Rheinmetall Gmbh

Herbert P Weisshaupt

Hendrik R Lips

Hans Orth

Wilfried Scheideler

Jurgen Bocker

Jorg Peters

A fragmentation projectile having at least two adjacent casings including an inner casing having an inner surface and an outer surface, and at least one outer casing substantially surrounding the outer surface of the inner casing. An explosive charge is disposed within the inner casing, and an incendiary mass is disposed on the inner surface of the inner casing and facing the explosive. Structured zones are defined on the inner casing and include regions of lesser wall thickness than the portions of the inner casing surrounding the regions to cause a shock wave generated when the explosive charge is detonated to be transferred locally into the at least one outer casing to produce fragments of a predetermined size and shape.

Fragmentation projectile

Warhead

A method of producing a low-carbon iron material to cover an explosive charge and the iron material produced by same wherein the molten raw iron material is refined to produce a dissolved carbon content in the iron material of less than 0.01 wieght percent, the refined iron material is cast in a deoxidized state, and a homogeneous structure of the material is set by high temperature reshaping of the casting at a temperature greater than 880.degree. C. to produce a material grain size of less than 100 .mu.m.

Method of producing a liner to cover an explosive charge

A warhead including a body surrounding an explosive and a projectile forming liner connected to the end of the body. In order to prevent undefined chipping effects along the edge of the liner during detonative reshaping of the liner, the liner and at least the part of the body immediately adjacent the liner form an integral unit made of the same material.

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Aachen, Germany

Herbert P Weisshaupt