ROCKET LAUNCHER USING EXPLOSIVE TUBULAR BOOSTER Russian patent published in 2003 - IPC

FIELD: military equipment, applicable in designing of rocket launchers. SUBSTANCE: the rocket launcher has a launching barrel in the form of a metal tube, propellant charge, electric primers and a projected body. The propellant charge is positioned in combustion chambers separated by partitions connected by an electric circuit. The electric primers are positioned in the propellant charge, and the last combustion chamber serves as a locking mechanism. The quantity of combustion chambers makes up two and more. A through hollow tube is used as the launching barrel, the tube thickness increases to the place of arrangement of the propellant charge. EFFECT: enhanced range and velocity of rocket flight. 3 cl, 1 dwg