HAND GRENADE LAUNCHER Russian patent published in 2003 - IPC

FIELD: military equipment, development of portable recoilless disposable grenade launchers. SUBSTANCE: given hand grenade launcher has launching tube-container with trigger assembly and handle, grenade with jet engine and countermass. Countermass in the form of thin-walled barrel attached to engine is uniaxially mounted for displacement in launching tube-container. Grenade is installed in barrel and is pulled towards engine as far as it goes by means of tightener positioned in free space of rear part of grenade in the form of bar of variable diameter. Larger diameter of it with ring throttle clearance is located in cylindrical perforated sleeve of front bottom of engine transferring to precombustion chamber. Bottom of sleeve has throttling holes and is pulled towards grenade tightener by calibrated bursting element. EFFECT: recoilless launch, increased speed and range of grenade flight, constant length of tube-container without increase of passive mass of grenade launcher. 2 dwg