Munition device

• US 20070006766A1
• Filed: 08/05/2005
• Published: 01/11/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 06/26/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Gerd Kellner
• Original Assignee: Gerd Kellner
• Inventors: Kellner, Gerd
• Application Number:
  US11/198,144
• Publication Number:
  US 20070006766A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 102/475
• CPC Class Codes: F42B 12/204 for attacking structures, e.g. specific buildings or fortifications, ships or vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: F42B 12/34 expanding before or on impact, i.e. of dumdum or mushroom type
• CPC Class Codes: F42B 12/367 Projectiles fragmenting upon impact without the use of explosives, the fragments creating a wounding or lethal effect practice or training projectiles disintegrating upon impact F42B8/14; projectiles of high-explosive type with fragmentation-hull construction F42B12/22

Abstract

A hybrid polyvalent projectile or warhead with an active means such as a fragmentation, disk, ring, hollow-charge or P-charge head in conjunction with a module comprising an active laterally effective penetrator includes a pyrotechnic unit serving at the same time for the active laterally effective penetrator and the active means as a producing/accelerating element. The terminal-ballistic efficiency of ALP projectiles, which is reduced at low impact velocities, is ensured by an additional device which as a pyrotechnic unit produces an axial action or accelerates fragments in the desired direction. The explosive of an HC-portion with a triggering device which can be of any design configuration at the same time provides the pressure for the adjoining ALP-module.

Claims

1-55. -55. (canceled)

56. A hybrid munition device comprising

a nose,

at least one first portion for delivering terminal-ballistically operative elements which are disposed in a region at least near the nose of the munition device,

a second portion having a terminal ballistically operative casing and an inert pressure transmission medium provided within the casing, and

a pyrotechnic device located between the first portion and the second portion both for triggering the terminal-ballistically operative elements in the first portion and also for building up a pressure field through the inert pressure transmission medium of the second portion.

57. A munition device as set forth in claim 56

wherein at least one of the first portion and the second portion is in the form of a module.

58. A munition device as set forth in claim 56

wherein at least one of the first portion and the second portion is in the form of an interchangeable module.

59. A munition device as set forth in claim 56

wherein the first portion contains an explosive charge selected from the group consisting of at least one of a blast charge, fragmentation charge, hollow charge or projectile-forming charge and a combination thereof.

60. A munition device as set forth in claim 56 including

means for directional controlling of the terminal-ballistically operative elements.

61. A munition device as set forth in claim 60

wherein the means for directional controlling of the terminal-ballistically operative elements is a shock wave guidance means.

62. A munition device as set forth in claim 60

wherein the means for directional controlling of the terminal-ballistically operative elements comprises an asymmetrically fired acceleration charge.

63. A munition device as set forth in claim 60

wherein the means for directional controlling of the terminal-ballistically operative elements comprises structural segments.

64. A munition device as set forth in claim 56 wherein the at least one first portion contains terminal-ballistically operative elements generating

means for accelerating bodies selected from the group consisting of spherical, cuboidal and cylindrically shaped bodies and fragments, the bodies and fragments being of equal or different sizes and of the same or different materials.

65. A munition device as set forth in claim 56 wherein the at least one first portion contains terminal-ballistically operative elements generating

means for accelerating elements selected from the group consisting of plate-shaped, ring-shaped, disk-shaped and surface elements of any contour in at least predominantly an axial direction.

66. A munition device as set forth in claim 59

wherein the explosive charge is at least predominantly axially ejected from a container.

67. A munition device as set forth in claim 65

wherein said elements are embedded in a matrix.

68. A munition device as set forth in claim 65

wherein said elements are supported against each other upon acceleration.

69. A munition device as set forth in claim 59

wherein the at least one first portion contains at least one disk-shaped element which in operation is predominantly axially accelerated and which optionally contains reacting or pressure-producing intermediate layers.

70. A munition device as set forth in claim 56 wherein said at least one first portion comprises

a plurality of said first portions which are arranged in succession.

71. A munition device as set forth in claim 56 wherein said at least one first portion comprises

a plurality of said first portions which are arranged laterally.

72. A munition device as set forth in claim 56

wherein the pyrotechnic device comprises at least one pressure-producing element.

73. A munition device as set forth in claim 72

wherein the pressure-producing element of the pyrotechnic device is connected to at least one of a positionally controlled safety and firing system and a time-controlled safety and firing system.

