ROCKET LAUNCHER Russian patent published in 2003 - IPC

FIELD: rocketry, applicable in complexes of rocket weapon of surface ships. SUBSTANCE: the rocket launcher is provided with an external irrigation system and intake devices of the thermostatting system of the launching tubes. Every launching tube is provided with internal irrigation and chemical fire suppression systems with movable and elastically deformable devices. The shock-absorbing supports are made in the form of two independent mutually perpendicular axles with damping members enclosed in movable bodies. The supporting longitudinal beams are made continuous and closed over the entire length and provided with hatches with flanges and covers. The movable devices of the launching tube irrigation systems may be made in the form of a branch pipe. The elastically deformable devices of the chemical fire suppression system may be made as a tubular component, and the intake devices of the thermostatting system- in the form of bellows. The hatches may be positioned in the recesses of the flanges in such a way that the surfaces of the covers would be inclined relative to the surfaces of the supporting longitudinal beams. EFFECT: provided storage and launching of rockets that require sustaining of definite temperature conditions in the launching tubes. 3 cl, 7 dwg