Rheinmetall Gmbh

Raimund Schweiger

Wolfram Witt

Hendrik R Lips

Herbert Scholles

Hans Orth

Herbert Scholler

Hendrick Lips

The invention relates to an insert for a warhead for producing a projectile by means of an explosive deformation of the insert. In order to achieve increased end-ballistic performances of the projectile formed by the explosive deformation of the insert, such insert is tapered at its peripheral region and has a flattened central region on the convex side thereof.

Insert for a warhead

An exploding missile has a casing and a parachute attached to the casing for making it move in a predetermined direction relative to the casing after launch. A charge in the casing has a projectile-forming front face, facing forward in the travel direction. An antenna is provided on the casing behind the front face and charge and is displaceable between a retracted position wholly behind the charge and an extended position projecting laterally therefrom and directed at least generally forwardly in the direction past the charge. An actuator is connected between the casing and the antenna for moving same from the retracted into the extended position after launch of the missile. A controller including a receiver connected to the antenna and a detonator in the charge detects the distance to a target in front of the missile and explodes the charge when a predetermined distance is detected or the target is otherwise sensed. The antenna is deployed after launch in a position capable of scanning forward of the obstacle to the secondary projectile, when that goes off.

Exploding missile

An exploding missile has a casing and a parachute attached to the casing for making it move in a predetermined direction relative to the casing after launch. A charge in the casing has a projectile-forming front face, facing forward in the travel direction. An antenna is provided on the casing behind the front face and charge and is displaceable between a retracted position wholly behind the charge and an extended position projecting laterally therefrom and directed at least generally forwardly in the direction past the charge. An actuator is connected between the casing and the antenna for moving same from the retracted into the extended position after launch of the missile. A controller including a receiver connected to the antenna and a detonator in the charge detects the distance to a target in front of the missle and explodes the charge when a predetermined distance is detected or the target is otherwise sensed. The antenna is deployed after launch in a position capable of scanning forward of the obstacle to the secondary projectile, when that goes off.

Growing community of inventors

Duesseldorf, Germany

Raimund Schweiger