ROCKET LAUNCHER Russian patent published in 2004 - IPC

FIELD: military equipment, in particular, stationary and movable automatic small arms mounts. SUBSTANCE: the rocket launcher has a cradle with a spring-loaded slide, elevating mechanism and a magazine with an ammunition stowage. The elevating mechanism is made in the form of an electric drive with an extensible rod that coupled to the cradle by means of a shackle and transverse support. The rocket launcher ammunition stowage is positioned in an armored magazine fixed on the turret. The rockets in the magazine are installed vertically, interconnected with the aid of links forming a belt that is brought to the rocket launcher through a guide neck with rollers and a tube fixed in the axis of rotation of the rocket launcher. EFFECT: reduced time of weapon elevation, eliminated probability of hitting of the shooter and ammunition by bullets and fragments, as well as improved conditions of packing of the ammunition stowage in the magazine. 2 dwg