← Capabilities
- International families
- 1,4242015 to 2024
- Leading country
- United States1.5× the next
- All families
- 6,599home filings included
- Over five years
- Falling2020 to 2024 against the five before
Year by year
Patent families by country of origin and the year of the earliest filing, 2000 to 2025; 2025 is a part year, still filling in. International families are those for which protection was sought beyond one country.
Volume
International patent families in the capability, by the year of the earliest filing.
Source: Global Institute for National Capability (GINC), 2026. Underlying patents from 107 patent offices, IFI CLAIMS and Google
Share by country
Each country's share of the year's international families, in per cent: the capability's five largest countries of origin, 2015 to 2024, and the rest of the world.
Source: Global Institute for National Capability (GINC), 2026. Underlying patents from 107 patent offices, IFI CLAIMS and Google
Country leaderboard
International patent families, 2015 to 2024, by country of origin. Growth compares the latest five full years with the five before.
Ten largest
United States
Germany
France
United Kingdom
South Korea
Israel
Sweden
China
Türkiye
Switzerland
357
232
127
113
93
70
65
58
48
33
| 2000 to 2025 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | 357 | 25.1% | 0.7× | 978 | |
| 2 | Germany | 232 | 16.3% | 0.6× | 299 | |
| 3 | France | 127 | 8.9% | 1.1× | 146 | |
| 4 | United Kingdom | 113 | 7.9% | 0.9× | 159 | |
| 5 | South Korea | 93 | 6.5% | 1.2× | 868 | |
| 6 | Israel | 70 | 4.9% | 1.5× | 76 | |
| 7 | Sweden | 65 | 4.6% | 0.8× | 67 | |
| 8 | China | 58 | 4.1% | 1.0× | 2,978 | |
| 9 | Türkiye | 48 | 3.4% | 2.7× | 91 | |
| 10 | Switzerland | 33 | 2.3% | 0.7× | 41 | |
| 11 | South Africa | 26 | 1.8% | 0.6× | 27 | |
| 12 | Russia | 24 | 1.7% | 5.0× | 477 | |
| 13 | Japan | 18 | 1.3% | 0.0× | 71 | |
| 14 | Italy | 17 | 1.2% | 0.9× | 25 | |
| 15 | Finland | 17 | 1.2% | 0.9× | 21 | |
| 16 | Canada | 13 | 0.9% | 1.6× | 23 | |
| 17 | Spain | 13 | 0.9% | 0.3× | 20 | |
| 18 | Australia | 10 | 0.7% | 1.5× | 13 | |
| 19 | Austria | 9 | 0.6% | 0.5× | 13 | |
| 20 | India | 9 | 0.6% | 3.5× | 11 | |
| 21 | Singapore | 9 | 0.6% | 0.3× | 10 | |
| 22 | Belgium | 7 | 0.5% | 0.8× | 8 | |
| 23 | Netherlands | 6 | 0.4% | 0.2× | 8 | |
| 24 | Norway | 6 | 0.4% | 0.2× | 6 | |
| 25 | Brazil | 6 | 0.4% | 1.0× | 9 | |
| 26 | Taiwan | 3 | 0.2% | 2.0× | 10 | |
| 27 | Czechia | 2 | 0.1% | 1.0× | 8 | |
| 28 | Denmark | 1 | 0.1% | – | 1 | |
| 29 | Saudi Arabia | 1 | 0.1% | 0.0× | 1 | |
| 30 | Hungary | 1 | 0.1% | 0.0× | 3 | |
| 31 | Poland | 0 | 0.0% | – | 57 | |
| 32 | New Zealand | 0 | 0.0% | – | 1 |
Applicants
The largest applicants by international patent families, 2015 to 2024: across the world, then within each of the five countries with the most families in Land Fires. Names are as held in the source and are not consolidated across subsidiaries.
