US20040200344A1 - Radar comouflaged launcher for deploying ammunition - Google Patents

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US20040200344A1
US20040200344A1 US10/727,575 US72757503A US2004200344A1 US 20040200344 A1 US20040200344 A1 US 20040200344A1 US 72757503 A US72757503 A US 72757503A US 2004200344 A1 US2004200344 A1 US 2004200344A1
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Martin Fegg
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F41—WEAPONS
    • F41A—FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS COMMON TO BOTH SMALLARMS AND ORDNANCE, e.g. CANNONS; MOUNTINGS FOR SMALLARMS OR ORDNANCE
    • F41A23/00—Gun mountings, e.g. on vehicles; Disposition of guns on vehicles
    • F41A23/34—Gun mountings, e.g. on vehicles; Disposition of guns on vehicles on wheeled or endless-track vehicles
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F41—WEAPONS
    • F41F—APPARATUS FOR LAUNCHING PROJECTILES OR MISSILES FROM BARRELS, e.g. CANNONS; LAUNCHERS FOR ROCKETS OR TORPEDOES; HARPOON GUNS
    • F41F1/00—Launching apparatus for projecting projectiles or missiles from barrels, e.g. cannons; Harpoon guns
    • F41F1/08—Multibarrel guns, e.g. twin guns
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F41—WEAPONS
    • F41F—APPARATUS FOR LAUNCHING PROJECTILES OR MISSILES FROM BARRELS, e.g. CANNONS; LAUNCHERS FOR ROCKETS OR TORPEDOES; HARPOON GUNS
    • F41F3/00—Rocket or torpedo launchers
    • F41F3/04—Rocket or torpedo launchers for rockets
    • F41F3/077—Doors or covers for launching tubes
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
    • B63G—OFFENSIVE OR DEFENSIVE ARRANGEMENTS ON VESSELS; MINE-LAYING; MINE-SWEEPING; SUBMARINES; AIRCRAFT CARRIERS
    • B63G13/00—Other offensive or defensive arrangements on vessels; Vessels characterised thereby
    • B63G13/02—Camouflage
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
    • B63G—OFFENSIVE OR DEFENSIVE ARRANGEMENTS ON VESSELS; MINE-LAYING; MINE-SWEEPING; SUBMARINES; AIRCRAFT CARRIERS
    • B63G13/00—Other offensive or defensive arrangements on vessels; Vessels characterised thereby
    • B63G13/02—Camouflage
    • B63G2013/027—Camouflage using stealth design, i.e. superstructures, hulls, or other vessel's components shaped or constructed for minimizing reflection of radar or sonar beams, or the like

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  • the present invention relates to a radar camouflaged device for deploying ammunition in mobile objects, in particular vehicles, in accordance with the preamble of claim 1 , wherein an opening provided in the body shell of the object for deploying the ammunition may again reversibly be closed following deployment of the ammunition, to thereby reduce a heightening of the radar signature of the object caused by this opening and having a negative effect.
  • the invention moreover relates to a method for enhancing the radar camouflage of a mobile object in accordance with the preamble of claim 31 through reversible, radar camouflaged covering of any ammunition deployment openings in the body shell of the object.
  • Mobile objects in particular weapons carriers such as water, air and land vehicles as a general rule have a metallic body shell. Moreover they are frequently provided with structures having a prominent position and a particular shape. The result of this is a large, characteristic radar reflecting surface. This is referred to as the radar signature of an object.
  • This radar signature is typical for a target, is measurable, and therefore is decisive for reconnaissance and for anti-reconnaissance action.
  • autonomously operating modern missiles utilize the radar signature of a mobile object in the acquisition and destruction of a target. This threat is strongly increasing owing to the collapse of the former superpower Soviet Union as well as liberal export regulations of Asian states in particular.
  • Chaff is nowadays used both for masking intruding units and for self-protection.
  • a large chaff volume is deployed at one time, while in the latter case individual clouds of chaff are deployed so as to render hostile reconnaissance difficult, thus from the outset preventing the radar sensor from locking on in the search phase by timely placement of phantom targets, or in order to effect a transfer of an already successful radar lock-on from the target deploying the chaff to a phantom target.
  • phantom targets are comprised of a multiplicity of lightweight active bodies.
  • Such IR active bodies are disclosed in German patent specification DE 34 21 692 C2.
  • the IR phantom target is in this case represented by a cloud of burning strips of material, which are successively ignited in a chain of ignitions.
  • Seeking heads operating both in the IR and RF ranges are so-called dual-mode target-seeking heads that are met with combined IR and RF phantom targets.
  • Such combined IR/RF decoys are disclosed in DE 199 51 767 A1, for example.
  • Patent No. CN 1135439 discloses an airplane, the body shell of which is coated with a semiconductor layer that absorbs electromagnetic waves to thereby diminish its radar signature.
