Mechanical self-percussion fuze for a non-gyrating ammunition
AssigneeDixi Microtechniques
InventorLuc Roy
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InventorLuc Roy
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A mechanical self-percussion fuze for a non-gyrating ammunition includes a firing pin disposed along a central axis and a primer provided in a primer holder. The primer holder is movable about an axis of rotation that is parallel and off-centered with respect to the central axis between a storage position in which the primer is off-centered with respect to the firing pin and an armed position in which the primer is aligned with the firing pin and safety devices coupled to the primer holder in order to keep the fuze in a safe state until at least two mutually independent physical phenomena linked to the firing of the ammunition occur. The fuze has a wind turbine designed to be driven in rotation by the relative movement of the air during the flight of the ammunition and to transmit this rotational movement to the primer holder only after the safety devices have been removed.
A mechanical self-percussion fuze for a non-gyratory ammunition, said fuze comprising a fuze body extending along a central axis between a distal end provided with a cap and a proximal end provided with a connector to assemble said fuze to an ammunition, said fuze comprising a firing pin disposed along said central axis, a primer provided in a primer holder arranged to be rotatably movable about an axis of rotation parallel and off-centered with respect to said central axis between at least one storage position, wherein said primer is off-centered with respect to said firing pin and an armed position, in which said primer is aligned with said firing pin and a pyrotechnical chain of said ammunition, and a mechanism provided with at least two safety devices, coupled to said primer holder to keep said fuze in a safe state, until at least two mutually independent physical phenomena linked to the firing of the ammunition occur, wherein a wind turbine arranged to be driven in rotation by the relative movement of the air with respect to the ammunition during the ammunition's flight and to generate a rotation torque necessary for the operation of said mechanism which regulates the time necessary for the fuze to move from the safe state to an armed state, thus guaranteeing an expected safety distance, whatever the load with which the ammunition is fired.
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