Rheinmetall Gmbh

Armin Eskam

Wilfried Becker

Walter Simon

Klaus D Karius

Michael Schwenzer

Herbert Krumm

Karl-Heinz Vogt

Gunter Frye

A submunition unit for a spin stabilized carrier projectile (1), with the submunition unit including an antenna disposed at the nose of its casing (7), and with the antenna (5) being covered by a protective cover (6). The casing (7) and the protective cover (6) are provided with respective axially overlapping collars (8, 9) which are each provided with respective opposed circumferential grooves (14, 15) to form an annular recess to accommodate an elastic securing ring (16). The securing ring, which is normally positioned within the innermost of the circumferential grooves, expands under the influence of centrifugal forces to connect the casing and protective cover together in a form-locking manner.

Submunition for a spin stabilized carrier projectile

An electrothermal acceleration device, having a housing with a breechblock at one end, wherein a plasma burner disposed at the breechblock includes a plurality of plasma channels which are arranged so as to be electrically insulated from one another and from the housing. Preferably, the plasma burner has a conical shape so as to realize good gas tightness.

Electrothermal acceleration device

A vane assembly for a projectile has a carrier carrying a plurality of pivots, having at the pivots respective carrier elements, and adapted to be secured to an end of the projectile. Respective vane elements are each pivotal on the pivots between an inner position lying immediately adjacent the respective carrier element and within a projection of the projectile and an outer deployed position projecting beyond the projection. Respective heat-destructible pins engaged between the vane elements and the respective carrier elements normally retain the vanes in the inner position and release the vanes for movement into the outer position when destroyed by heat. The carrier element is a rib of the carrier against which the respective vane lies when not deployed. In addition, relative to a normal longitudinal direction of travel of the projectile carrying the assembly, the vanes extend longitudinally in the direction and have relative to the direction front leading ends engaging the respective pins and rear trailing ends at the respective pivots.

Self-deploying stabilizing-vane assembly for projectile

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Langenfeld, Germany

Armin Eskam