74. A munition device as set forth in claim 72 wherein said at least one pressure-producing element comprises

a plurality of said pressure-producing elements,

wherein the pressure-producing elements are selectively actuated separately or connected together by a signal transmission line, by a fuse cord or by a radio signal.

75. A munition device as set forth in claim 56 including

triggering means for triggering of the pyrotechnic device in at least one of the modes selected from a group consisting of triggering means operating in a time-programmed fashion, contact fashion, mechanical fashion, optical fashion, electronic fashion, radio fashion and radar fashion.

76. A munition device as set forth in claim 75

wherein said triggering means during a launch phase or during a flight phase is triggerable by a signal selected from a group of signals consisting of a time-controlled signal, a signal emitted upon impact, a signal emitted upon penetration and a signal emitted in the interior of a target structure

77. A munition device as set forth in claim 75 including

at least one of a target guidance system and a target recognition system for controlling the triggering means.

78. A munition device as set forth in claim 56 including

means for triggering the terminal-ballistically operative elements simultaneously.

79. A munition device as set forth in claim 56 including

means for triggering the terminal-ballistically operative elements in a time-displaced relationship.

80. A munition device as set forth in claim 56

wherein the second portion is combined with a penetrator having an enhanced laterally effective portion.

81. A munition device as set forth in claim 56

wherein the second portion includes at least one central penetrator.

82. A munition device as set forth in claim 81

wherein a part of the penetrator comprises a fragmentation component.

83. A munition device as set forth in claim 82

wherein the central penetrator is in the form of a radially segmented separable element.

84. A munition device as set forth in claim 56

wherein the terminal-ballistically operative casing of the second portion is made of a homogeneous material, preformed fragments, submunitions or independently operative penetrators.

85. A munition device as set forth in claim 56 including

different coverings provided over at least one of the periphery and the length of the munition device.

86. A munition device as set forth in claim 56 including

further operative portions containing elements selected from the group consisting of at least one of submunitions, fragment pockets, liquid terminal-ballistically operative elements and solid terminal-ballistically operative elements.

87. A munition device as set forth in claim 56 and further comprising

at least one of a cylindrical penetrator, a core and a core nose comprising at least one material selected from the group consisting of hard metal and heavy metal.

88. A munition device as set forth in claim 87

wherein the core has a shock-reducing cap.

89. A munition device as set forth in claim 87

wherein a tip of the core has a shock-reducing cap.

90. A munition device as set forth in claim 87

wherein said penetrator, core and a tip of the core comprise a combination of different materials.

91. A munition device as set forth in claim 87 and further comprising

a tip configuration selected from a stepped tip, an ogival tip and a conical tip.

92. A munition device as set forth in claim 87 and further comprising

an external-ballistic hood.

93. A munition device as set forth in claim 91 including

an axially leading active portion focusable by the nose.

94. A munition device as set forth in claim 56, including

means for spin stabilization thereof.

95. A munition device as set forth in claim 56 and including means for aerodynamic stabilization thereof.

96. A munition device as set forth in claim 56 combined with an explosive projectile.

97. A munition device as set forth in claim 56 combined with a weight projectile comprising at least one of the materials selected from the group of materials consisting of heavy metal and hard metal.

98. A munition device as set forth in claim 97

wherein the weight projectile includes a self-destruct device.

99. A munition device as set forth in claim 87

wherein the munition device includes a self-destruct device.

100. A munition device as set forth in claim 56 combined with a guided system.

101. A munition device as set forth in claim 56 combined with a final phase-controlled system.

102. A munition device as set forth in claim 56 which includes a safety munition device self-destructing means.

103. A munition device as set forth in claim 56 which is integrated into a missile.

104. A munition device as set forth in claim 56 which is integrated into a rocket.

105. A munition device as set forth in claim 56 which is acceleratable by a rocket drive.

106. A munition device as set forth in claim 56 which is acceleratable by a booster.

107. A munition device as set forth in claim 56 which is integrated into an underwater warhead.

108. A munition device as set forth in claim 56 which is integrated into a high-velocity torpedo.

109. An arrangement comprising at least one munition device as set forth in claim 56 which is ejectable from a system selected from the group consisting of a penetrator, projectile, container, warhead and rocket.