RU2401980C1 - Signal mine of non-lethal effect - Google Patents

Abstract

FIELD: weapons and ammunition.

SUBSTANCE: proposed mine comprises outer case to house firing element, firing element burster, base with its one side furnished with central ledge with outer annular groove accommodating gas ring and its opposite side furnished with gas channels accommodating pyrotechnical amplifiers, and bottom sleeve squeezed by lower annular ledge of the cartridge. Base central ledge accommodates fuse tail part burster charge, pyrotechnical decelerator is arranged below the latter and, opposite them and in bottom sleeve, pyrotechnical igniter communicated with pyrotechnical amplifiers via crosswise gas ducts is arranged. Firing element comprises firing part furnished with pyrotechnical elements of sound-and-light effects and light signal effect. Firing part case represents cylindrical cartridge with top and bottom annular ledges and lengthwise channels regularly made along the circumference. Pyrotechnical elements of sound-and-light effects and light signal effect are arranged in different lengthwise channels while pyrotechnical amplifiers are arranged aligned with lengthwise channels. Case of each pyrotechnical element represents a paper cartridge filled with sound-and-light effects and light signal effect charges and comprises sleeve spinned in by cap with gas discharge bore made in its bottom part accommodating primer cap, pyrotechnical decelerator, burster charge and igniter circle. Burster charge weight in each sleeve of light signal charge exceeds 3 to 3.5 times that of similar charge in sound-and-light pyrotechnical element sleeve. Fuse is arranged on top annular ledge of firing part case with the help of sealing bush with inner thread and outer annular groove accommodating gas ring. Fuse tail part is furnished with outer thread and outer circular groove and gas ring. Sealing bush is squeezed y top annular ledge of firing part case and screwed on fuse tail part to seat in firing part case lengthwise channel and allow squeezing towards central ledge of the fuse end face base via gas ring.

EFFECT: expanded applications and higher efficiency and safety.

2 dwg

Description

The invention relates to ammunition, namely to anti-personnel landmines of non-lethal action, manually set on the ground.

Known ammunition and non-lethal devices based on the principles of acoustic, light-sound, shock-shock, electroshock and other principles of action (Non-Lethal Weapons. New Options facing the Future. 1 ^st European Symposium on Non-Lethal Weapons. September 25- 26, 2001. European Working Cruop Non-Lethal Weapons. Ettlingen, Germany) used against enemy personnel in local armed conflicts, as well as during peacekeeping and anti-terrorist operations.

A disadvantage of the known acoustic devices, for example ultrasonic and infrasonic, non-lethal effects on humans is their indiscriminate circular effect on both the enemy and their troops.

The disadvantage of ammunition of shock-shock non-lethal action, which is usually carried out in the form of a cartridge for small arms, which uses an elastic non-penetrating damaging element, the so-called rubber bullet, is causing serious injuries and extensive hematomas to a person, since it is impossible to control the speed of the bullet, depending on the distance firing.

The disadvantage of ammunition and devices of electroshock non-lethal action is the short duration of exposure to humans, and with remote exposure - the complexity of the design of the throwing electrodes.

Also known is the anti-personnel fragmentation mine of the POM-2 remote installation (Catalog “Arms of Russia” T.VII. “High-precision weapons and ammunition”, AOZT “Military Parade”. M.1997), which includes an outer case in the form of a glass. Inside the outer casing there are: a combat element with an explosive charge and a fragmentation element, a device for its oriented installation on the ground in the form of spring-loaded legs held by a cap, a fuse that has a target sensor in the form of spring-loaded filament extensions in its head, a pyrotechnic moderator and an expelling charge for dropping the cap, pyrotechnic moderator and knockout charge for shooting the head of the fuse and a safety-actuating mechanism in the form of a spring-loaded shock and a spring-loaded engine with a detonator capsule in its rear part, as well as a device that ejects a combat element from the glass, having a temperature and pressure sensor, a pyrotechnic retardation ring and an expelling charge. The disadvantage of the POM-2 anti-personnel fragmentation mine is that it cannot be attributed to non-lethal ammunition, since when it is triggered, fragments with a lethal damaging effect are formed.

