GB1364728A - Launching tube for a missile - Google Patents

Launching tube for a missile

Info

Publication number
GB1364728A
GB1364728A GB5270471A GB5270471A GB1364728A GB 1364728 A GB1364728 A GB 1364728A GB 5270471 A GB5270471 A GB 5270471A GB 5270471 A GB5270471 A GB 5270471A GB 1364728 A GB1364728 A GB 1364728A
Authority
GB
United Kingdom
Prior art keywords
tube
chamber
missile
piston
open
Prior art date
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
Expired
Application number
GB5270471A
Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)
Airbus Defence and Space GmbH
Original Assignee
Messerschmitt Bolkow Blohm AG
Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)
Filing date
Publication date
Application filed by Messerschmitt Bolkow Blohm AG filed Critical Messerschmitt Bolkow Blohm AG
Publication of GB1364728A publication Critical patent/GB1364728A/en
Expired legal-status Critical Current

Links

Classifications

    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F41—WEAPONS
    • F41A—FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS COMMON TO BOTH SMALLARMS AND ORDNANCE, e.g. CANNONS; MOUNTINGS FOR SMALLARMS OR ORDNANCE
    • F41A1/00—Missile propulsion characterised by the use of explosive or combustible propellant charges
    • F41A1/08—Recoilless guns, i.e. guns having propulsion means producing no recoil
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F41—WEAPONS
    • F41A—FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS COMMON TO BOTH SMALLARMS AND ORDNANCE, e.g. CANNONS; MOUNTINGS FOR SMALLARMS OR ORDNANCE
    • F41A1/00—Missile propulsion characterised by the use of explosive or combustible propellant charges
    • F41A1/08—Recoilless guns, i.e. guns having propulsion means producing no recoil
    • F41A1/10—Recoilless guns, i.e. guns having propulsion means producing no recoil a counter projectile being used to balance recoil
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F42—AMMUNITION; BLASTING
    • F42B—EXPLOSIVE CHARGES, e.g. FOR BLASTING, FIREWORKS, AMMUNITION
    • F42B29/00—Noiseless, smokeless, or flashless missiles launched by their own explosive propellant

Abstract

1364728 Launching tube MESSERSCHMITT - BOLKOW - BLOHM GmbH 12 Nov 1971 [13 Nov 1970] 52704/71 Heading F3C A missile 6, Fig. 1, is mounted in a ring 9 which is slidable in a tube 1. A combustion chamber 10 is formed between a portion of the tube 1, an end wall 4 and a piston 8 which is located within the tube. A propulsive charge 7, having a primer 11, is positioned in the chamber 10 and, when ignited, forces the piston 8 towards the open (front) end 3 of the tube. The missile 6 is projected therefrom and both the piston 8 and the ring 9 are arrested by a stop 5. Thus the chamber 10 remains gas-tight so that flash is obscured and sound is reduced. In other embodiments the piston is omitted and a diaphragm is attached to the open (front) end of the tube and extends therein; the diaphragm may be replaced by two pistons, one of which engages the missile and the other engages a high-density shock-absorbing filling which may be ejected; the propulsive charge may be located within bellows or the chamber may be supplied with pressurized gas from an external source, which chamber is formed between two diaphragms, one attached to the open (front) end of a tube and the other to the open (rear) end of the tube.
GB5270471A 1970-11-13 1971-11-12 Launching tube for a missile Expired GB1364728A (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
DE2055805A DE2055805C3 (en) 1970-11-13 1970-11-13 Launching device for projectiles

Publications (1)

Publication Number Publication Date
GB1364728A true GB1364728A (en) 1974-08-29

Family

ID=5787957

Family Applications (1)

Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
GB5270471A Expired GB1364728A (en) 1970-11-13 1971-11-12 Launching tube for a missile

Country Status (8)

Country Link
US (1) US3800656A (en)
BE (1) BE775170A (en)
CH (1) CH529327A (en)
DE (1) DE2055805C3 (en)
FR (1) FR2114573A5 (en)
GB (1) GB1364728A (en)
IT (1) IT940508B (en)
SE (1) SE389189B (en)

Cited By (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB2406896A (en) * 2001-03-27 2005-04-13 Mbda Uk Ltd Missile launch apparatus
WO2013174821A1 (en) * 2012-05-24 2013-11-28 Rheinmetall Waffe Munition Gmbh Weapon system having a recoil-free or low-recoil weapon and having a shell that can be shot by means of the weapon

