Installation for launching missiles

Details Installation for launching missiles Installation for launching missiles

1977-07-05

1979-02-27

Brown, David H.

Ordnance

Mounts

Disappearing gun

89 1802, 89 1815, 89 40B, F41F 2302

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041412770

ABSTRACT:
An installation for launching missiles from an armored vehicle provided with a closed component for personnel and a periscopic sighting device, comprising a housing provided in the compartment, surrounding the sighting device and opening through a wall of the compartment, a launching ramp mounted on a lifting mechanism operable to move the ramp between a firing position outside the housing and a retracted position in which the ramp and lifting mechanism are located within the housing, and a closure for closing the opening of the housing when the ramp is in its retracted position, the closure then lying in extension of the wall of the compartment. A rotatable support mechanism for the lifting mechanism is provided in the housing and surrounds the sighting device such that the ramp is rotatable around the sighting device at least in the firing position thereof.

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patent: 1376536 (1921-05-01), Gunn
patent: 3309962 (1967-03-01), Lykam
patent: 3379098 (1968-04-01), Zurbuchen
patent: 3545837 (1970-12-01), Chapman
patent: 3800659 (1974-04-01), Kuiper
patent: 4010672 (1977-03-01), Kolbinger et al.
patent: 4019422 (1977-04-01), Maghuson

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