Advanced individual combat weapon
AssigneeCortese Armaments Consulting
InventorRobert A. Cortese
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Abstract
An advanced individual combat weapon system provides a means of delivering a small warhead fired from a combat rifle over a range of at least 1200 meters with great accuracy and without a violent back blast. The delivery system is a small fin-stabilized, laser-guided solid propellant rocket with an integral control system for ignition and in-flight correction to the desired target. The target is acquired and illuminated by an infrared laser spot generated from a laser illuminator combined with an optical rangefinder mounted on the rifle. The firing of a small booster cartridge launches the rocket from a launch tube. The control system senses the reflected laser energy of the correct wavelength and corrects the flight based on the directional intensity of the reflected laser energy directed to the target.
Claims14
An advanced individual combat weapon comprising:
- a combat rifle having a frame with a barrel and a combination scope-rangefinder and laser illuminator mounted thereon;
- a supplemental frame mounted under said rifle barrel;
- a trigger means, a launch tube, and a booster cartridge chamber mounted to said supplemental frame such that said trigger means controls the firing of a booster cartridge disposed within the chamber;
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- a fin-stabilized, laser-guided rocket having an onboard flight control system disposed within said launch tube such that firing of a booster cartridge from said chamber launches said rocket.
A rocket launcher for used in conjunction with a combat rifle which has a frame with a barrel and a combination scope-rangefinder and laser illuminator mounted to the rifle frame, the rocket launcher comprising:
- a supplemental frame mounted under said rifle barrel;
- a trigger means, a launch tube, and a booster cartridge chamber mounted to said supplemental frame such that said trigger means controls the firing of a booster cartridge disposed within the chamber;
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- a fin-stabilized, laser-guided rocket having an on board flight control system disposed within said launch tube such that firing of a booster cartridge from said chamber launches said rocket.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.