Anti-tank mine with wide surface of action
AssigneeSociete Europeenne de Propulsion
InventorsRichard Heidmann, Jean Poisson
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Abstract
An anti-tank mine with a wide area of action comprising means for detecting a target of the tracked-vehicle type and a mine body incorporating a pyrotechnic charge, means for controlling the triggering of the mine in response to a signal given by the target detection means, means for firing the charge and means for propelling the mine body triggered by the control means. The target detection means are associated with reinforcement means to constitute at least one flexible guide-detection cable serving as a guide when the mine body moves under the action of the propelling means in response to the detection of a target. Preferably a plurality of guide-detection cables spreadable in several different directions around the mine body are used.
Claims11
An antitank mine with a wide area of action, comprising means for detecting a target of the tracked vehicle type and a mine body incorporating a pyrotechnical charge, means for controlling the triggering of the mine in response to a signal given by the said target detection means, means for firing the charge and means for propelling the mine body triggered by the said control means, wherein said mine comprises a plurality of flexible guide-detection cables, each cable being provided with both target detection means to deliver a signal indicating a target and reinforcement means to act as a guide when the mine body moves under the action of the said propelling means,
- wherein said plurality of guide-detection cables are spreadable in several different directions around the mine body, and said mine further comprises means for selecting an active cable providing a target indicative signal, said selecting means being controlled by the said control means after the delivery of a target indicative signal by one of the cables to disconnect from the mine body all the other cables.
An antitank mine with a wide area of action, comprising means for detecting a target of the tracked-vehicle type and a mine body incorporating a pyrotechnical charge, means for controlling the triggering of the mine in response to a signal given by the said target detection means, means for firing the charge and means for propelling the mine body triggered by the said control means, wherein said mine comprises at least one flexible guide-detection cable provided with both target detection means to deliver a signal indicating a target and reinforcement means to act as a guide when the mine body moves under the action of the said propelling means,
- wherein said mine comprises means for winding up the guide-detection cable incorporated in the mine body, means for driving the cable winding means in rotation, and wherein said propelling means comprises a gas generator for supplying said driving means, whereby said mine body starts moving under the action of the control means after the detection of a target, so as to drive the mine body towards a free end of said guide-detection cable.
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