In addition, the Flame stationary light and sound grenade is known, designed to temporarily non-lethally suppress the psycho-volatility of an armed terrorist, selected as a prototype (E-mail: niiph@tsinet.ru). Known stationary ammunition consists of a plastic case filled with a light-sound pyrotechnic composition, and an ignition device. When an electric current is supplied to the contacts of the igniter, the light-sound composition is triggered with the formation of a bright flash and strong pressure of the sound wave. Due to its design flaws, the prototype we have chosen has a limited scope, for example, it is extremely difficult to use it as a non-lethal anti-personnel mine, since this grenade does not have target sensors that respond to humans, and its explosion is made on the ground surface, which can cause a person is seriously injured, causing excessive suffering.

The aim (technical result) of the present invention is to eliminate the disadvantage noted in the prototype, i.e. creation of the design of stationary ammunition, which could be used with maximum efficiency as a signal mine of non-lethal light and sound action.

To achieve the above technical result, a new non-lethal signal mine device is proposed containing an outer case in the form of a cup, inside which a combat element and a device for ejecting it from the outer case are located, having a temperature and pressure sensor, a pyrotechnic retardation ring and an expelling charge, while the combat element contains a warhead equipped with pyrotechnic elements of light-sound and light signaling action, a device oriented installation of the combat a ground element in the form of spring-loaded legs held in a transport position by a cap, and a detonating fuse including a head and tail parts, while the head part of the fuse contains target sensors in the form of spring-loaded thread extensions, a pyrotechnic moderator and an ejection charge to reset the cap and a pyrotechnic moderator and knockout charge for firing off the head part of the fuse, and its tail part is a safety-executive mechanism, which includes spring-loaded shock and to the engine with a primer igniter.

Unlike the non-lethal signal mines known in the claimed device, the warhead case is made in the form of a cylindrical cage with upper and lower annular protrusions, longitudinal channels centrally and evenly spaced around it around the circumference, contains a base on one side of which there is a central protrusion with an external annular with a groove and a rubber ring obturating it, and on the opposite side there are gas outlets with pyrotechnic amplifiers, and a bottom sleeve crimped either with a long ring protrusion of the cage, with a coaxially expelling charge being placed in the central protrusion of the base for firing the tail of the fuse, and below it is a pyrotechnic moderator and opposite them, in the bottom sleeve there is a pyrotechnic igniter connected to the longitudinal channels of the cage by transverse gas ducts with pyrotechnic amplifiers, wherein the pyrotechnic elements of light-sound and light action are respectively placed in different longitudinal channels of the cage, and the pyrotechnic amplifiers are aligned with the longitudinal E, uniformly arranged on the circumference of channels.

The housing of each of the pyrotechnic elements of the light-sound and light signal action is made in the form of a paper sleeve, equipped with a light-sound or light signal composition, respectively, contains a sleeve, respectively, rolled with a metal cap with a gas hole or made with a gas hole in the bottom, in which, respectively, capsule — detonator, pyrotechnic moderator, knockout charge and igniter, or knockout charge and igniter, a lifting charge, contained in each sleeve member of the pyrotechnic light signaling action exceeds 3 ... 3.5 times the mass of similar composition lifting charge in each light-sound element sleeve pyrotechnic action.

The fuse is mounted on the upper protrusion of the warhead housing using a sealing sleeve having an internal thread and an outer ring groove with a rubber sealing ring, while the tail of the fuse is equipped with an external thread and has an external ring groove with a rubber sealing ring, the sealing sleeve is crimped outwardly the body of the warhead and screwed with the help of internal thread on the tail of the fuse with the possibility of its placement in the central longitudinal channel of the core whisker warhead and providing preload to the central protrusion base warhead fuze lower end through obtyuriruyuschee rubber ring.

Figure 1 shows the design of the inventive signal mine non-lethal action in the transport position in its longitudinal section.

