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US 4,151,780 AGranted
Device for recoilless firing of a missile
AssigneeAB Bofors
InventorClaes R. Andersson
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Abstract
A device providing for the recoilless firing of a missile from a launching tube and comprising a gas generator surrounding a rear portion of the tube, with a plurality of apertures formed in the tube and positioned to allow high pressure gas to pass from the gas generator into an area behind the missile to provide a sufficient launch force.
Claims8
A launch assembly for providing recoilless firing of a missile-like device, and comprising:
- a hollow launch tube surrounding and supporting said missile positioned therein, said launch tube including a ring shaped rear end portion of substantially constant diameter which is open at opposite ends and extending beyond a rear edge surface of said missile to form an open-ended empty chamber behind said missile;
- a gas generating assembly surrounding and attached to an outer surface of said rear end portion and capable of providing high pressure gas adjacent said outer surface;
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- means for directing said high pressure gas radially inwardly from said gas generating assembly through a wall of said rear end portion and into said empty chamber to provide a force for recoilless launching of said missile.
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