Modular munitions deployment platform

A munitions deployment system comprising:

• a modular munitions deployment platform having:
• a front compartment adapted to receive a front ALL-PURPOSE LIGHTWEIGHT INDIVIDUAL CARRYING EQUIPMENT PACK (ALICE pack) of an Anti-Personnel Obstacle Breaching System, said Anti-Personnel Obstacle Breaching System including a rocket and a line charge and said front ALICE pack having a front edge and a rear edge;
• a rear compartment adapted to receive and releasably secure a rear ALICE pack of said Anti-Personnel Obstacle Breaching System said rear ALICE pack having a front edge and a rear edge;
• the front and rear compartments positioned so that the rear edge of the front ALICE pack and the front edge of the rear ALICE pack form a fulcrum when these two edges come into contact as the rear ALICE pack is pulled by the rocket of the Anti-Personnel Obstacle Breaching System, whereby the rear ALICE pack is rotatably released from said rear compartment to be propelled into the air where the rear ALICE pack can function as a drogue to assist in extending the charge line of the Anti-Personnel Obstacle Breaching System;
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• a vehicle upon which said modular munitions deployment platform is mounted.

A process of mounting and deploying an Anti-Personnel Obstacle Breaching System (APOBS) munitions set from a system the APOBS including a rocket and a line charge, comprising:

• an unmanned ground vehicle;
• a wagon towed by the unmanned ground vehicle;
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• a modular munitions deployment platform disposed on said wagon, said modular munitions deployment platform including:
• a front compartment adapted to receive a front ALL-PURPOSE LIGHTWEIGHT INDIVIDUAL CARRYING EQUIPMENT PACK (ALICE pack) of said Anti-Personnel Obstacle Breaching System,
• a rear compartment adapted to receive and releasably secure a rear ALICE pack of said Anti-Personnel Obstacle Breaching System,
• the front and rear compartments positioned so that the rear edge of the front ALICE pack and the front edge of the rear ALICE pack form a fulcrum when these two edges come into contact as the rear ALICE pack is pulled by the rocket of the Anti-Personnel Obstacle Breaching System, whereby the rear ALICE pack is rotatably released from said rear compartment to be propelled into the air where the rear ALICE pack can function as a drogue to assist in extending the charge line of the Anti-Personnel Obstacle Breaching System;
• the process comprising the steps of:
• mounting a front ALICE pack of an APOBS munitions set into said front wagon compartment on said wagon;
• mounting a rear ALICE pack of an APOBS munitions set into a rear wagon compartment on said wagon;
• connecting a charge line from said rear ALICE pack to the mating end of a charge line from said front ALICE pack;
• connecting said charge line from said front ALICE pack to the rocket of said APOBS munitions set;
• positioning the system of an unmanned ground vehicle and a wagon towed from said unmanned ground vehicle into a selected position at the edge of a obstacle to be cleared;
• deploying the APOBS munitions set across the obstacle by remotely firing the rocket of the APOBS system such that the rocket drags the charge line of the front compartment until it is fully extended, said rocket then dragging the connected charge line from the rear compartment, said rocket then dragging the entirety of said rear ALICE pack into a pivoting upward rotation against the front ALICE pack, such that the rear ALICE pack cover is also launched into the air, said rear ALICE pack body then acting as a drogue to assist in full deployment of the total charge line across the minefield or other obstacle.