Smoke munition
AssigneeRheinmetall Waffe Munition GmbH
InventorsKarl Raupp, Lothar-Georg Kopp, Stefan Lauer
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Abstract
A smoke munition or smoke grenade which can be fired from a launcher, for example a grenade launcher, and has at least one active charge for producing smoke as a protection for ships. To achieve the effect that the active charge of the smoke grenade can be delivered quickly and safely for the ship's crew and the active compound thereof can be converted completely into smoke even after hitting the water, the invention proposes providing the active charge with a floating aid, which can be deployed before the active charge hits the water and prevents the active charge from sinking and prevents the active compound that produces the smoke from becoming wet.
Claims12
A smoke munition comprising:
- at least one active charge for producing smoke as a protection for ships;
- a grenade casing that includes the at least one active charge, the at least one active charge having at least one active compound that produces smoke;
- an inflatable floating aid arranged in a front region of the grenade casing;
- an igniting device;
- an expulsion charge;
- a first pyrotechnic delay element;
- and
- a priming charge,
- wherein the igniting device ignites the expulsion charge of the at least one active charge, the expulsion charge ignites the first pyrotechnic delay element, and the first pyrotechnic delay element ignites the priming charge of the at least one active compound, and
- wherein the igniting device, the expulsion charge, the first pyrotechnic delay element and the priming charge are arranged at a rear region of the grenade casing.
A smoke munition comprising:
- at least one active charge for producing smoke as a protection for ships;
- a grenade casing that includes the at least one active charge, the at least one active charge having at least one active compound that produces smoke;
- and
- an inflatable floating aid arranged in a front region of the grenade casing,
- wherein a telescopic tube device, in a pushed-in state, is arranged in the front region of the grenade casing, and
- wherein the telescopic tube device has at least two cylindrical tubes enclosed in the pushed-in state by the inflatable floating aid and is non-positively connected to the inflatable floating aid such that, when the inflatable floating aid inflates, the inflatable floating aid actuates the telescopic tube device into a pushed-apart state and combustion products of the at least one active compound that produce the smoke escape into the atmosphere via a space inside the at least two cylindrical tubes of the telescopic tube device.
A smoke munition comprising:
- at least one active charge for producing smoke as a protection for ships;
- a grenade casing that includes the at least one active charge, the at least one active charge having at least one active compound that produces smoke;
- and
- an inflatable floating aid arranged in a front region of the grenade casing,
- wherein the at least one active charge has a central middle tube formed of a heat-resistant material that extends in a longitudinal direction and is enclosed by the at least one active compound, and wherein an expulsion charge, a first pyrotechnic delay element, and a priming charge are arranged axially one behind the other in the central middle tube, with the first pyrotechnic delay element being arranged between the expulsion charge and the priming charge.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.