Figure 2 shows a cross section of the warhead of the claimed mines with a cross section of light-sound and signal pyrotechnic elements.

The proposed non-lethal signal mine contains an outer casing 1 in the form of a glass, inside of which are located a mine 2 combat element with a device for its oriented installation 3 on the ground and a device for ejecting 4 combat element 2 from the mine’s outer case 1.

In turn, the device for ejection 4 of the combat element 2 contains a temperature and pressure sensor 5, a pyrotechnic retardation ring 6 and a knockout charge 7, and the device of the oriented installation 3 is made in the form of spring-loaded legs 8 held by a cover 9. The body 10 of the warhead 11 of the mine is made in the form of a cylindrical cage with an upper annular protrusion 12 and a lower annular protrusion 13, a central longitudinal channel 14 and six longitudinal channels evenly spaced around the circumference 15. It also contains a base 16 with prices a trailing protrusion 17, on the lateral surface of which there is an annular groove 18 with an obturating rubber ring 19, and a bottom sleeve 20 with a pyrotechnic igniter 21. In this case, the housing 10 of the warhead 11 is compressed by the upper annular protrusion (12) onto the sealing sleeve 22 having an internal thread 23 and the outer annular groove 24 with the rubber ring 25, and the lower annular protrusion 13 is pressed onto the bottom sleeve 20. In the Central protrusion 17 of the base 16 of the housing 10, having the outer annular groove 18 with the obturating rubber ring 19, are located on it the axis of the discharge charge 65 and the pyrotechnic moderator 24. The aforementioned pyrotechnic igniter 21 is installed coaxially with the latter in the bottom sleeve 20. Six transverse gas ducts 26 are made on the back of the base 16, in which pyrotechnic ones are aligned with the longitudinal, evenly spaced channels 15 of the housing 10 amplifiers 27.

The fuse 28 has a head 29 and tail 30 parts. The head part 29 includes target sensors 31 in the form of spring-loaded filament extensions 32, a pyrotechnic moderator 33 with a knockout charge 34 to reset the cap 9, and a pyrotechnic moderator 35 with a knockout charge 36 for firing off the head part 29 of the fuse 28. The tail part 30 of the fuse 28 has an external thread 37 and an annular groove 38 with an obturating rubber ring 39 and contains a safety-actuating mechanism 40 located therein, including a spring-loaded striker 41 and an engine 42 with an igniter 43. Due to the presence of an internal thread 23 in the sealing sleeve 22 and an external thread 37 on the tail part 30, the fuse 28 is mounted on the housing 10 of the warhead 11, while its tail part 30 is placed in the central longitudinal channel 14 and is pressed by its end face through the rubber seal ring 44 to the central ledge 17 of the base 16.

In evenly spaced six longitudinal channels 15, 4 ... 5 pieces of pyrotechnic elements of light and sound action 45 and 1 ... 2 pieces of light signal action 47 are placed. Moreover, pyrotechnic elements of light and sound action 45 are placed in one part of the longitudinal channels 15 of the building 10, and pyrotechnic elements of light signal action 46 - in another part of the longitudinal channels 15 of this building. The number of longitudinal, evenly spaced around the circumference, channels 15 in the housing 10 of the warhead 11 may differ from the number six in any direction, so the six longitudinal channels 15 that we have chosen are one of the possible designs of the warhead 11 of the mine.

Each of the pyrotechnic elements of light-sound action 45 has a housing in the form of a paper sleeve 48, equipped with a light-sound composition 49, for example, a mixture, contains a sleeve 50 with a detonator capsule 51 placed therein, a pyrotechnic moderator 52, an expelling charge 53 and an ignition circle 54, while the aforementioned sleeve 50 is sealed with a metal cap 55 with a gas orifice 56.

Each of the pyrotechnic elements of the light signal action 46 also has a housing in the form of a paper sleeve 57, equipped with a light signal composition 58, and a sleeve 59 having a gas hole 60 in the bottom part, with a knockout charge 61, an igniter circle 62, and the mass of knockout charge 61 in each pyrotechnic element of the light signal action 46 is 3 ... 3.5 times the mass of the knockout charge 53 in each pyrotechnic element of the light-sound action 45, and on the bushes 50 and 60 of the light-sound elements 45 and signal light elements entov 46 installed obturating rubber rings 63 and 64.