Global
1,424 international families
BAE SYSTEMS PLC · United Kingdom
RAYTHEON CO · United States
RHEINMETALL WAFFE MUNITION GMBH · Germany
DIEHL DEFENCE GMBH & CO KG · Germany
BAE SYSTEMS BOFORS AB · Sweden
MBDA DEUTSCHLAND GMBH · Germany
73
61
54
33
32
27
United States
357 international families
RAYTHEON CO
BAE SYS INF & ELECT SYS INTEG
AXON ENTPR INC
CUBIC CORP
SHELTERED WINGS INC D/B/A VORTEX OPTICS
SHELTERED WINGS INC D/B/A/ VORTEX OPTICS
61
18
11
10
9
9
Germany
232 international families
RHEINMETALL WAFFE MUNITION GMBH
DIEHL DEFENCE GMBH & CO KG
MBDA DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
RHEINMETALL ELECTRONICS GMBH
THYSSENKRUPP AG
DIEHL BGT DEFENCE GMBH & CO KG
54
33
27
12
12
10
France
127 international families
THALES SA
NEXTER MUNITIONS
NAVAL GROUP
SAFRAN ELECTRONICS & DEFENSE
EURENCO FRANCE
MBDA FRANCE
21
15
12
12
7
7
United Kingdom
113 international families
BAE SYSTEMS PLC
MBDA UK LTD
THALES HOLDINGS UK PLC
SECR DEFENCE
ALFORD IP LTD
ELLIS JOHN WILLIAM GEORGE
73
7
4
3
2
2
South Korea
93 international families
AGENCY DEFENSE DEV
HANWHA CORP
HANWHA AEROSPACE CO LTD
HANWHA DEFENSE CO LTD
HANWHA LAND SYS CO LTD
DURETEK INC
24
19
8
8
4
3
Similar capabilities
The nine capabilities that share the most international patent families with Land Fires, 2015 to 2024: the families counted in both as a share of those counted in either. Each card shows its five largest countries.
National Security
Long-Range Strike
10.1% shared · 206 families in both
United States
Germany
United Kingdom
France
Israel
278
159
88
77
44
National Security
Counter-Uncrewed & Low-Altitude Defence
6.8% shared · 131 families in both
United States
Germany
United Kingdom
Japan
Israel
156
135
72
56
50
Strategic Infrastructure
Military Bases & Installations
6.3% shared · 176 families in both
United States
Germany
South Korea
United Kingdom
Japan
353
218
111
100
84
National Security
Control of the Air
6.1% shared · 112 families in both
United States
United Kingdom
Germany
Türkiye
France
176
57
50
43
41
National Security
Integrated Air & Missile Defence
5.9% shared · 102 families in both
Germany
United States
Japan
Israel
United Kingdom
92
75
47
41
28
National Security
Combined Arms Manoeuvre
5.7% shared · 303 families in both
United States
Germany
France
Türkiye
United Kingdom
1,319
502
222
212
211
National Security
Standing Force Generation & Training
4.7% shared · 95 families in both
United States
Germany
South Korea
United Kingdom
Canada
217
90
58
38
30
National Security
Air Strike & Interdiction
4.5% shared · 71 families in both
United States
United Kingdom
Türkiye
Germany
South Korea
45
40
29
23
15
National Security
Operational Sustainment & War Reserves
4.0% shared · 70 families in both
United States
Germany
France
United Kingdom
China
88
67
32
24
23
Crosswalk
How Land Fires is matched to the patent classifications. The entries below were chosen for it; each stands for itself and everything beneath it in the scheme, 187 Cooperative entries in all. A patent family counts when any of its codes, in either scheme and at any office, falls under one of them. Codes since retired are placed under the entries that replaced them.
| Entry | Title in the scheme | Why it is chosen | CPC codes | IPC codes | Documents |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F41F1/00 | Launching apparatus for projecting projectiles or missiles from barrels, e.g. cannons; Harpoon guns | Cannons, mortars and other barrel launchers | 5 | 4 | 7,044 |
| F41F3/04 | Rocket or torpedo launchers for rockets | Rocket launchers | 11 | 8 | 9,780 |
| F41G3/14 | Indirect aiming means | Indirect aiming for artillery | 8 | 4 | 7,675 |
| F41G3/04 | Aiming or laying means for dispersing fire from a battery ; for controlling spread of shots; for coordinating fire from spaced weapons | Coordinating fire from a battery or spaced weapons | 1 | 1 | 1,309 |
| F41G5/00 | Elevating or traversing control systems for guns | Elevation and traverse control systems for guns | 12 | 12 | 4,467 |
| F42B30/08 | Ordnance projectiles or missiles, e.g. shells | Artillery shells and mortar bombs | 3 | 3 | 2,044 |
| F42B12/20 | Projectiles, missiles or mines characterised by the warhead, the intended effect, or the material characterised by the warhead or the intended effect of high-explosive type | High-explosive, fragmentation and shaped-charge warheads | 13 | 7 | 8,901 |
| F42B12/58 | Cluster or cargo ammunition, i.e. projectiles containing one or more submissiles | Cluster and cargo munitions | 6 | 5 | 5,801 |
| F42C | Ammunition fuzes; arming or safety means therefor | Ammunition fuzes | 126 | 88 | 70,010 |
| F41F3/06 | Rocket or torpedo launchers for rockets from aircraft | Left out | |||
| F41F3/07 | Underwater launching-apparatus | Left out | |||
| F41F3/073 | Silos for rockets, e.g. mounting or sealing rockets therein | Left out | |||
| F41G5/08 | Ground-based tracking-systems for aerial targets | Left out | |||
| F42C21/00 | Checking fuzes; Testing fuzes | Left out |
CPC and IPC codes are the codes in use on patent documents, at any office, that fall under the entry. Documents is the larger of the two schemes' counts of documents carrying one of them. An entry with no IPC codes can be told apart only in the Cooperative scheme.
The Cooperative codes in use that count towards Land Fires: 185 codes on 114,706 documents. The 150 most used are listed; the full list is in the cpc-to-capability.csv download.
| Code | Title | Under entry | How placed | Documents |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| F42C19/12 | Primers; Detonators electric | F42C | In the scheme | 3,079 |
| F41G3/165 | Sighting devices adapted for indirect laying of fire using a TV-monitor | F41G3/14 | In the scheme | 2,844 |
| F41F3/04 | Rocket or torpedo launchers for rockets | F41F3/04 | In the scheme | 2,601 |
| F42C15/40 | Arming-means in fuzes; Safety means for preventing premature detonation of fuzes or charges wherein the safety or arming action is effected electrically | F42C | In the scheme | 2,433 |
| F42C15/24 | Arming-means in fuzes; Safety means for preventing premature detonation of fuzes or charges wherein the safety or arming action is effected by inertia means | F42C | In the scheme | 2,405 |
| F41F1/00 | Launching apparatus for projecting projectiles or missiles from barrels, e.g. cannons; Harpoon guns | F41F1/00 | In the scheme | 2,353 |
| F42B12/32 | Projectiles, missiles or mines characterised by the warhead, the intended effect, or the material characterised by the warhead or the intended effect of high-explosive type with fragmentation-hull construction the hull or case comprising a plurality of discrete bodies, e.g. steel balls, embedded therein or disposed around the explosive charge | F42B12/20 | In the scheme | 2,112 |
| F42C11/06 | Electric fuzes with time delay by electric circuitry | F42C | In the scheme | 1,747 |
| F42C19/06 | Electric contact parts specially adapted for use with electric fuzes | F42C | In the scheme | 1,714 |
| F42B12/58 | Cluster or cargo ammunition, i.e. projectiles containing one or more submissiles | F42B12/58 | In the scheme | 1,656 |
| F41F1/06 | Mortars | F41F1/00 | In the scheme | 1,623 |
| F42C17/04 | Fuze-setting apparatus for electric fuzes | F42C | In the scheme | 1,609 |
| F42C15/22 | Arming-means in fuzes; Safety means for preventing premature detonation of fuzes or charges wherein a securing-pin or latch is removed to arm the fuze, e.g. removed from the firing-pin using centrifugal force | F42C | In the scheme | 1,581 |
| F41F3/052 | Means for securing the rocket in the launching apparatus | F41F3/04 | In the scheme | 1,515 |
| F42B12/204 | Projectiles, missiles or mines characterised by the warhead, the intended effect, or the material characterised by the warhead or the intended effect of high-explosive type characterised by target class for attacking structures, e.g. specific buildings or fortifications, ships or vehicles | F42B12/20 | In the scheme | 1,469 |
| F42C14/02 | Mechanical fuzes characterised by the ammunition class or type for hand grenades | F42C | In the scheme | 1,401 |
| F42C15/26 | Arming-means in fuzes; Safety means for preventing premature detonation of fuzes or charges wherein the safety or arming action is effected by inertia means using centrifugal force | F42C | In the scheme | 1,376 |
| F42C11/00 | Electric fuzes | F42C | In the scheme | 1,366 |
| F42C15/184 | Arming-means in fuzes; Safety means for preventing premature detonation of fuzes or charges wherein a carrier for an element of the pyrotechnic or explosive train is moved using a slidable carrier | F42C | In the scheme | 1,350 |
| F41F3/042 | Rocket or torpedo launchers for rockets the launching apparatus being used also as a transport container for the rocket | F41F3/04 | In the scheme | 1,345 |
| F42B12/62 | Cluster or cargo ammunition, i.e. projectiles containing one or more submissiles the submissiles being ejected parallel to the longitudinal axis of the projectile | F42B12/58 | In the scheme | 1,321 |
| F42B12/22 | Projectiles, missiles or mines characterised by the warhead, the intended effect, or the material characterised by the warhead or the intended effect of high-explosive type with fragmentation-hull construction | F42B12/20 | In the scheme | 1,316 |
| F41G3/04 | Aiming or laying means for dispersing fire from a battery ; for controlling spread of shots; for coordinating fire from spaced weapons | F41G3/04 | In the scheme | 1,309 |
| F42C15/188 | Arming-means in fuzes; Safety means for preventing premature detonation of fuzes or charges wherein a carrier for an element of the pyrotechnic or explosive train is moved using a rotatable carrier | F42C | In the scheme | 1,286 |
| F42C15/34 | Arming-means in fuzes; Safety means for preventing premature detonation of fuzes or charges wherein the safety or arming action is effected by a blocking-member in the pyrotechnic or explosive train between primer and main charge | F42C | In the scheme | 1,260 |
| F42C15/20 | Arming-means in fuzes; Safety means for preventing premature detonation of fuzes or charges wherein a securing-pin or latch is removed to arm the fuze, e.g. removed from the firing-pin | F42C | In the scheme | 1,208 |
| F41G3/14 | Indirect aiming means | F41G3/14 | In the scheme | 1,143 |
| F42C19/10 | Percussion caps | F42C | In the scheme | 1,116 |
| F42C19/02 | Fuze bodies; Fuze housings | F42C | In the scheme | 1,113 |
| F41G3/145 | Indirect aiming means using a target illuminator | F41G3/14 | In the scheme | 1,083 |
| F42C11/02 | Electric fuzes with piezo-crystal | F42C | In the scheme | 1,063 |
| F42C13/04 | Proximity fuzes; Fuzes for remote detonation operated by radio waves | F42C | In the scheme | 1,022 |
| F41G3/142 | Indirect aiming means based on observation of a first shoot; using a simulated shoot | F41G3/14 | In the scheme | 995 |
| F42C19/083 | Primers or igniters for the initiation or the propellant charge in a cartridged ammunition characterised by the shape and configuration of the base element embedded in the cartridge bottom, e.g. the housing for the squib or percussion cap | F42C | In the scheme | 985 |
| F42B12/60 | Cluster or cargo ammunition, i.e. projectiles containing one or more submissiles the submissiles being ejected radially | F42B12/58 | In the scheme | 963 |
| F42C1/04 | Impact fuzes, i.e. fuzes actuated only by ammunition impact with firing-pin structurally combined with fuze operating by inertia of members on impact | F42C | In the scheme | 960 |
| F41F1/08 | Multibarrel guns, e.g. twin guns | F41F1/00 | In the scheme | 955 |
| F42B30/10 | Mortar projectiles | F42B30/08 | In the scheme | 941 |
| F42B12/20 | Projectiles, missiles or mines characterised by the warhead, the intended effect, or the material characterised by the warhead or the intended effect of high-explosive type | F42B12/20 | In the scheme | 933 |
| F42C19/0807 | Primers; Detonators characterised by the particular configuration of the transmission channels from the priming energy source to the charge to be ignited, e.g. multiple channels, nozzles, diaphragms or filters | F42C | In the scheme | 907 |
| F42C15/42 | Arming-means in fuzes; Safety means for preventing premature detonation of fuzes or charges wherein the safety or arming action is effected electrically from a remote location, e.g. for controlled mines or mine fields | F42C | In the scheme | 901 |
| F42C1/02 | Impact fuzes, i.e. fuzes actuated only by ammunition impact with firing-pin structurally combined with fuze | F42C | In the scheme | 878 |
| F42C19/08 | Primers; Detonators | F42C | In the scheme | 854 |
| F41G5/14 | Elevating or traversing control systems for guns for vehicle-borne guns | F41G5/00 | In the scheme | 850 |
| F41G3/16 | Sighting devices adapted for indirect laying of fire | F41G3/14 | In the scheme | 849 |
| F42B12/24 | Projectiles, missiles or mines characterised by the warhead, the intended effect, or the material characterised by the warhead or the intended effect of high-explosive type with fragmentation-hull construction with grooves, recesses or other wall weakenings | F42B12/20 | In the scheme | 825 |
| F42C11/04 | Electric fuzes with current induction | F42C | In the scheme | 800 |
| F42C19/0826 | Primers or igniters for the initiation or the propellant charge in a cartridged ammunition comprising an elongated perforated tube, i.e. flame tube, for the transmission of the initial energy to the propellant charge, e.g. used for artillery shells and kinetic energy penetrators | F42C | In the scheme | 791 |
| F42C19/00 | Details of fuzes | F42C | In the scheme | 786 |
| F42B30/08 | Ordnance projectiles or missiles, e.g. shells | F42B30/08 | In the scheme | 774 |
| F42C13/02 | Proximity fuzes; Fuzes for remote detonation operated by intensity of light or similar radiation | F42C | In the scheme | 774 |
| F42C11/065 | Programmable electronic delay initiators in projectiles | F42C | In the scheme | 765 |
| F42C11/008 | Power generation in electric fuzes | F42C | In the scheme | 759 |
| F42B12/207 | Projectiles, missiles or mines characterised by the warhead, the intended effect, or the material characterised by the warhead or the intended effect of high-explosive type characterised by the explosive material or the construction of the high explosive warhead, e.g. insensitive ammunition | F42B12/20 | In the scheme | 755 |
| F42C1/06 | Impact fuzes, i.e. fuzes actuated only by ammunition impact with firing-pin structurally combined with fuze operating by inertia of members on impact for any direction of impact | F42C | In the scheme | 750 |
| F42C15/44 | Arrangements for disarming, or for rendering harmless, fuzes after arming, e.g. after launch | F42C | In the scheme | 749 |
| F42C7/12 | Percussion fuzes of the double-action type, i.e. fuzes cocked and fired in a single movement, e.g. by pulling an incorporated percussion pin or hammer | F42C | In the scheme | 749 |
| F42C13/00 | Proximity fuzes; Fuzes for remote detonation | F42C | In the scheme | 746 |
| F41F3/077 | Doors or covers for launching tubes | F41F3/04 | In the scheme | 742 |
| F42C9/10 | Time fuzes; Combined time and percussion or pressure-actuated fuzes; Fuzes for timed self-destruction of ammunition the timing being caused by combustion | F42C | In the scheme | 737 |
| F42C15/295 | Arming-means in fuzes; Safety means for preventing premature detonation of fuzes or charges operated by flow of fluent material, e.g. shot, fluids operated by a turbine or a propeller; Mounting means therefor | F42C | In the scheme | 718 |
| F42C15/31 | Arming-means in fuzes; Safety means for preventing premature detonation of fuzes or charges operated by flow of fluent material, e.g. shot, fluids generated by the combustion of a pyrotechnic or explosive charge within the fuze | F42C | In the scheme | 716 |
| F41F1/10 | Revolving-cannon guns, i.e. multibarrel guns with the barrels and their respective breeches mounted on a rotor; Breech mechanisms therefor | F41F1/00 | In the scheme | 710 |
| F41G5/06 | Elevating or traversing control systems for guns using electric means for remote control | F41G5/00 | In the scheme | 675 |
| F42B12/625 | Cluster or cargo ammunition, i.e. projectiles containing one or more submissiles the submissiles being ejected parallel to the longitudinal axis of the projectile a single submissile arranged in a carrier missile for being launched or accelerated coaxially; Coaxial tandem arrangement of missiles which are active in the target one after the other | F42B12/58 | In the scheme | 671 |
| F42C9/16 | Double fuzes; Multiple fuzes for self-destruction of ammunition | F42C | In the scheme | 653 |
| F42B12/66 | Chain-shot, i.e. the submissiles being interconnected by chains or the like | F42B12/58 | In the scheme | 644 |
| F42C11/007 | Electric circuits for fuzes characterised by the ammunition class or type for land mines | F42C | In the scheme | 622 |
| F42C9/18 | Double fuzes; Multiple fuzes for self-destruction of ammunition when the spin rate falls below a predetermined limit, e.g. a spring force being stronger than the locking action of a centrifugally-operated lock | F42C | In the scheme | 587 |
| F42B12/208 | Projectiles, missiles or mines characterised by the warhead, the intended effect, or the material characterised by the warhead or the intended effect of high-explosive type characterised by a plurality of charges within a single high explosive warhead | F42B12/20 | In the scheme | 585 |
| F42C14/08 | Mechanical fuzes characterised by the ammunition class or type for land mines | F42C | In the scheme | 574 |
| F42C13/023 | Proximity fuzes; Fuzes for remote detonation operated by intensity of light or similar radiation using active distance measurement | F42C | In the scheme | 572 |
| F41F3/0413 | Means for exhaust gas disposal, e.g. exhaust deflectors, gas evacuation systems | F41F3/04 | In the scheme | 563 |
| F42C19/0838 | Primers or igniters for the initiation or the explosive charge in a warhead | F42C | In the scheme | 556 |
| F42C9/02 | Time fuzes; Combined time and percussion or pressure-actuated fuzes; Fuzes for timed self-destruction of ammunition the timing being caused by mechanical means | F42C | In the scheme | 548 |
| F42B12/64 | Cluster or cargo ammunition, i.e. projectiles containing one or more submissiles the submissiles being ejected parallel to the longitudinal axis of the projectile the submissiles being of shot- or flechette-type | F42B12/58 | In the scheme | 546 |
| F42C15/36 | Arming-means in fuzes; Safety means for preventing premature detonation of fuzes or charges wherein arming is effected by combustion or fusion of an element; Arming methods using temperature gradients | F42C | In the scheme | 544 |
| F41G5/00 | Elevating or traversing control systems for guns | F41G5/00 | In the scheme | 536 |
| F42C9/04 | Time fuzes; Combined time and percussion or pressure-actuated fuzes; Fuzes for timed self-destruction of ammunition the timing being caused by mechanical means by spring motor | F42C | In the scheme | 526 |
| F42C14/04 | Mechanical fuzes characterised by the ammunition class or type for torpedoes, marine mines or depth charges | F42C | In the scheme | 523 |
| F42C17/00 | Fuze-setting apparatus | F42C | In the scheme | 518 |
| F41F3/0455 | Bazookas | F41F3/04 | In the scheme | 517 |
| F42C15/00 | Arming-means in fuzes; Safety means for preventing premature detonation of fuzes or charges | F42C | In the scheme | 516 |
| F42C19/0823 | Primers or igniters for the initiation or the propellant charge in a cartridged ammunition | F42C | In the scheme | 507 |
| F42C15/005 | Combination-type safety mechanisms, i.e. two or more safeties are moved in a predetermined sequence to each other | F42C | In the scheme | 489 |
| F42C13/08 | Proximity fuzes; Fuzes for remote detonation operated by variations in magnetic field | F42C | In the scheme | 488 |
| F41G3/147 | Indirect aiming means based on detection of a firing weapon | F41G3/14 | In the scheme | 485 |
| F41G5/24 | Elevating or traversing control systems for guns for vehicle-borne guns for guns on tanks | F41G5/00 | In the scheme | 485 |
| F42C9/142 | Double fuzes; Multiple fuzes combined time and percussion fuzes in which the timing is caused by combustion | F42C | In the scheme | 482 |
| F41F3/055 | Umbilical connecting means | F41F3/04 | In the scheme | 470 |
| F41F3/0406 | Rail launchers | F41F3/04 | In the scheme | 464 |
| F41F3/045 | Rocket or torpedo launchers for rockets adapted to be carried and used by a person, e.g. bazookas | F41F3/04 | In the scheme | 450 |
| F42C15/192 | Arming-means in fuzes; Safety means for preventing premature detonation of fuzes or charges wherein a carrier for an element of the pyrotechnic or explosive train is moved using a rotatable carrier rotatable in a plane which is parallel to the longitudinal axis of the projectile | F42C | In the scheme | 448 |
| F42C19/0803 | Primers; Detonators characterised by the combination of per se known chemical composition in the priming substance | F42C | In the scheme | 446 |
| F42C19/0815 | Intermediate ignition capsules, i.e. self-contained primary pyrotechnic module transmitting the initial firing signal to the secondary explosive, e.g. using electric, radio frequency, optical or percussion signals to the secondary explosive | F42C | In the scheme | 446 |
| F41G5/16 | Elevating or traversing control systems for guns for vehicle-borne guns gyroscopically influenced | F41G5/00 | In the scheme | 445 |
| F42C15/30 | Arming-means in fuzes; Safety means for preventing premature detonation of fuzes or charges operated by flow of fluent material, e.g. shot, fluids of propellant gases, i.e. derived from propulsive charge or rocket motor | F42C | In the scheme | 432 |
| F42C9/14 | Double fuzes; Multiple fuzes | F42C | In the scheme | 431 |
| F42C19/095 | Arrangements of a multiplicity of primers or detonators, dispersed around a warhead, one of the primers or detonators being selected for directional detonation effects | F42C | In the scheme | 409 |
| F42C13/06 | Proximity fuzes; Fuzes for remote detonation operated by sound waves | F42C | In the scheme | 408 |
| F42C5/00 | Fuzes actuated by exposure to a predetermined ambient fluid pressure | F42C | In the scheme | 404 |
| F42C19/04 | Protective caps | F42C | In the scheme | 402 |
| F42C15/285 | Arming-means in fuzes; Safety means for preventing premature detonation of fuzes or charges operated by flow of fluent material, e.g. shot, fluids stored within the fuze housing | F42C | In the scheme | 399 |
| F42C9/048 | Unlocking of clockwork mechanisms, e.g. by inertia or centrifugal forces; Means for disconnecting the clockwork mechanism from the setting mechanism | F42C | In the scheme | 399 |
| F42C1/10 | Impact fuzes, i.e. fuzes actuated only by ammunition impact without firing-pin | F42C | In the scheme | 381 |
| F42C15/18 | Arming-means in fuzes; Safety means for preventing premature detonation of fuzes or charges wherein a carrier for an element of the pyrotechnic or explosive train is moved | F42C | In the scheme | 380 |
| F42C1/08 | Impact fuzes, i.e. fuzes actuated only by ammunition impact with firing-pin structurally combined with fuze with delayed action after ignition of fuze or after impact | F42C | In the scheme | 373 |
| F42C9/12 | Time fuzes; Combined time and percussion or pressure-actuated fuzes; Fuzes for timed self-destruction of ammunition the timing being caused by combustion with ring combustion elements | F42C | In the scheme | 364 |
| F42C19/0819 | Primers or igniters for the initiation of rocket motors, i.e. pyrotechnical aspects thereof | F42C | In the scheme | 355 |
| F42C14/00 | Mechanical fuzes characterised by the ammunition class or type | F42C | In the scheme | 338 |
| F42C15/196 | Arming-means in fuzes; Safety means for preventing premature detonation of fuzes or charges wherein a carrier for an element of the pyrotechnic or explosive train is moved using a rotatable carrier rotatable in a plane which is parallel to the longitudinal axis of the projectile by the action of centrifugal or inertia forces on the carrier body, e.g. the carrier having eccentrically mounted weights or eccentric centre of gravity | F42C | In the scheme | 336 |
| F42C15/21 | Arming-means in fuzes; Safety means for preventing premature detonation of fuzes or charges wherein a securing-pin or latch is removed to arm the fuze, e.g. removed from the firing-pin using spring action | F42C | In the scheme | 336 |
| F42C19/0842 | Arrangements of a multiplicity of primers or detonators, dispersed within a warhead, for multiple mode selection | F42C | In the scheme | 333 |
| F42B30/12 | Mortar projectiles with provision for additional propulsive charges, or for varying the length | F42B30/08 | In the scheme | 329 |
| F42C9/045 | Time fuzes; Combined time and percussion or pressure-actuated fuzes; Fuzes for timed self-destruction of ammunition the timing being caused by mechanical means by spring motor the clockwork activating a security device, e.g. for unlocking the firing-pin and the firing-pin being activated by a spring | F42C | In the scheme | 326 |
| F42C11/001 | Electric circuits for fuzes characterised by the ammunition class or type | F42C | In the scheme | 319 |
| F42C9/00 | Time fuzes; Combined time and percussion or pressure-actuated fuzes; Fuzes for timed self-destruction of ammunition | F42C | In the scheme | 317 |
| F42C9/041 | Time fuzes; Combined time and percussion or pressure-actuated fuzes; Fuzes for timed self-destruction of ammunition the timing being caused by mechanical means by spring motor the clockwork activating a security device, e.g. for unlocking the firing-pin | F42C | In the scheme | 308 |
| F42C1/14 | Impact fuzes, i.e. fuzes actuated only by ammunition impact operating at a predetermined distance from ground or target by means of a protruding member | F42C | In the scheme | 306 |
| F42C15/32 | Arming-means in fuzes; Safety means for preventing premature detonation of fuzes or charges operated by change of fluid pressure | F42C | In the scheme | 304 |
| F42C19/07 | Nose-contacts for projectiles or missiles | F42C | In the scheme | 300 |
| F42C7/06 | Contact fuzes, i.e. fuzes actuated by mechanical contact between a stationary ammunition, e.g. a land mine, and a moving target, e.g. a person actuated by applying pressure on the ammunition head and comprising pneumatic or hydraulic retarding means | F42C | In the scheme | 289 |
| F42C1/00 | Impact fuzes, i.e. fuzes actuated only by ammunition impact | F42C | In the scheme | 288 |
| F42C7/04 | Contact fuzes, i.e. fuzes actuated by mechanical contact between a stationary ammunition, e.g. a land mine, and a moving target, e.g. a person actuated by applying pressure on the ammunition head | F42C | In the scheme | 287 |
| F42C19/085 | Primers for caseless ammunition | F42C | In the scheme | 283 |
| F41G5/18 | Tracking systems for guns on aircraft | F41G5/00 | In the scheme | 276 |
| F41G5/20 | Elevating or traversing control systems for guns for vehicle-borne guns for guns on ships | F41G5/00 | In the scheme | 276 |
| F42C14/06 | Mechanical fuzes characterised by the ammunition class or type for fall bombs | F42C | In the scheme | 274 |
| F42C19/09 | Primers or detonators containing a hollow charge | F42C | In the scheme | 274 |
