KR20020055590A - Set defence means - Google Patents

Abstract

The set defense means of the present invention includes one or more monitors for monitoring a designated area to detect the appearance of a new presence in a zone; Defense means capable of debilitating an enemy appearing in a remotely designated area; And communication means for providing communication between the monitor and the defense means to control the selective operation of the defense means to deliver an attack to the detection zone.

Description

Set Defense Means {SET DEFENCE MEANS}

The present invention relates to defense means. In particular, the present invention relates to a set defense means for defending a designated area.

Conventional set defense means for defending a designated area includes landmines installed throughout the designated area. Typically, these mines are installed randomly throughout the designated area.

This form of set defense has been widely used in the past, which, unfortunately, has long remained in many areas even after the war. As a result, fertile land is not available or innocent citizens have been harmed.

It also prohibits hospitals from passing through land mines for protection purposes, as well as areas where land mines are not installed. In general, hospitals are more likely to be harmed in landmines. This effectively suppresses intrusion into the minefield. For this reason, landmines are randomly arranged without using a relatively simple arrangement in which the landmine can be dismantled, i.e., the grid spacing in which they are located.

In general, defenders in wartime are less likely to cross minefields because they establish a safe path for subsequent troops. Similarly, the area through which the enemy passes through the minefield is narrow, leaving the rest useless.

Unfortunately, the random installation of landmines is not impossible, but it is difficult to remove landmines even after the war. The present invention provides a set defense means that can ameliorate one or more of the above mentioned disadvantages.

In view of the foregoing, the present invention provides a defense means for defending a designated area, comprising: one or more monitors for monitoring the designated area to detect the appearance of a new entity in a certain area; Defense means for debilitating hospitals appearing in remotely designated areas; And communication means for providing communication between the monitor and the defense means to control the selective operation of the defense to deliver an attack to the detection zone.

The monitor may include one or more on-site sensors disposed in a designated area or remote sensing means located remote from the designated area. Alternatively monitoring means may comprise both on-site and remote sensing means.

The monitoring means can also provide a visual indication of the designated area being monitored by operating the manual separation means to enable manual control of the set defense means if desired.

It is desirable to place the defensive means out of sight, but in some cases it can be used out of sight, such as an obstruction. Defense means can be suitably used with conventional weapons such as machine guns, fire grenade and rocket launchers, cannons or combinations thereof.

The defense means preferably comprises a multi-barrel weapon loaded with a plurality of projectiles selectively fired by electronic control in each barrel, more preferably in the prior International Patent Application No. PCT / AU94 / 00124, The general type described in PCT / AU96 / 00459 and PCT / AU97 / 00713 is preferred.

Such an arrangement can miniaturize the set defense means and can launch multiple projectiles into the detected area in a very short time with the advantages of transport and concealment.

Set defenses can also be one-off for easy optimization of size and cost benefits. These set defense means have improved performance over conventional weapons because no ammunition supply and release system, breech openings or mechanical action are imposed on each set defense module. This may be a defensive module contained within a small cell or container that can be easily deployed regardless of complexity.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS To describe the present invention more easily, the following description will be made with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a schematic view of a typical military installation;

2 is a schematic perspective view of the embodiment shown in FIG. 1;

3 is a schematic perspective view of an alternative design;

4 is a view similar to FIG. 3 showing an alternative form of set defense means;

FIG. 5 shows another embodiment of the invention in which the defense means and remote monitoring means are arranged on a vehicle; FIG.

6 illustrates an alternative form of vehicle deployment;

7 shows the defensive means capable of being permanently grounded and reloaded in a designated area;

8 shows a remote video display monitor for manual override control of the defense means;

9, 10 and 11 show yet another embodiment of defense means fired by an aircraft; And

12 is a list showing the different weapon types and their relative characteristics.

In Figures 1 and 2 there is shown a designated area 10 which is of the same type as a pressure, acoustic or vibration type sensor and monitored by a field sensor 11 distributed to the designated area.