The signal mine of non-lethal damage occurs as follows.

Immediately before use, the signal mine is set by a miner on the surface of the earth manually or by a throw, while the temperature and pressure sensor 5 is activated using another auxiliary device not shown in the accompanying drawings. When triggered, the temperature and pressure sensor 5 sets fire to the pyrotechnic retardation ring 6, which has a deceleration time sufficient for the mineral to escape to the distance specified by the conditions of use from the signal mine.

After the pyrotechnic retarder ring 6 is burnt, a knockout charge 7 is ignited, the pressure of the powder gases of which separates the combat element of the mine 2 and the outer casing 1, and also, along with them, the ejection device 4, at the same time the pyrotechnic moderator 33 is ignited.

After burning out the pyrotechnic moderator 33, having a deceleration time sufficient to ensure that the position of the combat element 2 on the ground is stabilized, the kick charge 34 is ignited by the force of its fire 34. Under the influence of the fired kick charge gases 34, the cap 9 is reset from the spring-loaded tabs 8 of the oriented installation device 3 combat elements 2 on the ground and the simultaneous ignition of a pyrotechnic moderator 35.

Under the influence of the spring-loaded paws 8, the mine combat element 2 is automatically installed on the ground in an oriented position, in which the head part 29 with the sensors of the target 31 of the fuse 28 will be turned up.

After the pyrotechnic moderator 35 burns out, having a deceleration time sufficient for the oriented installation of the mines combat element 2 on the ground, a kick charge 36 is fired from the force of its fire, as a result of which the head part 29 of the fuse 28 is fired, as well as four sensors are scattered and automatically placed on the ground targets 31 in the form of spring-loaded filament extensions 32. After the firing of the head part 29 of the fuse 28, the safety-actuating mechanism 40 with a spring-loaded striker 41 and a spring-loaded engine 42 is set Lebanon into the firing position at which the primer 43 is installed on one side opposite the lifting charge 23 in the central portion of the base 16, and the other - opposite the spring-loaded firing pin tip 41.

When the infantryman engages the enemy and pulls one of the stretch marks on him, the safety-actuating mechanism 40 is triggered, while the spring-loaded striker 39 pierces the igniter capsule 43, whose fire force ignites the bouncing charge 47.

Under the influence of the pressure of the powder gases of the detonated charge 47, the tail portion 30 of the fuse 28 is fired from the central longitudinal channel 14 with the safety-actuating mechanism 40 and the sealing sleeve 22 is joined to the thread with the tail portion 30 of the fuse 28. As a result, the upper end face of the housing 10 the warhead 11, while the obturating rubber rings 39 and 44 prevent the premature breakthrough of the powder gases of the detonated charge 47.

Simultaneously with the firing of the tail part 30 of the fuse 28 with the expelling charge 23, a pyrotechnic moderator 24 is ignited with a deceleration time sufficient to shoot the tail part 30 of the fuse 28.

After working off the deceleration time, the pyrotechnic moderator 24 ignites the pyrotechnic igniter 21, which under the influence of the force of fire burns six pyrotechnic amplifiers 27 through the gas ducts 26, and they, in turn, fire them through gas holes 56 in the metal caps 55 and ignite the blast charges 53 of the pyrotechnic elements of the light-sound actions 45 and, at the same time, through gas holes 60 in the sleeves 59 ignite the blast charges 61 of the pyrotechnic elements of the light signal action 46.

Under the influence of the pressure of the powder gases of the triggered blow-out charges 53 and 61, all pyrotechnic elements of light-sound action 45 and pyrotechnic elements of light-signal action 46 are fired from the longitudinal channels 15 of the building 10. Since the mass of the knockout charge 61 is 3 ... 3.5 times the mass of the knockout charge 50, the pyrotechnic elements of the light signal action 46 will leave the longitudinal channels 15 with a higher speed than the pyrotechnic elements of the light-sound action 45. Therefore, even at the initial stage of flight the technical elements of light signaling action 46 are ahead of the pyrotechnic elements of light-sound action 45.

