Olin C Brown

US Patent:

42455596, Jan 20, 1981

Filed:

Jan 2, 1979

Appl. No.:

6/000301

Inventors:

David R. Wakeman - Clearwater FL
Olin C. Brown - Lynnfield MA

Assignee:

Raytheon Company - Lexington MA

International Classification:

F42C 1302
G06G 724

US Classification:

102213

Abstract:

An antitank weapon system is shown to include a projectile carrying at least one pulsed laser radar which periodically illuminates swaths of the underlying terrain, means for processing return signals to distinguish between the radar signatures of objects on such terrain and means for firing submunitions to impact on any object whose radar signature corresponds to that of a tank or other desired target.