Submarine weapon-handling and discharge system
AssigneeJohn Lindsay & Son (Decorators) Ltd.
InventorHarold James Armstrong
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Abstract
A weapons-handling and discharge system for a submarine which comprises a rotatable rack for attachment around the exterior of the pressure hull of a submarine, canisters to contain weapons, an exterior casing provided around the pressure hull, forward or rearward facing apertures in the casing, and a mechanism for discharging the weapon from the canister and through the aperture. The canisters are located between the pressure hull and the exterior casing and are locked to the rack.
Claims34
A weapons-handling and discharge system for a submarine having a pressure hull, which system comprises:
- a rack for attachment around the exterior of the pressure hull of the submarine, said rack being rotatable around an axis extending the length of the pressure hull,
- a plurality of canisters to contain weapons, said canisters having longitudinal axes parallel to the longitudinal axis of the pressure hull,
- an exterior casing provided around the pressure hull, the canisters being located between the pressure hull and the exterior casing,
- means to lock the canisters to the rack,
- a plurality of forward or rearward facing apertures in the casing, and
- means to discharge the weapons from the canisters and through the apertures.
A weapons-handling and discharge system according to claim 22, wherein the opening means comprises a hydraulic ram.
A submarine comprising:
- a pressure hull,
- an external casing provided around the pressure hull, and
- a weapons-handling and discharge system including:
- a rack for attachment around the exterior of the pressure hull of the submarine, said rack being rotatable around an axis extending the length of the pressure hull,
- a plurality of canisters to contain weapons, the canisters having longitudinal axes parallel to the longitudinal axis of the pressure hull and being located between the pressure hull and the casing,
- means to lock the canisters to the rack,
- a plurality of forward or rearward facing apertures in the casing, and
- means to discharge the weapon from its canister and through the aperture.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.