The pair defense means 12 are in this embodiment attached to a tower soaring up and connected to remote sensing means 14 capable of monitoring the invasion of hospitals or vehicles into designated areas, each of which is substantially the same pair. In the form of a fire extinguisher box (13).

The sensing means 14 receives a signal from the field sensor 11 to launch the fire extinguisher from the fire extinguisher box 13 into the area where the enemy has invaded. Each fire extinguisher box 13 can be installed concealed from the ground and once installed can refill the fire extinguisher box 13 without any inconvenience to the operation of the fire extinguisher box.

The fire extinguisher box 13 generally has an outer case which holds the entirety of the weapon, including a lower casing portion 15 which applies the weapon to the front and supports the barrel 16. The removable upper lid assembly 17, when removed, forms an adjustable base that is mounted to set the trajectory and direction of the fired coal fired.

A screw jack 18 or the like is coupled between the base assembly 17 and the lower casing portion 16 for the purpose of adjusting this orbit setting. Tower equipment may also be provided to aim the barrel 16. Holes in the fire extinguisher box 13 may substantially conceal the fire extinguisher box 13 again to provide cover up of the weapon.

Typically, six projectiles are included in 98 side-by-side barrels containing 588 fire extinguishers. This 40 mm fire extinguisher box has a cross section of 600 mm and a depth of 750 mm.

The compact control circuit provided as plug-in coupling to the fire extinguisher box 13 is coupled in situ without coupling during transportation to maintain the stability of the weapon during transportation. Once combined, the weapon is ready for firing under the control provided by the sensor unit 14.

In use, if an invasion is found within the detection zone, the fire extinguisher box 13 fires one or more fire extinguishers to one of the specific zones shown as “20” to “29” in FIG. 2. For this purpose, the barrel of the weapon is equipped with an inbuilt aiming system for selecting any one of the target points on each side of the designated area.

Alternatively, the fire extinguisher box 13 may have an operating range of 100 m to 1500 m. The fire extinguisher fired from the lower left hand tube or barrel reaches the left hand corner of the designated area. The fire extinguisher fired from the upper left hand barrel reaches the corner of the designated area and the fire extinguisher fired from the corner barrel on the right hand side of the box reaches near the midpoint of the designated area.

In this way, the selected barrel can launch fire extinguishers into a given area. For this purpose, the barrels can be placed parallel to or apart from their axes to achieve a desired target collision pattern.

If desired, as shown above, all barrels can be fired simultaneously at one time to bomb fire extinguishers in all designated areas. Alternatively, one fire extinguisher can be fired into the area where the enemy is detected. And up to six firearms in each barrel can be fired. If desired, all fire extinguishers can be fired at each designated area or all designated areas in an instant.

The fire extinguisher box 13 utilizes the invention disclosed in Applicant's prior international patent application which is devoid of supply or discharge system or any mechanical operation and electrically launches a plurality of projectiles stacked in each or a group of barrels.

The coal fired box may be buried beneath the ground and the upper end of the coal fired box may be opened or concealed with water or contaminants within a range that does not affect the operation of the coal fired box.

These fire extinguisher boxes can be deployed locally or connected to remote sensors to provide hand-free defense zones, allowing them to be quickly deployed in war zones and without the disadvantages of permanently remaining unprotected if not needed. You can run In this regard, the fire extinguisher box can be easily removed at any time when it is not needed.

Correspondingly, the fire extinguisher box can be easily replaced and, if desired, a plurality of fire extinguisher boxes can be arranged in a trench so that the next fire extinguisher box is activated after one extinguisher box 13 has been consumed.

Also, if desired, the leading bullet of the fire extinguisher box may include the sensor fired from the device of the fire extinguisher box to know the actual location of the fire extinguisher fired from the barrel. With this, the remaining bullets of the fire extinguisher box can reach the designated area.

