Mechanical hand grenade launcher

Details Mechanical hand grenade launcher Mechanical hand grenade launcher

1996-09-13

1997-11-25

Ricci, John A.

Mechanical guns and projectors

Spring

Guided projectile

124 16, 124 37, F41B 700

Patent

active

056900899

ABSTRACT:
A mechanical hand grenade launcher comprised of a launch tube and spring-ven plunger for propelling a hand grenade to a target area. At the aft end of the launcher is a charging handle that when pulled rearward compresses a spring within the launcher tube. When the spring has been sufficiently compressed, the spring is then locked in the cocked position by a safety pin attached to a first lanyard. A hand grenade is loaded through the fore end of the launcher and the grenade's pull pin is attached to a second lanyard. When rearward force is applied to the second lanyard, the grenade pull pin is dislodged from the grenade. To launch the grenade, rearward force is applied to the first lanyard dislodging the safety pin which releases the spring. The force of the expanding spring imparted to the hand grenade propels the hand grenade out of the fore end of the launch tube toward the target area.

REFERENCES:
patent: 768028 (1904-08-01), Braun
patent: 1054906 (1913-03-01), Gray
patent: 1414827 (1922-05-01), Peterson
patent: 2048061 (1936-07-01), Donato
patent: 2600883 (1952-06-01), King
patent: 2751711 (1956-06-01), Greenwood

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