EP3601938B1 - Geschoss, insbesondere im mittelkaliberbereich - Google Patents

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EP3601938B1
EP3601938B1 EP18709585.6A EP18709585A EP3601938B1 EP 3601938 B1 EP3601938 B1 EP 3601938B1 EP 18709585 A EP18709585 A EP 18709585A EP 3601938 B1 EP3601938 B1 EP 3601938B1
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Udo Stenzel
Tobias LITTE
Daniel STOPPER
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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
    • F42B12/06—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 hard or heavy core; Kinetic energy penetrators
    • 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
    • F42B12/34—Projectiles, missiles or mines characterised by the warhead, the intended effect, or the material characterised by the warhead or the intended effect expanding before or on impact, i.e. of dumdum or mushroom type
    • 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
    • F42B12/367—Projectiles fragmenting upon impact without the use of explosives, the fragments creating a wounding or lethal effect

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  • the invention deals with a projectile, in particular a PELE® ammunition.
  • the principle of operation of the PELE ® ammunition is based on the fact that materials with a lower density than the end-ballistic, highly effective penetrating material (hereinafter referred to as penetrator) remain in the target at high projectile speeds compared to the end-ballistic, highly effective penetrator.
  • penetrator highly effective penetrating material
  • the enclosed expansion medium breaks open the body of the bullet under the compression when the bullet impacts and leads to the formation of fragments.
  • a universal KE bullet reveals the DE 10 2004 005 042 B4 .
  • the DE 10 2011 011 478 A1 discloses a fragmentation bullet, particularly for training purposes. It is assumed here of the under the name PELE ® ammunition, which from the DE 197 00 349 C1 is known. In this regard, it is stated that the structure of such fragmentation projectiles, particularly in the medium caliber range, places high demands on their manufacture. The segment parts and the core part must be placed in the outer sleeve area. This must be done precisely so as not to falsify the flight characteristics. In addition, the individual parts must be connected to one another. These connections are then subject to high requirements, for example with regard to firing resistance, the ability to be connected to the expansion medium, etc. The basic idea is therefore to make the projectile in one piece. The impact affects the whole projectile. The projectile has recesses for an expansion medium distributed over the cross section.
  • Projectiles of this type are fired from barrel weapons with a twist to stabilize the position of the projectile on the trajectory.
  • the very high rotational speed imparted to the bullet by the twist also places high demands on the roundness of the bullet body and the penetrator in order to achieve the desired accuracy.
  • the DE 27 27 970 A1 discloses a projectile which comprises a first penetrator and a second penetrator provided around and/or in front of this, together with explosive and/or fire charges and means for igniting the same.
  • the projectile consists of a sleeve-shaped element which accommodates a penetrating element.
  • the punch element is held by a peripheral rim. This edge is formed by the bullet body having a smaller inside diameter than in the area of the core.
  • the inner diameter in the area of the core is larger than in the front area accommodating the explosive charge.
  • the projectile also has a nose which accommodates an ignition charge. An explosive or incendiary projectile is described here.
  • the WO 2004/003460 A1 discloses a projectile or a warhead which has an explosive and several splinters in addition to a hard or heavy metal core.
  • the hard or heavy metal core attacks a peripheral edge. This edge is formed by the bullet body having a smaller inside diameter than in the area of the core. The inner diameter decreases in the form of a truncated cone.
  • the CH 351522 A discloses a hard core for a tank projectile consisting of a tip body of revolution in which the base area of the tip body is smaller than the smallest cross-sectional area of the main body. This forms a shoulder between the tip body and the main body which forms an edge with the casing of the main body.
  • the object of the invention is to specify a projectile with high hit accuracy. Another aspect is to reduce the effort involved in manufacturing this bullet. The object is solved by the features of patent claim 1 and patent claim 4.
  • a projectile body is advantageously made of a very brittle, hardened material as a tubular section. In its rear part is a penetrator. This compresses an expansion medium when it hits a target. This leads to the rupture of the projectile body. Due to the brittleness of the material of the projectile body, the desired formation of fragments is achieved.
  • the body of the bullet together with a tail of the bullet, guides the penetrator during passage through the barrel at launch and during flight to the target.
  • the completion with the very precisely manufactured penetrator can lead to fractures of the bullet body during manufacture.
  • the consequence can be an increased reject rate.
  • the bullet can also break when it is fired, i.e. in the gun or shortly after leaving the muzzle of the barrel, which then leads to the bullet breaking up prematurely.
  • the required roundness of the bullet body is therefore usually achieved by reworking, such as precision turning or cylindrical grinding, of the inside and outside diameter. This rework is carried out over the full length of the tube section, which was produced with allowance, on the outside and inside.
  • the invention is based on the idea of not reworking the projectile body to the required roundness inside and outside over its entire length, but rather reworking the inner diameter for receiving the penetrator from both sides at a distance from the center of the projectile body. In this way, a constriction remains in the middle of the pipe section.
  • This constriction has the advantage that, on the one hand, the penetrator can be fixed against this constriction during production instead of against the softer expansion medium to support. On the other hand, it is achieved that upon impact with the target, when the projectile body is decelerated, the penetrator reliably breaks up this projectile body at the constriction due to its inertia. This reliable breaking up leads to the desired fragmentation of the projectile body.
  • the longitudinal fixing of the penetrator prevents it from oscillating within the projectile or the projectile body, which leads to improved projectile precision.
  • a further advantage of a projectile body designed in this way is the relative independence from the mechanical properties of the expansion medium.
  • everyone can already in the DE 197 00 349 C1 materials and material forms shown can be used.
  • an expansion medium can also be dispensed with.
  • the invention will be explained in more detail using an exemplary embodiment with a drawing.
  • the only figure shows a projectile 1 (fragmentation projectile) with a penetrator 2, which is surrounded by a projectile body 3.
  • An expansion medium 4 is introduced in the projectile body 3 in front of the penetrator.
  • the projectile body 3 is closed off at the rear by a projectile tail 5 .
  • the projectile body 3 has a projectile ogive 6 at the front.
  • the projectile ogive 6 can preferably be connected to the projectile body 3 via a screw connection.
  • the special feature of the projectile 1 is that in the projectile body 3 there is a constriction 7 for the penetrator 2 (or a projection from the point of view of the inner diameter of the projectile body 3), on which the penetrator 2 in the projectile body 3 can be supported.
  • the constriction 7 is preferably provided in the central area 8 of the projectile body 3 .
  • the constriction 7 can also be present all around in the projectile body 3 . However, partial solutions are not excluded.
  • the projectile body 3 When the projectile 1 hits a target (not shown), the projectile body 3 is decelerated. The penetrator 2, on the other hand, is moved further due to the mass inertia, compressing the softer expansion medium 4. At the same time, the projectile body 3 breaks open at the constriction 7, resulting in a reliable and desired formation of fragments of the body of the bullet 3. If this force is sufficient, an expansion medium 4 can be dispensed with in special cases.

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  • Aiming, Guidance, Guns With A Light Source, Armor, Camouflage, And Targets (AREA)
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