FR2488393A1 - COMBAT CONE FOR DISPERSION WEAPON - Google Patents

Abstract

CONE OF COMBAT FOR CLASSIFIED WEAPONS, CONTAINING RECEPTACLES ARRANGED BEHIND THE OTHERS IN SEVERAL ROWS, PREFERRED IN STARS, AND RECEIVING AMMUNITION WHICH, AFTER EJECTION OF THE RECEPTACLES AND OPENING OF THE LATTER, ARE DISPERSED ON THE ZONE OF THE LATTER . ALL B RECEPTACLES ARE ANCHORED IN THE CELL OF THE COMBAT CONE BY A REMOVABLE COMMON LOCKING DEVICE AND ARE CONNECTED TO THIS LATTER BY CLAMPING DEVICES, AND TO THE B RECEPTACLES ARE ASSOCIATED WITH FIXING DEVICES WHICH, MAIN, REMOVED. RECEPTACLES UNTIL THEIR EJECTION.

Description

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  The present invention relates to a combat cone for cluster weapons, having a plurality of receptacles disposed one behind the other in a plurality of rows, in particular a star, and for receiving ammunition which, after the receptacle has been ejected from the cell of

  cone battle and open, are scattered on the action area.

  The use of so-called dispersive weapons is used to effectively combat large-area targets, ie, to water enemy concentration areas with a large number of ammunition of any kind. to temporarily prohibit determined sections of the terrain from enemy incursion or to

  withdrawal of the enemy. The main advantage of disper-

  therefore lies in the fact that they make it possible to neutralize

  with sufficient precision objectives that could not or very difficult to be wiped out by direct fire. Since the effectiveness of a weapon system depends on the likelihood of the ammunition hit and its military action, this efficiency can be increased even by very small military action by increasing the probability of the blow. to the expected goal that this

  last factor under certain conditions is the most

  and that in cluster munitions this factor is

  increased to the extreme by the large number of projectiles.

  The transport of the different receptacles for cluster munitions is carried out either by missiles propelled by rocket, or by means of large aerodynamic receptacles suspended on planes. Rocket-propelled missiles form the so-called combat cone in the area where dispersion receptacles are placed. The combat cone cell as a carrier element for the installation of the dispersion weapon receptacles is, due to the acceleration and deceleration forces, subjected to heavy loads during the departure and during the different phases. flight. In particular, the solidity of the anchoring of the various heavy weapons dispersion receptacles is extremely demanding. These tanks are ejected from the cone of combat cell by means of propulsive charges or springs, which, for tactical reasons requires large widths of dispersion,

  leads to very high momentary loads.

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  Absolutely, there is no need for different receptacles in the combat cone cell during transport to the objective area, the removal of this anchorage to let the enormous ejection forces act for a short time without the different receptacles. accidentally leave the combat cone and that the combat cone cell is partially destroyed during the ejection process, which would affect the desired program of ammunition distribution, and a defined ejection process associated in time with these phases are, in the arms carriers in question, problems that are still

difficult to master.

  The present invention therefore aims to

  propose an exact solution to these problems.

  This result is achieved according to the invention in that all the dispersion weapon receptacles are, by a separable common locking device, anchored in the cell of the combat cone and are connected thereto by clamping devices and that to the different receptacles are additionally associated fixing means which, after removal of the lock and therefore also of the clamping, continue to hold the receptacle in the cone of combat until they are ejected and are destroyed

  when ejecting the receptacles.

  The invention also aims to design the arrangement of the dispersion weapon receptacles so that the receptacles can be filled with ammunition outside the combat cone cell and kept closed in reserve ready for use, it is that is, complete receptacles can, if necessary, be easily engaged in

  the combat cone cell and be anchored there.

  This result is achieved according to the invention by the fact that, for the mechanical connection between the body and the bottom of the receptacles kept in reserve outside the cell of the combat cone and filled with ammunition, they are associated stop devices each of which is constituted by a stop ring comprising a holding flange grasping from below the body of the receptacle, by a stop sleeve comprising a foot piece connected to the stop ring by pins, and by a rod stoppage.

