UNIVERSAL SHIPBORNE VERTICAL LAUNCHER Russian patent published in 2022 - IPC F41F3/04 

FIELD: military equipment.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to military equipment, namely to shipboard launchers (SL) vertical launch, designed for storage and transportation on surface ships of missiles in transport and launch containers (TLC), as well as preparation and production of missile launch from TLC. The universal ship's SL contains the upper and lower bases, made with the possibility of fixing on the upper deck and the foundation of the ship, respectively, and a welded frame installed between them, forming four cells containing racks and guide beams made to interact with support carriages with the possibility of moving and fixing on regular places in the cell. Support carriages contain a platform with seats, in the upper part of which there are catchers made with the ability to interact with the TLC, a movement drive, a fixation mechanism at a given height. The seats for the TLC contain conical pins, an electrical connector with a docking mechanism, a gripping device that serves to hold the TLC from vertical movement relative to the support carriage.

EFFECT: invention is aimed at creating a simple and reliable design of a universal shipborne vertical launch launcher, which provides the possibility of safe reception and placement of the TLC, the adaptability of the launcher to various types of TLC.

8 cl, 6 dwg