ANTITANK MISSILE COMPLEX Russian patent published in 2009 - IPC F41F3/42 

FIELD: combat equipment.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to antitank missile complex (ATMC). ATMC comprises container with missile and connector socket arranged at container rear, if seen on the container loading side, and hooks representing two ledges with thrust flats arranged at the container front. Orientation assembly incorporates a guide representing a rigid partition with arc-like cutout and an additional rigid partition with the like arc-like cutout arranged at the launcher center. It comprises also a horizontal flat located ahead of the guides and in the guide thrust surface plane. Guide slots and connector plug have lead-in parts, while center of mass of container with missile is located between aforesaid additional container and guide slots. Distance from the connector plug lower generatrix to additional partition arc-like cutout lower generatrix exceeds that to partition arc-like cutout lower generatrix, but is smaller than that to container lower generatrix. Aforesaid partition with arc-like cutout can be located above connector plug, while distance between the hook ledges, in direction perpendicular to container loading direction, and extreme generatrixes of arc-like cutouts can equal the container diametre. Guide slot lead-in parts can represent vertical angular slopes, while those of connector plug can represent circular chamber facing the socket.

EFFECT: simpler design, lower weight.

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