged as a ring charge in the projectile casing, but can for example be arranged in front of the explosive charge, so that the resulting propellant charge gases act on the jacket of the explosive charge.

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
  • Combustion & Propulsion (AREA)
  • General Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Radar Systems Or Details Thereof (AREA)
  • Aiming, Guidance, Guns With A Light Source, Armor, Camouflage, And Targets (AREA)

Abstract

L'invention concerne un projectile (1), avec une enveloppe de projectile (3) dans laquelle est disposée une charge explosive (8) entourée par une enveloppe à fragmentation (9), sachant que l'enveloppe à fragmentation (9) est fixement reliée à l'enveloppe de projectile (3), et sachant que le projectile (1) comprend, pour amorcer la charge explosive (8), un (premier) dispositif d'amorçage (11), de préférence à réglage de durée, voisin de la charge explosive (8) sur le côté arrière. L'invention veut fournir un projectile (1) qui puisse être utilisé au choix comme projectile à fragmentation, ou comme projectile pour lequel on utilise l'effet des ondes de pression produites lors de l'explosion de la charge explosive (8). À cet effet, l'invention propose de disposer dans le projectile (1) une charge d'éjection (15) ainsi qu'une charge explosive (8) mobile axialement par rapport à l'enveloppe à fragmentation (9), ce qui permet de pousser la charge explosive (8) hors de l'enveloppe de projectile (3) au moins suffisamment pour qu'elle n'agisse plus, lors d'une explosion, sur l'enveloppe à fragmentation (9) fixement reliée à l'enveloppe de projectile (3).
EP08851559A 2007-11-23 2008-11-03 Projectile Not-in-force EP2235471B1 (fr)

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DE102007056785A DE102007056785A1 (de) 2007-11-23 2007-11-23 Geschoss
PCT/EP2008/009238 WO2009065487A1 (fr) 2007-11-23 2008-11-03 Projectile

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