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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 1998
Filed:
Jul. 08, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Alain Kerdraon, Bourges, FR;
Assignee:
Giat Industries, Versailles, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F42B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
102476 ; 102492 ; 102501 ;
Abstract
A shaped-charge warhead for munitions according to the invention includes a triggering mechanism and an explosive charge located inside an envelope and in contact with a covering designed to be set in motion in a direction of action by the detonation of the explosive charge. The envelope is essentially cylindrical and the covering is located such that the direction of action is essentially perpendicular to the axis of the envelope. The triggering mechanism is located in the vicinity of the cylindrical envelope and on the other side of the axis relative to the covering.