Accession Number:

ADD019013

Title:

Precursor Warhead Attachment for an Anti-Armor Rocket

Descriptive Note:

Patent Application, Filed 15 Jul 98,

Corporate Author:

DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY WASHINGTON DC

Personal Author(s):

• Crabtree, Larry E.

Report Date:

1998-07-15

Pagination or Media Count:

13.0

Abstract:

A precursor warhead for a high-explosive, anti-armor HEAA warhead is provided. The precursor warhead is a cylindrically-shaped attachment adapted for a friction fit over the nose cone of existing HEAA warheads. The precursor warhead has an instantaneous fuse which initiates a precursor penetrator which causes early detonation of reactive armor, thereby protecting the main charge and penetrator on the HEAA round from damage. The precursor warhead replaces the existing crush switch on the HEAA round and also initiates, with appropriate time delay, the main explosive charge.

Descriptors:

• *PATENT APPLICATIONS
• *ANTIARMOR AMMUNITION
• *HIGH EXPLOSIVES
• *WARHEADS
• TIME INTERVALS
• PRECURSORS
• EXPLOSIVE CHARGES
• PENETRATION
• PREMATURE FUNCTIONING(ORDNANCE)
• DELAY
• ATTACHMENT
• DETONATIONS
• ROCKETS
• SWITCHES
• CRUSHING
• NOSE CONES
• FUSES(ELECTRICAL)
• REACTIVE ARMOR

Subject Categories:

• Ammunition and Explosives

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE