Munition and munition assembly
AssigneeBAE SYSTEMS plc
InventorsAndrew Carr, Timothy Keith Girling, Murray Thomson
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AssigneeBAE SYSTEMS plc
InventorsAndrew Carr, Timothy Keith Girling, Murray Thomson
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According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a munition assembly, arranged to be launched from a gun, the assembly comprising: a carrier for a submunition, the carrier comprising a cavity in which the submunition is located; and a submunition, carried by the carrier in the cavity, the submunition arranged to be controllably expelled from the carrier; the submunition comprising: a submunition explosive charge; and a submunition fuze, wherein: the munition assembly is adapted to be launched, into the air, from a gun barrel, where the submunition is then arranged to be controllably expelled from the carrier and enter a body of water; and the submunition fuze is adapted to trigger the submunition explosive charge under water.
A munition assembly, arranged to be launched from a gun, the assembly comprising:
A submunition, arranged to be carried in a cavity of a carrier of a munition assembly, the submunition arranged to be controllably expelled from the cavity of the carrier;
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