Ordnance – Rocket launching – Having tubular guide means
Patent
1986-07-28
1987-06-16
Brown, David H.
Ordnance
Rocket launching
Having tubular guide means
89 1815, 89 17, F41F 3045
Patent
active
046728813
ABSTRACT:
A recoilless rocket launcher including a rocket launch tube which is resintly coupled to a support member. Points of contact to the gunner who fires the rocket from a rocket launch tube are to the shoulder and the hand which grips a hand grip which is part of the firing mechanism integrally attached to the support member. The resilient coupling for support member is comprised of a resilient material selected from the group consisting of a butene-diolefin copolymer, rubber, plastic, leather, or fiberous paper. The resilient material disposed in spaced relation adjacent opposite ends of the support member resiliently couples the support member to the launch tube. The nonrigid coupling effects the transfer mechanisms to result in a time offset, extended reaction time, and a reduced total impressed impulse transferable to the gunner prior to rocket exiting the rocket launch tube. This described action is accomplished by the resilient coupling, and in an advanced embodiment, sliding means to allow the rocket launch tube to freely slide in the support member also permits a significant delay and a reduction in the forces that can be transferred directly to the gunner to thereby derive benefits including improved personal comfort to the gunner, enhancement of confidence level in system, and a significant improvement in the expected accuracy of the rocket launched to a target from a shoulder fired rocket launcher.
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Arszman Jerrold H.
Betts Robert E.
Brown David H.
Bush Freddie M.
Garvin, Jr. John C.
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of
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