Priming device for the explosive charge of a sub-munition
AssigneeGiat Industries
InventorsPhilip Fouqueau, Jean-Paul Dupuy
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Abstract
The present invention relates to priming device for the explosive charge of a sub-munition scattered by a carrier, of the type incorporating a firing pin onto which a deployable drag ribbon has been attached, a primer able to be driven by a motor organ and a detonating primer to ignite the explosive charge. This device also comprises self-destruction means for the sub-munition operating after a predetermined delay, such means being activated by the extraction of a self-destruction lock. It is characterized in that the self-destruction lock is integral with the drag ribbon and is therefore extracted by the ribbon during its deployment.
Claims12
A priming device, for the explosive charge of a submunition scattered by a carrier, incorporating a firing pin onto which a deployable drag ribbon is attached, a primer and a detonating primer to ignite said explosive charge, such device also comprising self-destruction means for said sub-munition operating after a predetermined delay, such means being activated by the extraction of a self-destruction lock, wherein said self-destruction lock is integral with said drag ribbon and is therefore extracted by the ribbon during deployment of the ribbon.
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