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  engaged with the extremity, radially external, of the stop sleeve, and which is applied on the front face, radially external, of the clamping sleeve, With this design, one thus arrives at that, considering military logistics, receptacles can be stored once filled and closed and, in case of emergency quickly introduced as they are in the cell of the cone of combat, and in case of fixed anchoring receptacles on the cell of the cone The original connections (blocking) between the bodies and the receptacle covers are automatically removed and replaced by energizing the anchors, which are then unlocked before the receptacles are launched. After the unlocking, the fixing means ensure the maintenance of the receptacles in the cell of the combat cone before the launching phase during which the missile moves without acceleration, the resistance of these fixing means being established so

  that these are destroyed by the ejection forces.

  Thus, thanks to the invention, we obtain a precise definition

  for the moment of entry into action of the ejection process.

  The invention will be better understood by means of the description

  an embodiment taken as an example, but not limited to, and illustrated by the appended drawing, in which: Figure 1 is a longitudinal section of a combat cone; Figure 2 shows detail II of Figure 1; Figure 3a is a section III-III of Figure 2; Figure 3b shows detail IIIa in section according to Figure 2; Figure 4 is a section IV-IV of Figure 1; Figure 5 is a section V-V of Figure 1; Figure 6 is a section VI-VI of Figure 1; FIG. 7 shows a tie rod previously mounted in the combat cone cell, with fastening means; FIG. 8 partially shows a receptacle mounted for dispersion weapons, with a stop device; FIG. 9 partially shows a receptacle for dispersing weapons separating from the combat cone cell immediately after the launch;

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  Figure 10 partially shows a receptacle for weapons & dispersion decomposing during a phase

  subsequent launch process.

  The combat cone cell is made up of the essential

  by a central support tube Z and transverse partitions

  Qu, Between these partitions, receptacles B for dispersion weapons are arranged in the form of stars in several

  arranged one behind the other.-Fixing the receptacles

  Key B in the combat cone cell is provided by different devices and means which are described hereinafter coaxially inside the central tube Z, a continuous locking rod 1 is mounted so as to be able to move axially within certain limits. . On this rod, a number of locking discs 2 are fixed at a distance one behind the other. On their periphery,

  these discs comprise several locking grooves 3.

  In the locked position, the rod 1 is subjected to the action of a pretensioner device 4 installed at its front end and shown in particular in FIG. 2. This pretensioner device is constituted by a spring bowl 5 with a compression ring. 5a adjustment which, on the rod 1, can be moved by means of a thread 6 to change the pretension of a compression spring 7. The other end of the compression spring 7 rests on a counter-support 8 integral with the cell and which is fixed on the front end of the central tube Z. As can be seen clearly in Figures 2 and 3a, the rod 1 is held in the locking position by a locking device 9. This device consists of a disk 10 secured to the rod 1 and provided with a

  annular groove 11, by two locking slides 12

  groove in this groove, by two clamping levers 13 with two arms, the first of which are connected by a tension spring 14, while the others are articulated on the locking slides 12, by two locking levers 15 with two arms which keep the slides 12 in the locking position, by a locking lever 16 with three arms which, with its first two arms 16a holds the locking levers 15 and whose third arm 16b is pretended by a winding spring 17, and finally by means of a pyrotechnic and mechanical pyrotechnic and pyrotechnic device (FIG. 3b), this device is mainly formed by a chamber 19 integral with the cell and in which is placed a propulsive charge 20 with electrical ignition, a pin 21 is, by its rear end, guided in a channel 19a and blocks by its middle part, the third arm 16b of the locking lever 16 itself stretched in the direction of the arrow X by the spring 17. The front end of the locking pin 21 engages in the bore 22a of a bushing 22. Each dispersion weapon receptacle B is held in the combat cone cell each time by means of front and rear tie rods 23 which, to do so, by their anchoring foot 23a rest in the locking grooves 3 in a fixed manner in the radial direction and movable in the axial direction. The tie rods 23 are also part of the clamping devices, each of which is further constituted by the following elements: a clamping nut 24 screwed onto the outer end of the tie rod 23, a clamping cap 25, a bushing 26, a bushing conical clamping 27 and a cylindrical clamping ring 28. Each receptacle B is formed by a cup-shaped body B 1 for receiving the ammunition M and a cover B 2. The cover B 2 is secured by means of a clamp B 21 inserted between the clamping cap 25 and the sleeve 26, while the body B 1 is, via a flange B 11, clamped by the cylindrical ring 28 against elements integral with the cell

  which are described in more detail below.

