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US 5824941

ARRANGEMENT FOR PROTECTION FROM PROJECTILES

Assignee

DIEHL GMBH & CO.

Filed

Apr 3, 1989

Granted

Oct 20, 1998

Location

LAUF DE

Abstract

An arrangement for protection from attack by projectiles, especially from hollow-charge projectiles or the like, consisting of a wall which is constituted of explosives and is arranged obliquely relative to the firing direction below a wall facing towards the projectile and which is constituted from an inert material. A foil consisting of an explosive for the formation of a reactive sandwiched or composite armoring is equipped with a steel plate on one side thereof and with a glass plate or a glass fiber-reinforced plastic material plate on its other side, wherein the composite armorings form chambers within a box structure such that, within any one chamber, a steel plate is always located opposite a glass plate, and the collective foils of explosive are connected along their bottom sides with a transmission or transfer foil which is similarly constituted from an explosive.

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35 USC §181 Secrecy Order

Imposed

May 24, 1989

Rescinded

Dec 1, 1997

Duration

8 years, 6 months

Inventor

  • 1STEFAN KNAPPER

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