EP2239536A2 - Système d'allumage réglable pour une tête militaire - Google Patents

Système d'allumage réglable pour une tête militaire Download PDF

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EP2239536A2
EP2239536A2 EP10003729A EP10003729A EP2239536A2 EP 2239536 A2 EP2239536 A2 EP 2239536A2 EP 10003729 A EP10003729 A EP 10003729A EP 10003729 A EP10003729 A EP 10003729A EP 2239536 A2 EP2239536 A2 EP 2239536A2
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F42—AMMUNITION; BLASTING
    • F42C—AMMUNITION FUZES; ARMING OR SAFETY MEANS THEREFOR
    • F42C19/00—Details of fuzes
    • F42C19/08—Primers; Detonators
    • F42C19/0838—Primers or igniters for the initiation or the explosive charge in a warhead
    • F42C19/0842—Arrangements of a multiplicity of primers or detonators, dispersed within a warhead, for multiple mode selection
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F42—AMMUNITION; BLASTING
    • F42B—EXPLOSIVE CHARGES, e.g. FOR BLASTING, FIREWORKS, AMMUNITION
    • F42B12/00—Projectiles, missiles or mines characterised by the warhead, the intended effect, or the material
    • F42B12/02—Projectiles, missiles or mines characterised by the warhead, the intended effect, or the material characterised by the warhead or the intended effect
    • F42B12/20—Projectiles, missiles or mines characterised by the warhead, the intended effect, or the material characterised by the warhead or the intended effect of high-explosive type
    • F42B12/22—Projectiles, missiles or mines characterised by the warhead, the intended effect, or the material characterised by the warhead or the intended effect of high-explosive type with fragmentation-hull construction

