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US 5,309,843 AGranted
Warhead with a tandem charge
AssigneeDiehl GmbH & Co.
InventorsMax Rentzsch, Manfred Schildknecht, Werner Rudenauer, Klaus Lindstadt, Michael Hahn
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Abstract
A warhead which may be integrated, for example, in a bazooka, is capable of shooting through a wall protecting an enemy. For that purpose, a tandem charge includes a hollow charge which produces in the wall a firing passage for a follow-up charge. The follow-up charge is in the form of a fragmentation projectile which produces fragments behind the wall.
Claims7
A warhead comprising a housing;
- a tandem charge in said housing;
- a fuze for sensing a target;
- said tandem charge including a hollow charge which is stationarily fixed in said housing;
- a follow-up charge of caliber smaller than that of the hollow charge being axially displaceable in a guide tube for the subsequent flight of the follow-up charge, said guide tube and said follow-up charge being located rearwardly of said hollow charge;
- and safety means for said charges providing for a firing delay for the follow-up charge;
- said follow-up charge being in the form of a fragmentation projectile accelerateable in the direction of flight in the absence of a separate propellent charge responsive to the mass inertia thereof upon impact of the warhead and notwithstanding a detonation of the hollow charge, and means for concurrently activating a pyrotechnic delay detonator, upon firing of said hollow charge, for the time-delayed firing of the follow-up charge.
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