Ejection module for subammunition container
AssigneeMesserschmitt-Bolkow-Blohm GmbH
InventorUlrich Rieger
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Abstract
An injection module for a subammunition container, of the type in which subammunitions, ejected transversely to the flight direction of the subammunition container, are situated in front of driving devices which are actuated by gas-generator-driven ejecting pistons. The ejecting pistons are arranged transversely with respect to the flight direction, and may extend along half the width or the full width of the ejecting module. The gas generator may be arranged transversely or longitudinally of the flight direction.
Claims13
Ejection module arrangement for a subammunitions container of the type wherein subammunitions are ejected from said subammunitions container by gas-driven ejecting pistons, transversely with respect to a flat direction of the munitions container, said ejection arrangement comprising:
- a gas generator;
- at least one pair of interacting ejection pistons which are acted upon by said gas generator;
- and
- driving devices for ejecting said subammunitions, said driving devices being mounted on an peripheral exterior surface of the ejecting pistons, each of said driving devices being arranged to receive and support at least one subammunition;
- said ejecting pistons being arranged such that the subammunitions are ejected by said driving devices in an essentially horizontal direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.