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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 1981
Filed:
Jan. 24, 1979
Dieter Weidenhagen, Neubiberg, DE;
Werner Schnaebele, Wolfratshausen, DE;
Abstract
A guided bomb for use in low level flying for pinpoint target combat, comprises a bomb having a braking device associated therewith to produce a slow-down which is effective against the trajectory and a picture-taking sensor connected to the bomb to guide the bomb for final phase guidance. The braking device advantageously comprises retrorockets or a parachute. The picture-taking sensor is advantageously a television camera or an infrared camera and a tracker is associated with it which may be mounted, for example, on the aircraft carrying the bomb. The picture taken by the picture-taking sensor is transmitted via either a radio or mechanical connection to the aircraft and is reproduced there for guidance by the pilot. The target may advantageously be illuminated by a laser illuminator carried on the aircraft and the bomb advantageously has a tracker with laser vectoring.