Pepete Gmbh

Diehl Munitionssysteme Gmbh & Co. Kg

Josef Schneider

Ernst-Christian Koch

Werner Scherer

Axel Dochnahl

Gerald Rieger

A smoke shell () which includes a shell casing (), an ogive () fixed to the shell casing () and a base () releasably connected to the shell casing (). The ogive () has a time fuse () operatively connected to an ejection charge (). A number of smoke pots () are provided in the shell casing () adjoining each other and the base () and an ejection plate (). An ignitor charge () is mounted to the ejection plate () in the proximity of the ejection charge ().

Smoke shell

The invention relates to a pyrotechnic smoke screen unit for producing an aerosol which is impenetrable in the visible, infrared and millimetric wave range and used for camouflage and decoy purposes. The units are obtained by combining fibre-like conductive dipoles or dipole precursors which become conductive in situ and conventional pyrotechnic smoke substances active in the visible and infrared range.

Pyrotechnic smoke screen units for producing an aerosol impenetrable in the visible, infrared and millimetric wave range

The invention relates to a method of producing a screening smoke which is one-way transparent in the infrared spectrum (780 nm-14.0 &mgr;m) and opaque in the visible spectrum. According to the invention a known pyrotechnic screening smoke which is highly absorbent in the visible spectrum (380 nm-780 nm) is generated in the form of an aerosol, pyrotechnic scattered particles between 10 and 100 &mgr;m in size are simultaneously produced in said aerosol, and the resulting two-component smoke is irradiated by an infrared radiation source (spectrum: 780 nm-14.0 &mgr;m) from the smoke producer side.

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Kirchheim, Germany

Josef Schneider