GB914992A - Improvements in or relating to fuzes - Google Patents

Improvements in or relating to fuzes

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GB914992A
GB914992A GB1459/61A GB145961A GB914992A GB 914992 A GB914992 A GB 914992A GB 1459/61 A GB1459/61 A GB 1459/61A GB 145961 A GB145961 A GB 145961A GB 914992 A GB914992 A GB 914992A
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detonator
striker
plate
impact
projectile
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GB1459/61A
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Anstalt Fuer die Entwicklung von Erfindungen und Gewerblichen Anwendungen ENERGA
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Anstalt Fuer die Entwicklung von Erfindungen und Gewerblichen Anwendungen ENERGA
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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
    • F42B12/105—Protruding target distance or stand-off members therefor, e.g. slidably mounted
    • 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
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F42—AMMUNITION; BLASTING
    • F42C—AMMUNITION FUZES; ARMING OR SAFETY MEANS THEREFOR
    • F42C1/00—Impact fuzes, i.e. fuzes actuated only by ammunition impact
    • F42C1/02—Impact fuzes, i.e. fuzes actuated only by ammunition impact with firing-pin structurally combined with fuze
    • F42C1/04—Impact fuzes, i.e. fuzes actuated only by ammunition impact with firing-pin structurally combined with fuze operating by inertia of members on impact
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F42—AMMUNITION; BLASTING
    • F42C—AMMUNITION FUZES; ARMING OR SAFETY MEANS THEREFOR
    • F42C1/00—Impact fuzes, i.e. fuzes actuated only by ammunition impact
    • F42C1/02—Impact fuzes, i.e. fuzes actuated only by ammunition impact with firing-pin structurally combined with fuze
    • F42C1/04—Impact fuzes, i.e. fuzes actuated only by ammunition impact with firing-pin structurally combined with fuze operating by inertia of members on impact
    • F42C1/06—Impact fuzes, i.e. fuzes actuated only by ammunition impact with firing-pin structurally combined with fuze operating by inertia of members on impact for any direction of impact
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F42—AMMUNITION; BLASTING
    • F42C—AMMUNITION FUZES; ARMING OR SAFETY MEANS THEREFOR
    • F42C1/00—Impact fuzes, i.e. fuzes actuated only by ammunition impact
    • F42C1/14—Impact fuzes, i.e. fuzes actuated only by ammunition impact operating at a predetermined distance from ground or target by means of a protruding member

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Abstract

914,992. Percussion fuzes for projectiles. ANSTALT FUR DIE ENTWICKLUNG VON ERFINDUNGEN UND GEWERBLICHEN ANWENDUNGEN ENERGA. Jan. 13, 1961 [Jan. 29, 1960], No. 1459/61. Class 9 (1). A percussion fuze for a hollow charge projectile comprises a plate 25 of light metal supported peripherally by a crushable ballistic cap 22, 23, and a member 32 housing a striker 26 and detonator 35. A safety device comprises an inertia block 29 having flexible tongues 30 which engage segments 28, which segments are subject to a radially outward pressure due to a spring 33. On launching, the projectile is armed by setback of the block 29 and consequent movement of segments 28 free the path of central portion 27 of the plate 25. According to the invention, on impact with the target, including impact at large angles of incidence, the ballistic cap 22 is deformed, a collar 34 of hard material such as case-hardened steel attached to plate 25 grippingly engages the target and continued movement of the main body of the projectile due to its momentum causes the striker 26 to be driven into the detonator 35. Numerous embodiments are described. The plate 25 may be supported by a cone similar to that at 36, the complete fuze mechanism being housed and protected by the cap. The collar 34 may be external to the cap, particularly in the case of armour piercing projectiles, and the striker 26 may be integral with plate 25, the detonator 35 moving towards the striker against the action of a spring on impact of the projectile. A relay-detonator may be supported independently and behind the detonator 35 so that the former will remain axially positioned should the latter be laterally displaced on impact. An arrangement is also described for easy withdrawal of both detonators and the striker as a unit. The fuze is described as suitable for hand- and rifle-grenades, incendiary projectiles and rockets.
GB1459/61A 1960-01-29 1961-01-13 Improvements in or relating to fuzes Expired GB914992A (en)

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CH97260 1960-01-29

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GB914992A true GB914992A (en) 1963-01-09

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GB1459/61A Expired GB914992A (en) 1960-01-29 1961-01-13 Improvements in or relating to fuzes

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US (1) US3105440A (en)
CH (1) CH361742A (en)
DK (1) DK109312C (en)
ES (1) ES263730A1 (en)
GB (1) GB914992A (en)
LU (1) LU39581A1 (en)
NL (2) NL123882C (en)

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FR1595412A (en) * 1968-12-19 1970-06-08
US3922967A (en) * 1974-03-29 1975-12-02 Avco Corp Closed-breech-gun-fired rocket-assisted projectile
US5081929A (en) * 1989-10-12 1992-01-21 Mertens William J Projectile having a movable interior fuze
US7273010B2 (en) * 2004-11-03 2007-09-25 Saab Bofors Dynamics Switzerland Ltd. Impact part of a projectile

Family Cites Families (7)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US2030085A (en) * 1934-02-07 1936-02-11 David L Woodberry Point-detonating fuse for projectiles
GB582660A (en) * 1937-10-23 1946-06-06 William Herbert Hatfield Improvements in or relating to armour-piercing shells
GB577815A (en) * 1939-07-26 1946-06-03 Robert Constantine Graseby Improvements in strikers for piercing diaphragms, detonating explosives, and similarpurposes
US2514401A (en) * 1942-08-17 1950-07-11 Us Sec War Land mine
BE473210A (en) * 1944-02-10 Energa
NL79317C (en) * 1950-08-05
NL101830C (en) * 1956-04-05 Brandt Soc Nouv Ets

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LU39581A1 (en) 1961-02-23
US3105440A (en) 1963-10-01
DK109312C (en) 1968-04-08
ES263730A1 (en) 1961-03-16
NL260236A (en)
CH361742A (en) 1962-04-30
NL123882C (en)

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