GRENADE LAUNCHER Russian patent published in 2010 - IPC F41A1/00 F41A17/36 F41A17/64 

FIELD: weapons and ammunition.

SUBSTANCE: grenade launcher comprises casing, barrel, trigger with spring, cylindrical hammer with firing spring arranged there inside, sear with spring and safety lever with spring. Guide is arranged above the barrel with spring embracing it, spring one end resting on casing front wall. It has also magazine with spring-loaded latch representing three-crank lever, its one crank allows locking barrel back stroke after it comes forward with magazine removed. Second crank can enter the slot in one of magazine walls. Third crank extends beyond grenade launcher casing edge to be acted on be gunner's finger. Safety lever moves the hammer by making one of safety lever ledges interacting with shaped ledge on hammer surface. Locking link has circular shape with orifice for hammer to pass through and locking ledges on outer surface to engage with shaped ledges on barrel breech end. Hammer surface has additional pair of ledges to slide in mating screw slots arranged on inner surface of said circular locking link.

EFFECT: simplified design higher safety.

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