DISPOSABLE ROCKET LAUNCHER Russian patent published in 2001 - IPC

FIELD: hand armament. SUBSTANCE: the rocket launcher has a launching tube carrying a rocket with a jet engine, closed with elastic covers on the muzzle and breech ends made with radial and central thinnings, firing mechanism and a sighting device. The rocket launcher is provided with an acoustic damper made in the form of a muzzle flexible adapter of angle with conical cross-pieces tying it together on the side facing the muzzle end side with the open part, and a flexible shield with two-sided recesses. Oval-shaped gas-dynamic holes are formed between the shields and the breech end in the launching tube, with the larger side positioned perpendicularly to the axis of the launching tube. EFFECT: reduced effect of sound shock, blinding flash on the shooter at a shot, reduced dangerous zone behind the rocket launcher at a shot. 2 cl, 5 dwg