DEVICE FOR LAUNCHING MISSILES Russian patent published in 2012 - IPC F41F3/04 

FIELD: weapons and ammunition.

SUBSTANCE: device for launching missiles comprises a through launching tube having the front and rear ends. The device comprises a semiconic gas blasting tray expanding in longitudinal direction and hingedly fixed on the rear end of the launching tube, and a driving mechanism of a tray. The tray is installed as capable of rotation relative to the inner surface of the launching tube by an angle of 180-220 degrees, and is arranged with the length that is 3-4 times more than the diameter of the output cross section of the launching tube. Between the launching tube and the tray there is a corrugated spacer installed, fixed with its edges to ends of the launching tube and the tray and made of a flexible material.

EFFECT: reduced gas-dynamic impact at the moment of missile launching.

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