  In the cone of combat cell, the receptacles B are not only locked and tightened, but they are also maintained after unlocking by devices whose function is explained later. The fixing devices provided for this purpose are respectively constituted by an outer ring 29 firmly held in the tube

  central Z, for example screwed by means of a thread 30.

  In the external fixing ring 29 is mounted an internal fixing ring 31, the two fixing rings 29 and 31 have bores corresponding to each other and

  in which fastening bolts 32 are engaged.

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  In order to fill and to adjust the differences

  containers outside the combat cone cell and therefore able to store them ready for use, there are still other arresting devices (in particular Figure 8), These are each constituted by a

  stop bushing 33 installed on each tie rod 23 on the inside.

  and a foot 33a in which stop bores are provided, and a stop ring 34 with retaining flange 34a. The stop bores are also provided in the ring 34. The stop bores in the foot 33a and the stop bores in the ring 34 correspond when the receptacles B are mounted outside the cell-cone The lids B2 are mechanically connected to the body Bi by means of split circlips 36 to be put in place in place on the ends.

upper sockets 33.

  We will now describe the filling of the receptacles B or the bodies BI of the latter with ammunition M, the establishment of the cover B2 and its connection to the bodies B1 of the receptacles, the introduction of the complete receptacles B on the bottom of the combat cone cell, the

  locking and clamping these receptacles B and the launcher

  above the zone of action: the tie rods 23 are introduced at the same time as the internal fixing rings 31 into the cell of the cone of combat, these internal fixing rings 31 being then, by the fixing bolts 32 firmly connected to the external fixing rings 29 already screwed on the cell, the various filled receptacles BE are then threaded by their two stop bushes 33, each time a front and rear tie rod previously mounted in the tube central Z and protruding radially and is thus placed in the cell of the cone of combat. After that, the clamping caps 25 are placed on the outer ends of the tie rods 23 and the tightening nuts 24 are screwed onto the

  thread at the outer end of the tie rods 23.

  When the nuts 24 are tightened, the tie-rods 23, by their shoulders 23c, drive the stop bushes 33, the

stop pins 35, breaking

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  last out of the battle cone cell.

  When the tightening nuts 24 are strongly tightened, the bending and tightening forces pass each time through the following elements: locking disc 2 and locking groove 3 (integral with the cell), anchoring foot 23a, pulling 23 , clamping nut 24, clamping cap 25, cover flange B21, clamping sleeve 26, conical ring 27, cylindrical ring 28, base flange Bll of body BI, retaining flange 34a, outer mounting ring 29, central tube integral with the Z cell. When tightening the nut 24, in order not to load the inner fixing ring 31 and consequently the fixing bolts 32, one

  left a free space d between a collar of

  23 and the inner fixing ring 31. The bores for mounting in the receptacle lids B2 are closed by cover discs 37 which are secured by slotted head screws 38 pressed into the ends.

tie rods.

  The unlocking of the receptacles B is initiated by the ignition of the propellant charge 20 of the clamping device 18. The gases produced push back to the right the locking rod 21 which thus releases the arm 16b from the locking lever 16 with three arms. The arm 16b can then, under the action of the force of the tension spring 17, swing in the direction of the arrow X, so that the two arms 16a release the locking lever 15 with two arms. As a result, the pretension spring 14 can move the locking slides 12 radially outwardly by means of the tension lever -5o 13 so that the locking rod 1 is disengaged. The latter is, with the locking discs, pushed by the force of the compression spring to the left in the direction of the arrow Y so that the anchoring feet 23a are released. After unlocking, the tie rods 23 and therefore the receptacles B remain however still connected to the cell of the cone of combat

  by the fixing devices 23b, 31, 32, 29). He inter

  then comes the ignition of the reaction engines T installed on the receptacles B and whose thrust is greater than the

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  These are then sheared so that the drive collars 23b are supported radially outwardly on the inner fastening rings 31. The tie rods 23 are

  released and escape with receptacles B (Figure 9).

