Carrier projectile with submunitions and method for attacking a target with these submunitions

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EP 0 961 098 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	29.12.1999 Bulletin 1999/52

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	01.12.1999 Bulletin 1999/48

(21)	Application number: 99201672.5

(22)	Date of filing: 27.05.1999

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁶: F42B 12/58

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
	Designated Extension States:
	AL LT LV MK RO SI

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Priority:

29.05.1998 IL 12469398

(71)	Applicant: ISRAEL MILITARY INDUSTRIES LTD.
	Ramat Hasharon 47100 (IL)

(72)	Inventors:
	Eyal, Josef Ramat Hasharon (IL) Rosenberg, Avi Nes Ziona (IL) Levi, Amir Kiryat Ono (IL) Shragai, Aviad Benei Brak (IL) Kriger, Jacob Rishon Lezion (IL) Glickman, Ilan Raanana (IL)

(74)	Representative: Iemenschot, Johannes Andreas, Ir.
	van Exter Polak & Charlouis B.V., P.O. Box 3241 2280 GE Rijswijk 2280 GE Rijswijk (NL)

(54)	Carrier projectile with submunitions and method for attacking a target with these submunitions

(57) A projectile including a plurality of submunitions in the projectile, means for ejecting the submunitions substantially simultaneously from the casing, and means for detonating each submunition in the air at a different time. Preferably, the means for detonating includes a time delay fuze in each submunition, each time delay fuze having a different time delay.

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