Programmable ammunition
AssigneeRheinmetall Air Defence AG
InventorHenry Roger Frick
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Abstract
A programmable ammunition which receives a program as well as energy transmission is provided. The ammunition also comprises an energy store, an electronic system and an ignition in addition to at least one sensor for capturing the signal emitted for the program, the signal having a frequency which is transmitted further to the electronic system. The ammunition is also combined with an energy transfer unit in such a manner that an additional signal having a frequency is guided to the energy unit by the same the sensor and/or an additional sensor and is charged. Programming and the energy transmission occurs when the projectile passes through a weapon barrel, a muzzle brake or similar which is operated as a waveguide below the threshold frequency.
Claims2
A method for programming and/or transmitting energy to a round of ammunition comprising at least one energy storage device, an electronics unit, a detonator, and at least one sensor, the method comprising:
- transmitting energy to the projectile by transmitting a signal with a first frequency;
- programming the projectile by transmitting a signal with a second frequency;
- routing, from the sensor, the signal with the first frequency to the energy storage device;
- and
- routing, from the sensor, the signal with the second frequency, to the electronics unit,
- wherein both the programming and the energy transmission take place during a passage of the projectile through a gun barrel or a muzzle brake, which are operated as a waveguide below a cutoff frequency.
A programmable ammunition, in which programming and energy transmission is performed at least one of inductively or capacitively, comprising:
- at least one energy storage device;
- an electronics unit;
- a detonator;
- and
- during a passage of the programmable ammunition through a gun barrel or a muzzle brake, which are operated as a waveguide below a cutoff frequency, at least one sensor configured:
- to receive a signal with a first frequency for an energy transmission that is routable to the energy storage device,
- to receive a signal transmitted for the programming with a second frequency, and
- to forward this signal to the electronics unit for programming.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.