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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 1996
Filed:
Aug. 04, 1989
Peter Wiemer, Meerbusch, DE;
Werner Grosswendt, Ratingen, DE;
Rheinmetall GmbH, Dusseldorf, DE;
Abstract
A fin stabilized projectile for combatting a tank from above of the type including a rotating control unit disposed at the front of the projectile and containing a sensor for scanning the area to detect a target, and wherein the final phase of flying into the target is initiated by a force which acts on the tip of the projectile, particularly on the control unit. Since the control unit rotates relative to the warhead of the projectile to enable its sensor to detect the target, the gyro effect of this rotary movement generates pendulum movements in the projectile and thus causes deviations from the target at different target distances. To avoid yaw angles and lateral displacements of the projectile during the rotating-descending phase, a drive arrangement is provided within the projectile between the control unit and the warhead to impart an angular momentum to the warhead corresponding to the angular momentum of the control unit but directed in the opposite direction. Preferably this drive arrangement simultaneously serves as the drive for producing the rotation of the control unit.