Warhead for projectiles and rockets
AssigneeRheinmetall GmbH
InventorsErnst-Wilhelm Altenau, Wolfram Witt
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Abstract
Warhead for projectiles and rockets in which the projectile or rocket casing can be relied upon to decompose into splinters of predetermined size, shape, and distribution. To accomplish this result, a thin-walled insert is positioned between the projectile or rocket casing and the explosive charge, such insert being provided with a number of ribs forming a series of saddle-roof shaped structures which exert a cutting charge effect on the casing on the detonation of the explosive charge.
Claims9
A warhead for a projectile or rocket, comprising an outer casing, a thin-walled inserted lining in at least a part of the casing, and an explosive charge within the casing inwardly of the lining, the insert being provided with a number of ribs forming a series of saddle-roof-shaped rib structures which exert a cutting charge effect on the projectile casing on the detonation of the explosive charge, and wherein the internal surface of the projectile casing which rests against the explosive charge is subdivided into a number of small fields defined by grooves therein, each rib-structure in the lining being associated with each groove in the casing, the rib-structures and grooves presenting in conjunction with one another a rhomboidal cross section of which the longitudinal diagonal is directed radially of the axis of the casing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.