  FIG. 10 shows how a receptacle B opens itself freely to the air after ejection out of the cone of combat cell, that is to say how the cover B2 of this receptacle is detached from the body B1 of the latter, the tie rods 23 with their anchoring feet 23a having already slid through the stop rings 34. The stop rings 34 and the clamping rings 28 are also dislodged. The ammunition M escapes from the bodies B1 of the receptacles and

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Claims (9)

Claims   1, Combat cone and large containers with dispersed weapons   a composition comprising a plurality of receptacles arranged in several rows one behind the other, in the form of stars, and intended to receive ammunition which, after ejection of the receptacles out of the cell of the cone of combat and opening of the latter, are scattered on the   zone of action, characterized by the fact that all   B keys are anchored in the cell of the combat cone by a removable common locking device and are connected thereto by clamping devices and that   different receptacles B are also associated with   fasteners which, after removal of the lock and therefore also of the clamping, still hold the containers B in the cone of combat until their ejection and are destroyed during the ejection of said receptacles. 2. Combat cone according to claim 1, characterized in that the locking device for the receptacles B is formed on the one hand by a locking rod 1 disposed in the center of the cell of the continuous fighting cone, axially displaceable and having locking discs 2 axially spaced apart from one another in accordance with the length of the receptacles and bearing on their periphery locking grooves 3 and, on the other hand, radially extending tie rods 23 forming same time a portion of the clamping devices and having anchoring feet 23a which engage mechanically and radially in the locking grooves   3 disks 2 o they are axially displaceable.   3, combat cone according to claim 2, characterized in that the clamping devices acting in the radial direction are, in addition to the tie rods 23, respectively constituted by a clamping nut 24 screwed onto the radially outer end of each tie rod 23, a clamping cap 25, a sleeve between which and the clamping cap is inserted a cover flange, and are further constituted by a conical clamping ring 27 as well as by a cylindrical clamping ring 28 which clamps the body of the   receptacle against an element integral with the cell. - 2488393   4. Combat cone according to claim 1, characterized   in that the fixing devices are respectively   constituted by an outer fixing ring 29 secured to the combat cone cell and having fixing holes, by an inner fixing ring 31 resting in the outer fixing ring and also comprising fixing holes and by bolts of fastening 32 engaged in the mutually corresponding bores of the two fixing rings 29, 31 the tie rods passing through the internal fixing rings 31 and having drive collars 23b which, seen in the radial direction, are provided inside the internal fixing rings 31 and drive the latter during the ejection of the receptacles B,   Combat cone according to claims 1 and 4,   characterized by the fact that the tie rods 23 with the internal fixing rings 31 and the external fixing rings 29 are previously mounted in the cell of the cone of combat   before placing the receptacles in the latter.   6. Combat cone according to claim 1, characterized in that for the mechanical connection between the body and the lid of the receptacles when they are stored outside the combat cone cell and filled with ammunition, it is associated with them arresting devices which are respectively constituted by a retaining ring 34 with retaining flange 34a gripping the body of the receptacle from below, by a stop sleeve 33 comprising a foot fixed to the stop ring 34 by means of pins 35et by   a snap ring 36 engaged on the radially outward end   top of the bushing 33 and which is applied on the face   radially external front of the clamping sleeve 26.   Combat cone according to claims 1 and 2,   characterized in that the locking rod 1 with the disks 2 is pretensioned in the unlocking direction and is held in the locking position by a locking device 9.   8, combat cone according to claim 7, characterized in that it comprises a pretensioner device 4 provided at the front end of the combat cone cell for the locking rod 1 and constituted by a spring bowl 5 mounted movable on the locking rod i and? S r- 1 2488393 1, by a compression spring 7 driving the latter and which on the other side rests on a counter-support 8 integral with the cell,   9, combat cone according to claims 7 and 8,   characterized in that the locking system 9 for the pretensioner device 4 is constituted by a locking disc 10 secured to the locking rod 1 and provided with an annular groove 11, by two locking slides 12 guided in the cell the cone of combat and engaging in the annular groove 11, by two clamping levers 13 with two arms whose first arms are connected by a pretensioning spring 14 and whose other arms are articulated on the locking slides 12, by two two-arm locking levers 15 which block the locking slides 12 with the clamping levers 13, by a three-arm locking lever 16 which, with two of its arms blocks the two-arm locking lever 15 and the third arm is pretended by a tension spring 17, and by a clamping device 18 having a pin 21 which, in the locked state of the device blocks the third bra's 16b of the lever to three arm 16.   IOCon of combat according to any one of the claims   1 2 and 7 to 9, characterized in that the locking rod 1 with the locking discs 2 is, in a central tube carrying the combat cone cell, arranged coaxially with the latter and that the locking rings   external fixation devices 29 lie in corresponding recesses central tube Z.