AUTOMATED MISSILE LOADING SYSTEM INTO SELF-PROPELLED LAUNCHER OF MOBILE COASTAL MISSILE SYSTEM Russian patent published in 2020 - IPC F41A9/04 

FIELD: military equipment.

SUBSTANCE: automated missile loading system into self-propelled launcher of mobile coastal missile system comprises self-propelled launcher (SPL) with transport module fixed on chassis power frame, with opening rear flaps, lodgments for placement of transport-launching containers (TLC) with missiles and transloader (TL), including transport module fixed on chassis power frame, with opening rear flaps, motor-reducer and chain drive. TL comprises positioning platform arranged on hydraulic supports on chassis power frame, on which unlocked lodgments interconnected by means of guides are rigidly fixed. Lodgments accommodate cylindrical rollers, as well as TLC with missile movement mechanism. On the SPL there is a starting device including a guide boom with movable carriages installed on it. Except for rear flaps, SPL and TL contain upper flaps to provide crane loading TLC, and lodgments for SPL are made open with possibility of unloading empty TLC in vertical position. On standard assemblies of chassis bumper attachment there is a beam for docking and leveling SPL with TL.

EFFECT: broader operational capabilities of the system and shorter recharging of the ammunition.

1 cl, 7 dwg