System of firing control with programmable delays for projectile having at least one warhead
AssigneeThomson-Brandt Armements
InventorJoel Bansard
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Abstract
This system includes, in a projectile P bearing explosive warheads 2, 4, with their firing device 3, 5, impact detectors 1, an inertial unit 6 and a computer 7. The computer 7 determines, on the basis of the signals from the detectors 1, the instant of impact To and the angle of incidence I of the projectile on the target and, on the basis of the signals from the inertial unit 6, the speed V of the projectile at the instant of impact. Using the data V, I and the data on the type of target C, the computer 7 determines, in real time, the optimum delay with respect to the instant To for the firing of each warhead, and applies this delay to the firing command.
Claims11
A firing control system with programmable delays for a projectile having at least one warhead, comprising:
- first determining means for determining an instant of impact T.sub.o of said projectile on a target;
- second determining means for determining an angle of incidence I of said projectile on the target at the instant of impact;
- third determining means for determining a speed V of said projectile at the instant of impact;
- fourth determining means for determining information C characteristic of the type of target;
- processing means for receiving information from said first, second, third and fourth determining means and making a determination, on the basis of the information from the first, second, third and fourth determining means, of an optimum delay for activating the firing of the at least one warhead after impact;
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- command means for commanding firing of the at least one warhead under control of the processing means.
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