ROCKET LAUNCHER Russian patent published in 2003 - IPC

FIELD: rocket systems. SUBSTANCE: the rocket launcher has a base and a bank of launching tubes that is movable and serves for orientation in elevation and azimuth, provision is made for two drives-hinges interconnected by rotating links, the axis of the drives do not intersect and are located relative to each other at a right angle, the body of one of them is linked with the bank of the launching tubes, and the body of the other - with the base and the its axis is positioned in parallel with the base. EFFECT: simplified construction and improved mass and dimensional indices, enhanced stiffness of the supporting - rotary device; expanded functional potentiabilities due to provision of a joint of the supporting-rotary device to the bank of launching tubes for rockets of various classes and standard sizes. 4 cl, 21 dwg