  • a particularly effective defense against modern missiles may thus be achieved by equipping a mobile object to be protected both with a RAM coating and with a launcher for deploying ammunition, in particular RF/IR active bodies. In this way it is made more difficult for the approaching missile to acquire the radar signature of the actual target object, and at the same time it is enticed away from the actual target object by a deployed spurious target.
  • undesirable multiple reflections may occur between the body shell of the object and the outer shell of the weapons system, which may generate a backscattering signal in the order of a multiple of the direct reflection.
  • the object is attained by a device having the characterizing features of claim 1 .
  • the object of the invention is attained by a method having the characterizing features of claim 31 .
  • One embodiment of the invention relates to a device for deploying ammunition, wherein a recess provided for this purpose in the body shell of a mobile object is covered by cover means, so that a heightening of the radar signature caused by this recess and having a negative effect is diminished.
  • the ammunition is deployed with the aid of a launcher located on the inside of the body shell of the object.
  • the launcher may have at least one discharge tube.
  • the launcher terminates so as to be flush with the body shell of the object.
  • the launcher is arranged at a distance of 0-20 cm, preferably 0.5-15 cm, more preferably 1-5 cm, from the body shell of the object.
  • the launcher tubes may be arranged on the inside of the body shell so that loading the launcher tube(s) from the inside is possible.
  • the launcher tubes are as a rule accommodated in a launcher housing, however may also be designed as independent tubes.
  • Another embodiment of the invention may provide for the launcher housing to be fixedly connected to the inside of the body shell.
  • the launcher housing has at least one closable hatch in the interior range of the object, through which loading the discharge tubes takes place.
  • the hatch may be a squeeze lock. Hereby rapid opening and closing of the loading hatch is achieved.
  • the launcher housing is provided with a blow-off valve.
  • the launcher housing is provided with outlet means, e.g. to again remove water penetrated to the inside.
  • the launcher housing is provided with a connection facility for control through the intermediary of ignition means, wherein it is preferred to use electrical ignition means.
  • the launcher housing has grounding means to establish the necessary protective ground.
  • the angle of deployment of the discharge means is adjustable in lateral pointing and elevation with the aid of adapters.
  • the cover means has a radar camouflage coating, where it is advantageous that the cover means covers the recess to such an extent that a radar camouflaged structure of the body shell is preserved virtually in its entirety.
  • the cover means is briefly opened by the penetrating body, such as decoy ammunition, to then close again.
  • the cover means has at least one camouflage hatch.
  • camouflage hatches may, for instance, have the form of a single hatch, wing hatches, or annular or polygonal, e.g. triangular hatch segments.
  • Such polygonal embodiment of the camouflage hatch has the advantage that the load on the hatch articulations is distributed to several hatches, whereby wear is minimized.
  • the cover means comprises at least one elastic, in particular rubber-type, material.
  • the rubber-type material is morevoer provided with a radar-scattering coating so as to ensure homogeneity of the vehicle silhouette.
  • the radar-scattering coating consists of metal foil.
  • the protective cover is also of a radar-reflecting type.
  • the protective cover is retained by a snap-in means.
  • the present invention moreover encompasses a method for enhancing the radar camouflage of a mobile object, wherein all of the recesses in the body shell of a mobile object for the deployment of ammunition are covered by a reversible cover means, whereby a heightening of the radar signature caused by these recesses and having a negative effect is prevented.
  • FIG. 1 is a partial sectional view in perspective representation of an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, when viewed from the body shell of an object to be protected.
  • FIG. 2 is a partial sectional view in lateral perspective of the device in accordance with the invention.
  • FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a launcher housing for use with the device in accordance with the invention.
  • FIG. 4 is a perspective view from the inside of the body shell of the object to be protected, with launcher housings mounted on the body shell.
  • FIG. 1 What is shown is part of an embodiment of the present invention.
  • the body shell 1 of a mobile object contains two recesses 2 , behind each one of which 4 launcher tubes 3 are arranged so as to terminate flush with the inner wall of the body shell 1 .
  • the upper recess 2 is in the exemplary case covered by a radar-reflecting hatch 4 which opens when ammunition is deployed, to afterwards close aagin.
  • FIG. 2 What is shown is part of an embodiment of the present invention.
  • the object shown in FIG. 1 is here represented after a rotation through approx. 300 .
  • the upper recess is provided with a splash-proof protective cover 5 .
  • FIG. 3 What is shown is part of an embodiment of the present invention.
  • the launcher housing 6 contains a closable hatch 8 provided with a squeeze lock 7 , through which loading of the launcher tubes takes place.
  • the launcher housing 6 is provided with an outlet valve 9 , a blow-off valve 10 , and a connection facility for control with the aid of ignition means 12 , secured by grounding means 11 .
