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5559304 Insert for a warhead  
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...
5540156 Selectable effects explosively formed penetrator warhead  
An apparatus and method for producing a selectable effects explosively fod penetrator warhead having the ability to defeat either single armored targets or a multiplicity of lightly armored targets.
5522319 Free form hemispherical shaped charge  
A hemispherical shaped charge has been modified such that one side of the hemisphere is spherical and the other is aspherical allowing a wall thickness variation in the liner. A further...
5515786 Projectiles for attacking hard targets and method for controlling initiation of a projectile  
A projectile includes an explosive charge, a corresponding initiating device, a penetrator that only deforms upon impact with a target having a predetermined mechanical resistance, an internal...
5509357 Dual operating mode warhead  
A dual operating mode warhead comprises a generally cylindrical explosive charge having a longitudinal axis and an outer peripheral surface extending between front and rear facing initiation...
5505136 Core-generating charge with means for correcting entrainment rotation effects  
The invention relates to warheads including a core-generating charge and rotating about an axis which is not the charge axis. In front of the coating of the charge is positioned a wedge with a...
H001504 Anti-armor warhead assembly  
An anti-armor warhead assembly includes an open-ended cylindrical warhead se defined by a first section, a second section and a third section. The first section has a constant inside diameter D 1 ....
5460095 Mounting apparatus for expendable bar carrier shaped-charges  
The invention is a lid for a shaped charge which enables application of torque to the shaped charge for mounting in an expendable bar carrier borehole penetrating gun assembly. The lid comprises a...
5415105 Tandem warhead with piezoelectric percussion fuses  
The invention relates to a tandem warhead with a preliminary charge (1) and a main charge (2) respectively each with an associated fuse (3, 4). So that on ignition two fuses (3, 4) which are...
5413048 Shaped charge liner including bismuth  
A shaped charge includes a case, an explosive material packed against the inner wall of the case, and a liner for lining the explosive material, where the liner includes Bismuth and Copper powders...
5394804 Explosive device with a hollow charge, designed for penetrating armor protected by active primary armor  
An explosive device with a hollow charge of the type including a main warhead with a wave shaper and a primary warhead for the penetration of active primary armor. The primary warhead comprises a...
5370055 Three-phase hypervelocity projectile launcher  
A hypervelocity projectile launcher for use in perforating borehole casings provides improved penetration into the surrounding rock structure. The launcher includes a first cylinder of explosive...
5365852 Method and apparatus for providing an explosively formed penetrator having fins  
An improved explosively formed penetrator and a method of manufacturing same for forming an elongated rod-like penetrator having aerodynamically stabilizing fins, but without requiring any exotic...
5363766 Remjet powered, armor piercing, high explosive projectile  
An armor piercing projectile having a ramjet engine located at the forward nd such that the exhaust nozzles of the ramjet engine are located at or near the center of gravity of the projectile. A...
5351622 Securement of liner for shaped charge  
A method of securing a liner or inlay in an opening of a case surrounding a shaped explosive charge on all sides except for the opening, the opening facing the direction of the intended effect of...
5349908 Explosively forged elongated penetrator  
An explosively forged elongated penetrator including a liner having a central section, an intermediate section and a peripheral section; the axial velocity of the sections being approximately...
5341743 Directed-effect munition  
A directed-effect submunition moves in a substantially vertical direction V with a displacement velocity v parallel to V and a rotation velocity r about an axis parallel to V. The submunition...
5331895 Shaped charges and their manufacture  
A shaped charge liner formed of a solid metallic material having a fine grain size of the order of 25 microns or less. The material can be, for example, copper, uranium, tantalum or an alloy...
5322020 Shaped charge  
A high performance shaped charge for piercing high strength steel has a symmetry of revolution about an axis; a priming system constituted by a punctiform initiating source for producing a...
5309843 Warhead with a tandem charge  
A warhead which may be integrated, for example, in a bazooka, is capable of shooting through a wall protecting an enemy. For that purpose, a tandem charge includes a hollow charge which produces in...
5303654 Combination projectile for combatting armored targets  
A combined projectile is formed of a leading projectile part and a trailing projectile part disposed in coaxial relation and spaced apart by a defined constructional distance. The trailing...
5275355 Antitank weapon for combating a tank from the top  
A projectile for a surface-to-surface weapon to combat a target from the top. The projectile includes a warhead; a propulsion system for accelerating the projectile directly after the projectile is...
5271332 Modified channel effect for solid explosive detonation waves  
The detonation wave velocity in a solid explosive body of material, incred by the "channel effect", is further increased by compounding of the "channel effect" and/or by partial shock wave...
5259317 Hollow charge with detonation wave guide  
A warhead having hollow charge, such as a bomblet as well as a large caliber armor-piercing projectile has an improved detonation wave guide arrangement which preferably produces a high pyrophoric...
5251561 Open apex shaped charge-type explosive device having special disc means with slide surface thereon to influence movement of open apex shaped charge liner during collapse of same during detonation  
An open apex shape charge explosive device is disclosed having an inner liner defining a truncated cone, an explosive charge surrounding the truncated inner liner, a primer charge, and a disc...