Families Citing this family (36)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4012987A (en) * 1975-09-03 1977-03-22 The United States Of America As Represented By The Secretary Of The Army Dual combustion missile system
DE2629282A1 (en) * 1976-06-30 1978-01-12 Messerschmitt Boelkow Blohm COUNTERWEIGHTS FOR RECOIL-FREE LAUNCH DEVICES FOR BULLETS
US4126078A (en) * 1976-07-20 1978-11-21 General Electric Company Liquid propellant weapon system
FR2470358A1 (en) * 1979-11-22 1981-05-29 Serat IMPROVEMENTS ON WEAPONS LAUNCHING PROJECTILES
DE3048597A1 (en) * 1980-12-23 1982-07-22 Dynamit Nobel Ag, 5210 Troisdorf ARRANGEMENT WITH SHOCK-FREE ARMS
DE3048598A1 (en) * 1980-12-23 1982-07-29 Dynamit Nobel Ag, 5210 Troisdorf Recoil-less firearm with open barrel - has intermediate plungers halted by connecting rope before reaching barrel mouths
FR2534681B1 (en) * 1982-10-19 1987-08-07 Serat IMPROVEMENTS IN PROJECTILE LAUNCHING WEAPON SYSTEMS, IN PARTICULAR FOR PROPELLANT LOADS AND INNER BALLISTICS
FR2581748B2 (en) * 1982-10-19 1993-02-19 Serat IMPROVEMENTS TO PROJECTILE LAUNCHING WEAPON SYSTEMS
DE3241758A1 (en) * 1982-11-11 1984-05-17 Förenade Fabriksverken, 63187 Eskilstuna Pressure-damping device for recoilless weapons
US4944210A (en) * 1988-08-08 1990-07-31 Hughes Aircraft Company Missile launcher
DE4002722C2 (en) * 1990-01-31 1994-02-17 Diehl Gmbh & Co Underwater weapon
GB9021060D0 (en) * 1990-09-27 1990-11-07 Secr Defence Double piston propulsion unit
US5099764A (en) * 1991-05-30 1992-03-31 The United States Of America As Represented By The Secretary Of The Army Propulsion unit fireable from an enclosure
US5279199A (en) * 1992-08-14 1994-01-18 Hughes Aircraft Company Technique and apparatus for rearward launch of a missile
US5333528A (en) * 1992-08-28 1994-08-02 Hughes Aircraft Company Multiple missile ejection system
FR2697327B1 (en) * 1992-10-22 1994-12-30 Luchaire Defense Sa Box for propellant charge.
FR2714165B1 (en) * 1993-12-22 1996-02-09 Luchaire Defense Sa Dispersible counterweight system for recoilless weapon.
FR2725268B1 (en) * 1994-10-04 1996-12-20 Lacroix Soc E PROJECTILE LAUNCHER, WITH CONSUMABLE CANON
US6286408B1 (en) 2000-01-04 2001-09-11 The United States Of America As Represented By The Secretary Of The Navy Energy-absorbing countermass assembly for recoilless weapons
US6631668B1 (en) 2000-11-10 2003-10-14 David Wilson Recoilless impact device
RU2175932C1 (en) * 2001-02-07 2001-11-20 Закрытое акционерное общество "Авиационная компания "Полет" Device for landing heavy bulk freight from aircraft
SE520955C2 (en) * 2002-01-31 2003-09-16 Saab Ab Ways to broaden the usability of counter-mass weapons and accordingly produced counter-mass weapons
IL148919A0 (en) * 2002-03-26 2003-07-31 Rafael Armament Dev Authority System and method for low signature launch of projectile
SE525137C2 (en) * 2003-06-05 2004-12-07 Saab Ab Apparatus for weapons comprising a countermass to lower the pressure around the weapon, the main component of the countermass being fluid which is bound and retained by capillary forces
US7984581B2 (en) 2004-10-29 2011-07-26 Lockheed Martin Corporation Projectile accelerator and related vehicle and method
US7814696B2 (en) * 2004-10-29 2010-10-19 Lockheed Martin Corporation Projectile accelerator and related vehicle and method
DE102008052074A1 (en) 2008-10-17 2010-04-22 Rheinmetall Landsysteme Gmbh Weapon system with a carrier vehicle and a vehicle-mounted mortar
DE102008056112A1 (en) 2008-11-06 2010-05-12 Rheinmetall Waffe Munition Gmbh mortar
DE102008056108A1 (en) * 2008-11-06 2010-05-12 Rheinmetall Waffe Munition Gmbh Weapon with return and a damping braking device
JP5860956B2 (en) * 2011-06-29 2016-02-16 北京机械▲設▼▲備▼研究所 Pollution-free liquid balance device
US9441894B1 (en) * 2014-05-13 2016-09-13 The United States Of America As Represented By The Secretary Of The Army Bleeding mechanism for use in a propulsion system of a recoilless, insensitive munition
US20160298945A1 (en) * 2014-06-27 2016-10-13 Shooting Edge Technology, LLC Air Driven Projectile
EP3408602B1 (en) 2016-02-29 2022-04-13 Nammo Talley, Inc. Countermass liquid for a shoulder launched munition propulsion system
US10488127B2 (en) 2016-02-29 2019-11-26 Nammo Talley, Inc. Countermass propulsion system
US11460282B1 (en) 2017-09-29 2022-10-04 The United States Of America As Represented By The Secretary Of The Navy Insensitive munition initiation canister (IMIC)
CN108750114A (en) * 2018-06-01 2018-11-06 北京理工伺服科技有限公司 A kind of unmanned plane Recoilless projection platform

