ROCKET LAUNCHER AND LAUNCHING TUBE OF ROCKET LAUNCHER Russian patent published in 2000 - IPC

FIELD: devices for rocket launching. SUBSTANCE: rocket launcher has a launching tube, whose breech end accommodates the rocket tail assembly with twist members. Installed before the breech end of the launching tube is a rocket launch booster, which is destructed by the rocket twist members. The launching tube has a power layer of composite material and an interlayer of polymeric material engageable with the leading blade members of the rocket. The power layer of the tube breech end shell has longitudinal grooves for the leading blade members of the rocket. Installed in the shell interlayer before the tube breech end is an annular member of highly strong material for its destruction by the leading blade members of the rocket. EFFECT: enhanced accuracy of fire, simplified design of launcher. 4 cl, 4 dwg