MOBILE COMBAT LASER COMPLEX AND METHOD OF INCREASING ITS COMBAT EFFICIENCY Russian patent published in 2013 - IPC F41F3/04 

FIELD: weapons and ammunition.

SUBSTANCE: proposed complex comprises caterpillar-tracked fighting machine with combat laser there atop and, at least, one auxiliary machine with bogie landing carriage. Armored compartment of fighting machine accommodate fuel tank. Combat laser is mounted above armored compartment in vertical armored cylinder on rotary platform and comprises liquid propellant rocket engine with turbo pump unit and combustion chamber arranged vertically to exhaust combustion products vertically upward, and, at least, one resonator arranged inclined to combustion chamber axis. Armored cylinder top part is closed by armored cap with hole made at its center to comply in shape in size with nozzle edge. Armored cylinder has holes to accommodate resonator lenses. Auxiliary machine makes, at least, one refueller.

EFFECT: higher survivorship and combat readiness.

10 cl, 13 dwg