Submarine weapon
AssigneeDynamit Nobel Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsWolfgang Bottger, Uwe Kellermeier, Gerrit Plumecke, Rainer Schoffl
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Abstract
In a submarine weapon, particularly for combating submarines, a rocket engine with continuous rocket thrust is utilized as the submarine drive unit. An actively locating, acoustic target seeking device is provided for target detection and target pursuance, the ranging frequency of which is selected so that the echo level to be expected from its detection range lies above the noise level of the rocket engine.
Claims7
A submarine weapon for combating submarines which comprises a rocket engine and an actively locating, acoustic target seeking device said rocket engine providing a continuous rocket thrust jet and comprising a drive unit for said weapon, and said target seeking device having a ranging frequency that is selected so that an echo level to be expected from a detection zone of the acoustic target seeking device lies above a noise level of the rocket engine.
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