Infrared radiation-emitting decoy projectile
AssigneeBuck Chemisch-Technische Werke GmbH & Co.
InventorsAxel Widera, Alois Schiessl, Walter Hanser, Peter Rayer, Klaus Hieke
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Abstract
An infrared radiation-emitting projectile includes a casing and a contact head attached thereto, the casing containing an igniter-destructor capsule centrally positioned therein which contains an igniter-destructor charge, a layer of combustible flakes between the igniter-destructor capsule and the side wall of the casing, and an ignition-expediting material such as red phosphorus between the igniter-destructor capsule and the side wall of the casing.
Claims9
In a decoy projectile which can be fired into the air and when ignited will emit infrared radiation so as to divert a missile with an infrared search head from its path of travel and away from a target, said projectile including a can-shaped casing having a side wall and a first end which is open;
- an electrically-activated contact head attached to said second end of said casing;
- a cover sealingly attached over said open first end of said casing;
- an igniter-destructor unit centrally positioned within said casing and operatively associated with said contact head, said igniter-destructor unit including an igniter-destructor capsule containing an igniter-destructor charge, and a layer of combustible flakes positioned between said igniter-destructor unit and said side wall of the casing,
- the improvement wherein said projectile includes an ignition-expediting material between said igniter-destructor unit and said side wall of said casing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.