The rolling of the metal cap 55, as well as the obturating rubber rings 63, 64 provides for the forced combustion of knockout charges 53 and 61 and a fairly stable speed of departure of the pyrotechnic elements of light-sound action 45 and the pyrotechnic elements of light signal action 46, and the ignition circles 54 and 62 provide reliable ignition of the pyrotechnic moderator 52 in pyrotechnic elements of light-sound action 45 and light signal composition 58 in pyrotechnic elements of light signal 46 actions.

The response time of the pyrotechnic moderators 52 is chosen sufficient to ensure the departure of the pyrotechnic elements of the light-sound action 45 to a height exceeding the height of a person. From the force of fire of the pyrotechnic moderators 52, detonator caps 51 are triggered and the light-sound composition 49 explodes with the formation of a bright flash that temporarily blinds the infantryman of the enemy and strong sound pressure, which has a shock sound effect on him, while no destructive fragments from the shells in the form of paper sleeves 48 and 57.

The pyrotechnic elements of the light signaling action 46 fly out to a height sufficient to indicate the location of the operation of the signal mine in both night and daytime.

Experiments have shown that the claimed device of a signal mine provides the convenience of both manual installation and installation on a loose ground, sufficient application safety, reliability and effectiveness of non-lethal action, as well as light signaling about the place of the mine’s operation.

The non-lethal signal mine can be used in local armed conflicts, during peacekeeping military operations, as well as against terrorist groups to protect the positions of their troops and military facilities. It does not inflict severe injuries, injuries and injuries to the person, causing excessive suffering, and is an alternative means of protection compared to lethal combat anti-personnel fragmentation mines, the use of which is limited by the Geneva Convention.

The present invention can be applied in the development of new signal mines non-lethal actions, set on the ground manually. It is obvious for a specialist that this invention sufficiently reveals the real possibilities of creating signal mines, in the constructive solution of which the most effective principles of non-lethal destruction of the enemy’s manpower by means of light and sound effects on him, including during anti-terrorist operations, are laid down. The specific embodiment of the present invention described in the description of the invention shows one of the possible embodiments of the main technical idea set forth in the claims.

Callout number on the presented figures and its interpretation:

1 - the outer mine shell (glass);

2 - a combat element of a mine;

3 - device oriented installation of the combat element on the ground;

4 - a device for ejecting a combat element from the outer casing (glass);

5 - temperature and pressure sensor;

6 - pyrotechnic retardation ring;

7 - expelling charge to separate the outer shell and the combat element;

8 - spring-loaded legs;

9 - cap cover;

10 - body in the form of a cylindrical cartridge of the warhead;

11 - warhead mines;

12 - upper annular protrusion of the warhead;

13 - lower annular protrusion of the warhead;

14 - the central longitudinal channel of the warhead hull;

15 - longitudinal, evenly spaced around the circumference of the channels of the warhead;

16 - the base of the warhead;

17 - the central protrusion of the base;

18 - the outer annular groove of the Central protrusion of the base;

19 - obturating rubber ring of the base;

20 - bottom sleeve of the combat element;

21 - pyrotechnic igniter in the bottom sleeve;

22 - sealing sleeve;

23 - internal thread of the sealing sleeve;

24 - outer annular groove of the sealing sleeve;

25 - a rubber ring;

26 - transverse gas ducts;

27 - pyrotechnic amplifiers;

28 - separable fuse;

29 - the head part of the fuse;

30 - the tail of the fuse;

31 - target sensors;

32 - spring loaded thread extensions;

33 - pyrotechnic moderator;

34 - kick charge for shooting cap;

35 - pyrotechnic moderator;

36 - kick charge for shooting the head of the fuse;

37 - external thread of the fuse;

38 - outer annular groove in the rear of the fuse;

