Rotating protection device for a tubular rocket launcher
AssigneeAEREA S.p.A.
InventorsLuca Andrea Pernechele, Stefano Rondoni
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Abstract
A protection device for a rocket launcher includes a cover with a triplet of openings arranged in angularly equidistant positions so as to allow a passage of the rockets housed in two alternating triplets of rocket housings. An actuation means is designed to rotate the cover between a first position in which the triplet of openings is aligned with the first triplet of openings and a second position in which the triplet of openings is aligned with the second triplet of housings.
Claims6
Protection device for a tubular rocket launcher provided with a first and a second triplet, of rocket housings arranged in angularly equidistant positions with respect to an axis of the rocket launcher, the housings of the first triplet being alternated with the housings of the second triplet, said protection device comprising:
- a circular cover applied in a coaxially rotatable fashion to the rocket launcher, the circular cover forming a front closure of a front end of said rocket launcher and an actuation means for rotating said cover,
- said cover comprising a triplet of openings arranged in angularly equidistant positions so as to allow the passage of rockets housed in one or the other of said first and second triplet of housings, and
- said cover comprises a triplet of safety portions, each provided with a weakening line arranged for breaking the corresponding safety portion without fragments, said safety portions being angularly interposed between said openings of the cover, and
- said actuation means designed to rotate the cover between a first position in which said triplet of openings is aligned with said first triplet of housings and a second position in which said triplet of openings is aligned with said second triplet of housings.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.