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US 6,202,531 B1Granted
Land mine killer
AssigneeThe United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army
InventorWilliam G. Comeyne
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Abstract
A mine destroyer round in the shape of a hollow aerodynamic disk containing explosively formed projectiles that fire toward the ground. A powered means such as a catapult or a mortar tube containing a contact explosive is used to launch the round over a mine field.
Claims12
A mine killer system including a disk shaped ammunition round for destroying emplaced land mines, said round comprising:
- a hollow disk shaped body with a vertical axis of symmetry defined by the axis of a massive rigid circularly cylindrical top plate;
- a time delay fuze mounted in the center of said top plate;
- a plurality of explosively formed projectiles joined to the bottom of said top plate and oriented to travel away from said plate substantially parallel to the axis of said round;
- each of said projectiles having its own charge with a firing squib sealed in a metal shell mounted between said top plate and said projectile;
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- said fuze being interconnected with said squibs to fire them simultaneously after a predetermined time delay.
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