5251530 Method for assembling a hollow-charge projectile  
A hollow-charge projectile is provided with a precision charge (12) which, on the one hand, is surrounded on the outside by a metallic jacket (11) and, on the other hand, is lined on the inside...
5237929 Projectile-forming charge  
The present invention relates to a projectile-forming explosive charge (1) of the type which includes a forward concave insert (2) disposed in the envisaged effect direction of the charge and being...
5235916 Warhead directed-charge positioner system  
Broadly the disclosure relates to a warhead positioner system which includes a warhead construction comprising a cylindrical missile section having a sector-shaped ordnance charge forming one...
H001216 Linear shaped charge  
A lightweight linear shaped charge for explosive cutting and penetration of target, which includes a plastic linear housing in the form of a concave channel with an inverted "V" shaped metallic...
5223666 Apparatus for clearing mines  
An abstract is provided which is capable of clearing encased explosives s as land mines. This apparatus combines a shaped charge jet with a plate penetrator. A depression is formed in a column of a...
5198615 Fuzing system for tandem demolition warheads  
A fuzing system for use in operating tandem demolition warheads to sequentially activate a propellant on the rear of a follow through charge, detonate a forward shaped charge and detonate the...
5191169 Multiple EFP cluster module warhead  
A multiple module EFP warhead comprises a tubular body having a central axis with a plurality of explosively formed penetrator modules arranged tandemly within the body along the axis. Each of the...
5175391 Method for the multimaterial construction of shaped-charge liners  
A shaped charge device having a cylindrical housing, an explosive charge with a cavity at one end, a fuze, booster, a multimaterial vertically layered liner having a hemispherical,...
5166469 Delay fuse for sequentially detonating shaped charges  
A delay fuse for a warhead (1) including at least two charges (3, 8) for sequential detonation disposed inside a casing (2). The delay fuse comprises a screen (6) movable in a longitudinal axial...
5155297 Projectile-forming explosive charge insert  
A projectile-forming explosive charge-insert of intensified penetrating power into a target, wherein a mass or weight component is centrally positioned in the insert, and the weight member...
5155296 Thermally enhanced warhead  
A thermally enhanced warhead utilizes a heated tungsten liner to generate explosively formed high velocity coherent molten slug to defeat armor targets.
5153373 Warhead  
A warhead including a shell which encloses the explosive charge and a projectile forming liner with the liner being disposed so that its circumferential surface lies against an intermediate ring...
5151558 Ammunition possessing a supporting member constituted from a foam material  
An article of ammunition including a projectile-forming insert, wherein a supporting member which is constituted from a foam material is interposed between the insert and a structural component....
5123612 Projectile and process for its use  
Anti-tank projectile with initial direct firing in overflight. This projectile comprises a device for detection of the instant of arrival in the vicinity of the target, this device acting on a...
5119729 Process for producing a hollow charge with a metallic lining  
A hollow charge for piercing armor built up of several layers of differing densities, the metallic lining of which has three-dimensional isotropy and the density of which corresponds at least...
5111746 Multiple stage munition  
A munition and method for making a borehole in a target and for placement an explosive unit in the borehole. The munition includes an outer body having a chamber, an inner body disposed in the...
5098487 Copper alloys for shaped charge liners  
A metal liner for a shaped charge device having a ductile metal matrix and a discrete second phase is provided. The allow composition is selected so the second phase is molten when the liner is...
5090324 Warhead  
A warhead (10') which includes a shaped or projectile forming charge in the form of a liner (14) of a multi-phase metallic material or a metal-metal laminate. To prevent the liner (14) from being...
5078069 Warhead  
A warhead, used in a torpedo, includes an expolsive device that is detonatable within a breached water-tight compartment such that damage to the target is enhanced by the presence of the confined...
H001011 Anti-aircraft mine  
An anti-aircraft mine which ejects fragment(s) upwardly from an upright ption in a selected ground area. The mine includes a warhead subassembly having walls forming a chamber for an explosive and...
5070786 Standoff sensor antennae for munitions having explosively formed penetrators  
A munitions employing explosively formed penetrator warhead includes a microstrip antennae pattern on its concave face and is configured such that its presence does not impede or deleteriously...
5067409 Shaped charge for combating armored targets  
A shaped charge for missiles which are provided for defeating armored vehicles in such a manner that the flight path of the missile is beside, below or above the target. The warhead is ignited at...
5067410 Flexible wing  
A flexible wing which is connected to a submunition provides a substantia vertical descent and provides torque which power submunition electronics. The flexible wing is deployed in a low drag...
5063849 Subwarhead  
A subwarhead which is adapted to be separated from a missile over a target area comprises an active part, a target detector and an aerofoil, the target detector and the aerofoil being pivotably...
5044280 Linear hollow charge devices  
The device (10) consists of a bar (12) of high explosive having a planisymmetrical groove (20) along one side lined with a hollow charge liner (28). A pair of backing charges (34, 36) connected by...
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