HAND-HELD GRENADE LAUNCHER Russian patent published in 2017 - IPC F41F3/45 

FIELD: weapon and ammunition.

SUBSTANCE: grenade launcher contains a launch tube-container, a barrel, a grenade, an engine including a body with a nozzle cluster, a propelling powder, a thin-walled tube with gas holes, an adapter with a cavity and with orifice holes and initiator, a back cover and a triggering mechanism with a handle. The grenade launcher is equipped with a thin-walled cap with a flange and a central hole. The launch tube-container is made with an internal annular cannelure and with an expansion cone at the rear end. The back cover comprises a cylindrical surface on which an outer annular rim is formed, which is reciprocated by an inner annular cannelure in the launch tube-container. The thin-walled cap is made of polymer material. In the outer annular rim and in the cylindrical surface of the back cover common through radial grooves are executed.

EFFECT: increased safety when using a grenade launcher.

2 cl, 4 dwg