Family Cites Families (9)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB126336A (en) * 1916-12-20 1919-05-15 Andrew Jackson Stone Improvements connected with Ordnance.
US1416828A (en) * 1921-01-18 1922-05-23 Bradford B Holmes Firearm
US2499379A (en) * 1944-12-26 1950-03-07 Garrett Emil Grenade thrower
BE555656A (en) * 1956-03-10
US3279319A (en) * 1964-06-19 1966-10-18 Joseph W Semonian Floatable rocket launcher
US3270618A (en) * 1964-06-30 1966-09-06 Albert M Stott Controlled recoil weapon
US3404598A (en) * 1966-12-30 1968-10-08 Aai Corp Cup-sealed actuator with obturating groove anchoring and sealing arrangement
NL132545C (en) * 1967-03-16
US3476048A (en) * 1967-06-30 1969-11-04 Aai Corp Underwater ammunition

Cited By (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB2406896A (en) * 2001-03-27 2005-04-13 Mbda Uk Ltd Missile launch apparatus
GB2406896B (en) * 2001-03-27 2005-07-27 Mbda Uk Ltd Improvements in and relating to the launching of missiles
US7207254B2 (en) 2001-03-27 2007-04-24 Mbda Uk Limited Launching of missiles
WO2013174821A1 (en) * 2012-05-24 2013-11-28 Rheinmetall Waffe Munition Gmbh Weapon system having a recoil-free or low-recoil weapon and having a shell that can be shot by means of the weapon

Also Published As

Publication number Publication date
DE2055805B2 (en) 1973-09-06
DE2055805C3 (en) 1974-03-28
IT940508B (en) 1973-02-20
DE2055805A1 (en) 1972-06-15
US3800656A (en) 1974-04-02
SE389189B (en) 1976-10-25
BE775170A (en) 1972-03-01
FR2114573A5 (en) 1972-06-30
CH529327A (en) 1972-10-15

Similar Documents

Publication Publication Date Title
GB1364728A (en) Launching tube for a missile
GB594516A (en) Improvements in or relating to projectiles operating with rocket propulsion
ES336633A1 (en) Rifle grenade
GB1291336A (en) Firing tube for a projectile
FI854155A (en) ANORDNING FOER MINSKNING AV BROMSEFFEKTEN PAO EN PROJEKTIL OCH PROJEKTIL LAEMPLIG FOER INKOPPLING AV DYLIK ANORDNING.
GB1465550A (en) Projectile launching device
GB1454009A (en) Cartridge for small arms
MX171078B (en) COMPOSITE CARTRIDGE FOR HIGH SPEED AND SIMILAR RIFLES AND METHOD FOR ITS MANUFACTURE
GB1299287A (en) A tracer projectile
GB1458809A (en) Missile warheads
ES247439A1 (en) Fin arrangement for projectiles
GB1394705A (en) Ammunition cartridges
GB714747A (en) Improvements in projectiles containing an explosive in the form of a hollow charge
GB1221553A (en) Improvements relating to mortars and projectiles
GB1179517A (en) Non-Gyrating Fin Stabilised Projectile
FR2260078A1 (en) Auxiliary charge for rocket launcher - has partition forming chamber ahead of launching member for extra acceleration
GB1466447A (en) Projectiles
GB1255707A (en) An improved ballistic assembly
ES237371A1 (en) Explosive actuated pin driver
ES369350A1 (en) Twistless projectile with launching tube
GB1215921A (en) A projectile launching tube
GB1317460A (en) Self-propelled projectile
US2304060A (en) Projectile
GB1255339A (en) A missile launcher for use on aircraft
GB1291700A (en) An improved wad for a shot-gun cartridge

Legal Events

Date Code Title Description
PS Patent sealed [section 19, patents act 1949]
PCNP Patent ceased through non-payment of renewal fee