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US 2009/0151590 A1Published application
Munition or projectile for battlefield illumination
OwnerOle Dau, Alfons Sackarndt +6inventors
InventorsOle Dau, Alfons Sackarndt, Uwe Naderhoff, Michael Schwenzer, Ralf Aumund-Kopp, Manfred Thape, Sebastian Munzner, Martin Rybol
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Abstract
A projectile with several flare bodies, which are eccentrically housed in the body of the projectile and are ignited by at least one delay element for each flare body. The expulsion gases are conveyed from the ogive of the projectile to the delay elements through filler elements that form a channel in the center of the projectile for the expulsion gases.
Claims8
A projectile for illuminating a ground surface or body of water, comprising:
- a body;
- flare bodies integrated in the body, wherein the flare bodies are eccentrically arranged inside the body;
- an expulsion charge;
- a projectile fuse;
- a projectile base;
- brake systems for the individual flare bodies;
- at least one delay element per flare body;
- and
- filler elements arranged to form a central channel in the projectile for expulsion of gases, whereby the at least one delay element of the flare body is ignited.
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