  • FIG. 4 What is shown is part of an embodiment of the present invention.
  • Four launcher housings 6 are mounted on the body shell 1 of a mobile object in vertical arrangement. All launcher housings 6 are mounted on the body shell with the aid of adapters 13 so as to be able to operate at different angle of deployments.
  • the launcher housings 6 are moreover equipped with a connection facility for controlling ignition means 12 .
  • One embodiment of the invention relates to a device for discharging any kind of mortar- and/or rocket-type ammunition and of signal devices, the device preferably being a launcher, as an integrated component in the outer shell of a mobile object, in the exemplary case a ship, wherein a recess 2 in the body shell 1 of the ship provided for passage of the deployed bodies is covered by cover means 4 , whereby a heightening of the radar signature caused by this recess 2 and having a negative effect is diminished.
  • one discharge tube 3 or several combined launcher tubes 3 for deploying the ammunition are integrated into the ship's hull so that the opening(s) of this launcher tube/of these launcher tubes terminate/s flush with the body shell of the ship (cf. FIG. 1).
  • the launcher tubes 3 preferably have a laterally adjacent arrangement in at least one row, but may also be arranged obliquely above each other or circularly in at least one row, or in any other desired manner.
  • the opening in the body shell 1 thereby created is covered by radar-reflecting cover means 4 which only open upon deployment/discharge, whereby the smooth planar structure of the body shell 1 is largely preserved, and the reflection characteristics remain unchanged by 95-100%, preferably by 98-100%.
  • the cover means 4 are at least one camouflage hatch provided, in an exemplary case, with a hinge and a spring.
  • a single camouflage hatch may be mounted both laterally of, above, or below the recess 2 .
  • cover means 4 consists of a plurality of camouflage hatches, these may be provided in the form of wing hatches or of annular or polygonal hatch segments.
  • the cover means 4 is opened only for an extremely short time by a passing body, to immediately close again following deployment of the ammunition.
  • the cover means 4 contains at least one material having elastic properties, preferably at least one rubber-type material with a radar-scattering coating, preferably a radar-scattering metal coating or metal foil.
  • the launcher is located at a distance of 0-20 cm, preferably 0.5-15 cm, more preferably 1-5 cm from the body shell of the object.
  • the cover means is in another embodiment additionally provided with a splash-proof protective cover 5 which is removed by the first shot.
  • the protective cover is radar-scattering and terminates flush with the structure of the body shell 1 . This is made possible by a corresponding shape of the protective cover 5 .
  • the additional protective cover may moreover be retained by a suitable mount (cf. FIG. 2).
  • a suitable mount cf. FIG. 2.
  • Particularly preferred is a simple snap-in means, but any other mounts known in the prior art are also applicable and encompassed by the present invention.
  • the discharge tube 3 , or the set of launcher tubes 3 are, e.g., mounted on the inside of the body shell 1 of the ship such that loading the launcher tubes 3 from the inside of the ship's hull 1 is also possible.
  • the fastening of the launcher housing 6 on the inside of the body shell 1 and the loading hatch is executed with a gas-tight seal so as to prevent the penetration of contaminated substances into the interior of the ship during operation or upon re-loading through the launcher tubes 3 .
  • Contaminating substances having penetrated into the interior of the launcher housing 6 as well as ammunition residues may in another embodiment be removed, e.g. prior to re-loading. This is carried out with the aid of a pressure pulse which may be exerted by using pressurized air.
  • the launcher housing 6 is provided with a blow-off valve 10 which allows connection of a supply line through which the pressure-transmitting substance is introduced into the launcher housing 6 .
  • the pressurized air used in the exemplary case removes the contaminating substances or ammunition residues from the launcher housing 6 in a direction towards the opening of the launcher tubes 3 .
  • the launcher housing 6 ist equipped with an outlet valve functioning as a outlet means, so that any penetrated liquids, in particular water, may be removed from the launcher tubes 3 .
  • the launcher housing 6 includes a connection facility 12 for controlling the ignition means of the spurious target ammunition.
  • the launcher 6 includes electrical ignition means.
  • a plurality of launcher housings 6 are preferably arranged side by side or in a vertical arrangement (FIG. 4). Any other manner of arrangement is equally conceivable, however, and therefore encompassed by the scope of the present invention.
  • the angle of deployment of the launcher tubes 3 is individually adjusted in lateral pointing and elevation by using adapters 13 in case the angle of the body shell 1 does not correspond to the intended angle of deployment.
  • the launcher housings 6 of any ship thereby protected are identical, may be exchanged, and may be manufactured in cost-effective series production.
  • angles of deployment relative to the normal of the ship's surface are 105°, 120°, 135° and 150°.

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