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  • the invention relates to a switchable cylindrical active charge of a warhead with a splitter-forming shell and with a disposed within the explosive charge tubular support for a plurality of distributed pellets, as well as at least one ignition device for the active charge.
  • the warhead has a splinter-forming shell. Furthermore, a further ignition device is provided in relation to the ignition device provided for the initiation of the explosive charge, the power of which is sufficient only for the deflagrative initiation of the explosive charge, wherein the further ignition device can also be designed as a projectile-forming charge.
  • the performance of the explosive charge can be adjusted in a very wide range. However, influencing the fragmentation is not possible with this arrangement.
  • the DE 10 2006 018 687 A1 describes a switchable projectile-forming charge.
  • a switchable projectile-forming charge By means of switching three different modes of action of projectile or splinter formation can be set.
  • either a radially extending or a tubular holder is used for each of a plurality of pellets, with the aid of which the projectiles or the splinters are influenced in their training.
  • a power control of the active charge is not provided or possible from the structure of the charge forth.
  • the DE 10 2006 048 299 B3 relates to a switchable cylindrical active charge of a warhead with a splitter-forming shell and a tubular support arranged within the explosive charge for a multiplicity of distributed pellets and a cavity extending along the main axis, in which either at least one ignition device mounted displaceably therein or at least two stationary ignition devices are provided.
  • a plate-shaped Kochtragerladung is arranged, which is provided with a detonation waveguide, which causes in the case of their ignition extending approximately perpendicular to the holder front of the detonation wave. This can affect the formation of the splitter, a power control of the active charge is not provided.
  • This object is achieved in a structurally simple manner in that at a spaced apart from the ignition devices end face of the active charge in the region of a circular line around the main axis and between the cavity and the tubular support a plurality of uniformly distributed arranged on the active charge projectiles or splinters forming charges is arranged, which are ignitable at a time adjustable in relation to the ignition time of the effective charge point and that the intensity of the ignited projectile or splinter-forming charges is limited to the deflagrative initiation of the active charge or its decomposition.
  • the intensity of the ignited projectiles or splinters forming charges is limited to the deflagrative Inti réelle of the active charge or their decomposition.
  • a single projectile or fragment forming charge can also be used one which has an annular continuous liner and thus is effective as a kind of annular cutting charge.
  • This device realizes in a simple way both the setting of the power delivered by the active charge, as well as influencing the size of the generated splitter, the latter is also possible in combination with the reduced power of the active charge.
  • the device according to the invention can be used in the same way for smooth, unnotched / continuous casings, as well as for casings with preformed splinters of an active charge. Finally, pre-scored or provided with a pre-scored inner shell cases can be used.
  • a further advantageous design of the device according to the invention is that instead of the plurality of projectiles or splinters forming charges an annular and aligned to the effective charge and splitter forming ring charge is provided.
  • FIG. 1 shows simplified a switchable active charge 1, the radial effect can be changed depending on the local conditions at the site. According to the invention, it is simultaneously possible to adjust the power of the active charge within wide limits.
  • an active charge 1 is shown with a cylindrical holder PH for a multiplicity of distributed pellets PE.
  • optionally stationary ignition chains ZK1, ZK2 can be used, which are arranged on the main axis 2 of the active charge 1 and optionally in the central cavity 3 of the active charge 1.
  • a firing chain ZK2 which can be longitudinally displaced within the cavity 3.
  • the splinter-forming shell 7 is shown as a non-pre-scored metal shell 7, which may be made for example of steel or heavy metal. Alternatively, the shell may also be made of preformed splinters, again preferably using the aforementioned materials.
  • the central area of the active charge is deliberately released as a cavity. He is needed for the intended at least partial disassembly of the active charge 1, so that the debris of the disassembled active charge this cavity for the Can use volume compensation.
  • the cavity 3 is used when using a longitudinally displaceable in the arrow direction ZK1 ignition chain.
  • the components of the active charge 1 are in the FIG. 1 shown to the right of the section line AA. To the left of this section line are the components of the Zerlegerladung 5. This is an additional component that is attached to the front side of the active charge 1. Its purpose is the mechanical decomposition or chemical conversion of any part of the explosive charge in a low-order reaction.
  • the Zerlegerladung 5 has for this purpose a plurality of splinters or projectile-forming charges 5, which are initiated at the same time.
  • the ignition device is in the FIG. 1 designated ZK3. These charges are arranged in a holder 6, which consists of shock absorbing material.
  • the active charge is a launchable ammunition
  • ZK3 arrows are drawn with the preferred direction of acceleration when launching the ammunition.
  • FIG. 2 Examples of different designs of the Zerlegerladung 5 are shown.
  • the design possibility of the Zerlegerladung is not limited to these embodiments.
  • the above example of a bursting charge 5 is designed for the formation of a number of Explosively Formed Projectiles (EFP).
  • EFP Explosively Formed Projectiles
  • the required dome-shaped deposits 8a of the individual projectile-forming charges 5b, 5c, 5d ... may be formed, for example, Armco-iron.
  • the middle example in the FIG. 2 has funnel-shaped inserts 8b for forming spiky projectiles MFS.
  • MFS spiky projectiles
  • annular charge 5a instead of the individual charges, an annular charge 5a, with an approximately flat insert 8c in the example, is used to produce many splinters SPL.
  • Decisive in the design of the projectile or splinter-forming charges is that at least one selectable part of the explosive charge 1 by their action at least mechanically and maximally in a weak chemical reaction, for example in the form of deflagration, decomposed or implemented.
  • FIG. 3 an arrangement is shown in which the active charge gives its full power and so-called natural splinters are formed.
  • the ignition chain ZK 2 arranged on the far right in the drawing is initiated at time t 1 while the ignition chain ZK 3 of the disintegrating charge 5 is not activated.
  • the successive positions of the developing detonation front are designated by the reference numerals 10 to 40 according to their chronological order.
  • the detonation front strikes grazing on the holder 6 of the pellets PE and also on the shell 7 of the explosive charge 1. Due to the grazing incidence of the detonation wave, the ignition of the pellets PE takes place successively simultaneously with the detonation of the actual Explosive charge instead. As a result, the pellets PE lose their function of forming pressure peaks. As a result, the shell 7 is decomposed into natural splinters NSPL of different sizes, which results randomly.
  • the representation in FIG. 4 is based on the same arrangement as in the FIG. 3 is shown.
  • the ignition chain ZK 3 of the Zerlegerladung 5 is ignited as the first time t 1 .
  • the bursting charge 5 for example, EFP projectiles generated on the front side of the explosive charge 1, which corresponds to the section AA, penetrate into this.
  • the explosive charge is successively - in the drawing from left to right - disassembled. This happens either mechanically or chemically at a low energy level (deflagrative).
  • the central cavity 3 serves as a compensation space for receiving explosive charge remnants.
  • the density of the explosive charge drops below a critical value. Below this value, the explosive charge is no longer capable of detonation.
  • the ignition chain ZK 2 of the explosive charge 1 is also initiated and the detonation waves 10 - 30 propagate as described above.
  • the shell 7 is decomposed into natural fragments NSPL in the remaining part of the explosive charge 1.
  • the delay time .DELTA.t can be set in this way, the splitter and the blast performance between 0% and 100%.
  • the power of the active charge is thus adjustable within wide limits.
  • FIG. 5 shows a similar arrangement as the FIG. 1 , but with the difference that the ignition chain ZK 2 is now located approximately in the middle of the explosive charge 1. This can be done by moving the ignition chain ZK 2 out FIG. 1 have been achieved within the cavity 3. For another Also, for example, be arranged two stationary Zündketten in the described positions.
  • the detonation front 11, 21, 31 initially propagates in the case of initiation preferably radially with respect to the main axis 2. It finally reaches the holder 6 with the stored therein pellets PE, which are initiated by, whereas only a slower shock wave propagates through the holder in this way it is achieved that after the holder has many point-like in the explosive charge 1 propagating detonation fronts. Overlaying these fronts results in high pressure peaks.
  • the resulting shape of the detonation front 31 then leads in the shell 7 to a controlled decomposition, for example in the form of larger splinter KSPL.
  • the ignition chain ZK 3 of the Zerlegerladung 5 is not activated here. The performance of the explosive charge 1 is thus not metered.
  • the adjustability of the power is finally by means of an arrangement according to FIG. 6 possible.
  • the basic arrangement in FIG. 6 corresponds to that of FIG. 5 ,
  • the ignition chain ZK 3 is activated, which - similar to already FIG. 4 described by means of example here the projectile EFP from the front side of the explosive charge 1 decomposed.
  • the splintering and blasting performance of the explosive charge 1 can be varied from 0% to 100%.
  • the position of the ignition chain ZK 2 in FIG. 6 does not necessarily have to be in the middle. It may also be off-center to the right of the central position, if more than 50% of the explosive charge 1 are to be mechanically or deflagratively disassembled. This then affects the performance range from 0% to 50%.

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