39 - obturating rubber ring in the rear of the fuse;

40 - safety-actuating mechanism;

41 - spring-loaded drummer;

42 - spring loaded engine;

43 - igniter capsule;

44 - obturating rubber ring between the lower end of the fuse and the base of the warhead;

45 - pyrotechnic element of light-sound action;

46 - pyrotechnic element of light signaling action;

47 - kick charge;

48 — a case in the form of a paper sleeve of a light-sound element;

49 - light-sound composition;

50 - this sleeve of the light-sound element;

51 - capsule detonator of the light-sound element;

52 - pyrotechnic moderator of the light-sound element;

53 - expelling charge of the light-sound element;

54 - igniter circle in the light-sound element;

55 - a metal cap in a light-sound element;

56 - gas hole in the metal cap;

57 — a housing in the form of a paper sleeve of a light signal element;

58 - light signal composition;

59 - a sleeve with a gas hole in the bottom of the light signal element;

60 - gas hole in the bottom of the sleeve of the light signal element;

61 - kick charge light signal element;

62 - igniter circle light signal element;

63 - obturating rubber ring in the bottom sleeve of the light-sound element;

64 - obturating rubber ring in the bottom sleeve of the light signal element.

Claims (1)

A non-lethal signal mine containing an outer casing in the form of a cup, inside which a combat element and a device for ejecting it from the outer casing are located, having a temperature and pressure sensor, a pyrotechnic retardation ring and an expelling charge, while the combat element contains a warhead equipped with pyrotechnic elements light-sound and light signaling action, device for orientated installation of a combat element on the ground in the form of spring-loaded legs held in a transport position on an acid cap, and a detachable fuse, including the head and tail parts, while the fuse head portion contains target sensors in the form of spring-loaded filament extensions, a pyrotechnic moderator and a kick charge to reset the cap and a pyrotechnic moderator and a kick charge to shoot the head of the fuse, and its tail part is a safety-executive mechanism, which includes a spring-loaded striker and an engine with an igniter capsule, characterized in that the warhead body is the element is made in the form of a cylindrical ferrule with upper and lower annular protrusions, central and evenly distributed longitudinal channels around it around the circumference, contains a base, on one side of which there is a central protrusion with an outer annular groove and an obturating rubber ring placed in it, and on the opposite side - transverse gas ducts with pyrotechnic amplifiers, and the bottom sleeve, compressed by the lower annular protrusion of the cage, while in the Central protrusion of the base are placed but a blowout charge for shooting the tail part of the fuse, below it is a pyrotechnic moderator, and opposite them in the bottom sleeve is a pyrotechnic igniter connected to the pyrotechnic amplifiers by transverse gas ducts, while the pyrotechnic elements of the light-sound and light signal actions are respectively placed in different longitudinal channels of the holder, and pyrotechnic amplifiers - coaxially with longitudinal channels uniformly spaced around the circumference, the casing of each of the pyrotechnic elements of the light the uk or light signal action is made in the form of a paper sleeve, equipped with a corresponding light and sound or light signal composition, contains a sleeve, respectively rolled with a metal cap with a gas hole, or made with a gas hole in its bottom, in which are placed a detonator capsule, a pyrotechnic moderator, knockout charge and igniter circle, or knockout charge and igniter circle, and the mass of knockout charge contained in each sleeve the pyrotechnic element of light signaling action exceeds the mass of a similar composition in each sleeve of the pyrotechnic element of light-sound action by 3 ... 3.5 times, the fuse is mounted on the upper annular protrusion of the warhead housing using a sealing sleeve having an internal thread and an outer ring groove with a rubber rubber ring while the tail part of the fuse is provided with an external thread and has an outer annular groove with a rubber ring, the sealing sleeve is compressed from the outside by the upper with a face protrusion of the warhead body and screwed onto the tail part of the fuse with the help of an internal thread with the possibility of its placement in the central longitudinal channel of the warhead body and ensuring that the base of the warhead of the lower end of the fuse is pressed into the central protrusion through the obturating rubber ring.

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