SUBBARREL GRENADE LAUNCHER Russian patent published in 2004 - IPC

FIELD: armament equipment, in particular, antipersonnel subbarrel grenade launchers. SUBSTANCE: the subbarrel grenade launcher to a standard submachine gun has a barrel, receiver with joints to the submachine gun, hammer firing mechanism with a hammer blocking device and a frame sight with range marks. The novelty in the subbarrel grenade launcher is in the fact that the hammer blocking device is made in the form of a spring-loaded double-arm lever installed on a pin of the hammer firing mechanism. The upper arm of the lever is engageable with the lower surface of the fore grip of the submachine gun when the grenade launcher is attached to it, and the lower arm of the lever overlaps the travel of the trigger with the hammer at detachment of the grenade launcher from the submachine gun. Through slots are made in the frame sight at the same level with the range marks, the height of the slots corresponds to the human height dimensions visible at various distances from the bomber. EFFECT: enhanced safety of operation of the subbarrel grenade launcher in the traveling position, enhanced efficiency of fire. 3 dwg