Accession Number:

ADD002663

Title:

Pressure-Armed Explosive Apparatus.

Descriptive Note:

Patent,

Corporate Author:

DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY WASHINGTON D C

Personal Author(s):

• Anderson,Matthew E.
• Redmond,Stephen L.
• Horky,John W.
• Krolak,Leo V.

Report Date:

1976-02-17

Pagination or Media Count:

8.0

Abstract:

The patent relates to an air droppable sealed warhead cannister capable of housing a plurality of bomblets, each bomblet having a pressure-sensitive fuze capable of being controlled by the presence and absence of a predetermined pressure in the cannister.

Descriptors:

• *Bomblets
• *Arming devices
• *Patents
• Bomb clusters
• Canisters
• Time delay fuzes
• Arming sequence

Subject Categories:

• Aerial Bombs

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE