Impact explosion prevention of disabled rockets

Inactive Publication Date: 2014-01-23
RAFAEL ADVANCED DEFENSE SYSTEMS
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[0009]A still further aspect of the present invention is a method of protecting a vehicle from an RPG without adversely affecting an agility of the vehicle, comprising disabling the RPG by active disruption or static disruption, so that a disabled RPG still containing explosives impacts the vehicle; and absorbing an impact from th

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Since the RPG, having been disabled, nonetheless still contains an explosive charge, there is a danger that even without its normal mechanism for electric initiation of the fuse that causes t

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[0025]The following detailed description is of the best currently contemplated modes of carrying out the invention. The description is not to be taken in a limiting sense, but is made merely for the purpose of illustrating the general principles of the invention, since the scope of the invention is best defined by the appended claims.

[0026]The present invention generally provides an RPG protection mechanism that protects windows and windowed areas of a vehicle such as a Hummer, a JLTV, an armored personnel carrier (APC) or other vehicle from RPG fire. Used in conjunction with active or passive (e.g.

[0027]bar minor) RPG protection systems, the protection system may include transparent panels inclined by about 20-40 degrees off an imaginary vertical plane normal to the floor or surface that the vehicle rests on. The panels may for example be made of PMMA or other thermoplastic material. The non-windowed portions of the vehicle may be protected using foam such as aluminum. The incoming...

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A vehicle protection system for vehicle windows against RPGs, comprising an RPG countermeasure mechanism (an active disruption mechanism that propels an object at an incoming RPG or a static structure) that results in a disabled RPG that cannot explode as a liner shaped charge warhead but can still explode, and a set of transparent panels attached to the vehicle, the panels large enough to cover the windows of the vehicle, the panels of the set of transparent panels inclined relative to an imaginary vertical plane nonnal to a surface that the vehicle rests on by an angle that is between 20, and 40 degrees, the panels made of rigid material, such as PMMA. for absorbing an impact from the disabled RPG so that it never reaches the threshold deceleration needed to explode.

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FIELD AND BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0001]The present invention relates to neutralizing RPGs, and, more particularly to controlling already disabled RPGs and preventing residual damage to vehicles.[0002]Applicant has filed a patent application (WO 2010 / 029530) for an Enclosure Protecting System and Method (published Mar. 18, 2010) that neutralizes RPGs and other projectiles by preventing initiation of the shaped charge warhead of the RPG before it strikes, which patent application is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety. The aforementioned patent application describes an active disruption mechanism comprising a disrupting element propelled towards the approaching RPG that disrupts or prevents the electric initiation of the explosive by either truncating the nose-cone which carries the signal from the piezo-electric sensor to the RPG fuse or causing an electric short therein. The RPG then continues toward its target without its normal means of initiating the hyper-veloci...

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IPC IPC(8): F41H7/04
CPCF41H7/04F41H5/007F41H5/0407
Inventor BRILL, ALONRAHAV, SHAHARBEN DAVID, YAAKOV
Owner RAFAEL ADVANCED DEFENSE SYSTEMS
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