In the embodiment of FIG. 3, the fire extinguisher box can be replaced with a bank of weapons 30 that fires 9 mm bullets into a designated area and is shaped like a kinetic solid artillery system.

In the embodiment of FIG. 4, the weapon 40 fires an air burst 25mm bullet into the designated area. Air burst bullets explode about 1 to 3 meters above the ground.

Of course, the fired charcoal box 13 may be used in combination with kinetic bullets, air burst bullets or special purpose bullets to suit the terrain of each particular area.

In addition, the weapon can be transported to the wheeled vehicle 50 shown in FIG. 5 or the tracked vehicle 60 shown in FIG. 6. In the wheeled vehicle 50, the fire extinguisher box 13 is supported on a tray and the roof supports a target capture sensor and a fire extinguisher dispenser 52 which is launched horizontally from the roof of the wheeled vehicle 50.

According to another embodiment suitable for defending an area, such as around an aerodrome, as shown in FIG. 7, the designated area is a permanent in-ground suitable for receiving a removable insert 71 of multiple projectile barrels suitable for a particular purpose. Launch case 70. For example, a projectile may contain an air burst fire grenade that explodes above the ground for use in horse killing. Alternatively, the projectile may explode at a high place for anti-air use. The in-ground case is preferably permanently installed and preferably armed or disarmed by inserting or removing the removable barrel insert as needed. Each in-ground case includes communication means for remotely controlling the inserted barrel.

Additionally, in this embodiment, as shown in Fig. 8, the automatic control is separated in the manned area, and the ground control emphasizes the operator to the screen 80 for the video surveillance camera that monitors the designated area and the visible area on the screen. A control means 81 is provided and the barrel is automatically fired to the target point where the army or vehicle is located.

As mentioned above, the screen may include launch rate, launch area, launch rate and launch delay or other controls.

In addition, if the manned or unmanned aerial vehicle is remotely controlled from the minefield sensor to fire a fire extinguisher or other bullet to the target area indicated by the monitoring means, the bullet may be carried to a pod supported by the aircraft.

9 and 10 show that the aircraft and / or helicopter support the weapon to release the bullet in a fixed arrangement on the target point.

Alternatively, as shown in FIG. 11. The fire extinguisher box 90 may be cylindrical spread radially from the central control core and may be dropped by parachute attached to the ground or controlled by the monitoring means so that the bullet can be quickly delivered to the designated target point.

Each barrel assembly may have a plurality of fire extinguisher carrying projectiles that are loaded into the barrels that have been rifleed to impart rotation in the weapon.

But the propellant cup is fixed to the projectile for flight.

In use, as with the applicant's prior invention, the loading of the projectile forms a wedge shaped seal at the leading and trailing edge ends of the sleeve 118 and during the firing the leading edge seal is released but retains the working seal at the rear end of the sleeve. The pressure to launch the projectile is relatively low at 3000 psi as minimum sealing is required.

FIG. 12 is a list showing simultaneously launchable bullets, maximum firing speed, total number of bullets per weapon, total size and total load of general weapons used in the present invention.

Those skilled in the art from the embodiments of the present invention described above should be understood that various changes and modifications are possible within the scope of the present invention.

Claims (5)

One or more monitors to monitor a designated area to detect the appearance of a new presence in a zone; Defense means capable of debilitating a hospital appearing in a remotely designated area; And And a communication means for providing communication between the monitor and the defense means to control the selective operation of the defense means to deliver an attack to the detection zone. The method of claim 1, And said monitor comprises at least one on-site sensor disposed at a designated area. The method according to claim 1 or 2, And said monitor comprises at least one remote sensor disposed away from said designated area. The defense means is selected from the group consisting of machine guns, fire extinguishers and rocket launchers, cannons or combinations thereof. The defense means set defense means characterized in that it comprises a multi-barrel weapon having a barrel loaded with a plurality of projectiles fired sequentially by electronic control.