| F42C15/23 | Arming-means in fuzes; Safety means for preventing premature detonation of fuzes or charges wherein a securing-pin or latch is removed to arm the fuze, e.g. removed from the firing-pin by unwinding a flexible ribbon or tape | F42C | In the scheme | 262 |
| F42C3/00 | Fuzes actuated by exposure to a liquid, e.g. seawater | F42C | In the scheme | 261 |
| F42C7/00 | Fuzes actuated by application of a predetermined mechanical force, e.g. tension, torsion, pressure | F42C | In the scheme | 260 |
| F41G5/26 | Apparatus for testing or checking | F41G5/00 | In the scheme | 259 |
| F42C13/047 | Remotely actuated projectile fuzes operated by radio transmission links | F42C | In the scheme | 255 |
| F42B12/202 | Projectiles, missiles or mines characterised by the warhead, the intended effect, or the material characterised by the warhead or the intended effect of high-explosive type characterised by target class for attacking land area or area targets, e.g. airburst | F42B12/20 | In the scheme | 248 |
| F42C14/045 | Mechanical fuzes characterised by the ammunition class or type for torpedoes, marine mines or depth charges having electric igniters | F42C | In the scheme | 247 |
| F42C15/29 | Arming-means in fuzes; Safety means for preventing premature detonation of fuzes or charges operated by flow of fluent material, e.g. shot, fluids operated by fluidic oscillators; operated by dynamic fluid pressure, e.g. ram-air operated | F42C | In the scheme | 243 |
| F42C9/141 | Impact fuze in combination with a clockwork time fuze | F42C | In the scheme | 236 |
| F42C13/006 | Proximity fuzes; Fuzes for remote detonation for non-guided, spinning, braked or gravity-driven weapons, e.g. parachute-braked sub-munitions | F42C | In the scheme | 224 |
| F42C11/005 | Electric circuits for fuzes characterised by the ammunition class or type for marine warheads, e.g. torpedoes, mines, depth charges | F42C | In the scheme | 218 |
| F42C15/16 | Arming-means in fuzes; Safety means for preventing premature detonation of fuzes or charges wherein the firing pin is displaced out of the action line for safety | F42C | In the scheme | 213 |
| F41F1/085 | Multibarrel guns, e.g. twin guns with oscillating barrels; with barrels having variable relative orientation | F41F1/00 | In the scheme | 205 |
| F42C19/0834 | Arrangements of a multiplicity of primers or detonators dispersed within a propellant charge for increased efficiency | F42C | In the scheme | 203 |
| F42B12/28 | Projectiles, missiles or mines characterised by the warhead, the intended effect, or the material characterised by the warhead or the intended effect of high-explosive type with fragmentation-hull construction the projectile wall being built from annular elements | F42B12/20 | In the scheme | 202 |
| F41G3/18 | Auxiliary target devices adapted for indirect laying of fire | F41G3/14 | In the scheme | 201 |
| F42B12/205 | Projectiles, missiles or mines characterised by the warhead, the intended effect, or the material characterised by the warhead or the intended effect of high-explosive type characterised by target class for attacking aerial targets | F42B12/20 | In the scheme | 200 |
| F42C15/38 | Arming-means in fuzes; Safety means for preventing premature detonation of fuzes or charges wherein arming is effected by chemical action | F42C | In the scheme | 199 |
| F42C19/0846 | Arrangements of a multiplicity of primers or detonators, dispersed within a warhead, for increased efficiency | F42C | In the scheme | 198 |
| F42C9/06 | Time fuzes; Combined time and percussion or pressure-actuated fuzes; Fuzes for timed self-destruction of ammunition the timing being caused by mechanical means by flow of fluent material, e.g. shot, fluids | F42C | In the scheme | 198 |
| F42C13/042 | Proximity fuzes; Fuzes for remote detonation operated by radio waves based on distance determination by coded radar techniques | F42C | In the scheme | 172 |
Match: Through its tools
The classification names the equipment or technology the capability draws on, not the capability. The count says how much is being invented for it, not how well it is done. Tactical missiles cannot be separated from longer-range ones and are counted under Long-Range Strike; fuzes and warheads here also serve bombs, mines and naval guns. The crosswalk is a first pass that nobody has reviewed.
Other capabilities in Land Power
- Combined Arms Manoeuvre
- Battlefield Aviation & Uncrewed Systems
- Special Operations & Irregular Warfare