EP1887306B1 - Weapon system - Google Patents

Abstract

Weapons storage arrangement comprises a guiding unit (9) arranged in an ammunition chamber for sliding ammunition carriages (12) with holders for holding rocket containers (10). The carriages are able to slide from a parked position into a charging position, in which the rocket containers are slid below a frame (18) of a weapon projector (1). The arrangement has adjusting devices for adjusting the carriages on the guiding unit. Preferred Features: The arrangement has two guiding units arranged above each other. Each guiding unit is longer around the length of the longest carriages on the guiding unit than the length of all carriages on the guiding unit.

Description

The invention relates to a weapon system, in particular for a ship. It has a rocket launcher and an ammunition room in which the rockets are stored in rocket containers. Such systems are known per se. The stored rocket containers with the rockets are fed to the rocket launcher, which fires the charged rockets. Then the empty rocket containers must be dropped off again and new rocket containers filled with rockets must be fed to the rocket launcher. It is thus necessary an ammunition storage system, which is suitable, the full rocket container to feed the rocket launcher and pick up the empty rocket containers and store. The number of missiles which can be supplied to the rocket launcher depends on the design of the rocket launcher. For example, in one known embodiment, the rocket launcher can accommodate two rocket containers each containing six rockets.

A well-known rocket launcher which is mounted on a land vehicle is in the EP 1 186 848 A1 described. It is also described how the rocket containers standing on the ground behind the vehicle are picked up by means of a crane and fed to the rocket launcher.

A well-known weapon system with a rocket launcher, which is mounted on a helicopter, is in the GB 2 199 550 A described. This weapon system is the starting point for independent claim 1.

In weapon systems installed on ships, external influences are always problematic. On the one hand, the systems must be protected against sea weather conditions (salt water), on the other hand, due to the sea, large forces can act on the mechanics. Therefore, the ammunition must be well protected and safely stowed. At the same time, the space available on a ship is limited.

It is the object of the invention to design a weapons system, which ensures safe storage of the ammunition in a small footprint.

The invention solves the problem with the features of claim 1. Advantageous developments are part of the dependent claims.

A basic idea of the invention is that a guide device is arranged in the ammunition space, on which at least two ammunition carriages are displaceably arranged. The ammunition wagons serve to receive the rocket containers. They can be moved from a parking position into a loading position, in which the rocket container is arranged substantially below a slide-in frame of the rocket launcher. In order to supply the rocket containers to the rocket launcher, an ammunition car, on which a full rocket container is located, is moved from the park position to the loading position. There, the rocket container, for example by means of a lifting device such as a crane, which can attack on an eye of the rocket container, lifted from the ammunition carriage and fed to the rocket launcher. After firing the empty rocket containers are dropped off again on the ammunition cart and the ammunition cart is moved together with the empty rocket container back into a parking position. Thus, it is possible that multiple rocket containers can be stored in park position. By the guide device is achieved that the rocket containers are moved to the car on defined paths within the ammunition space. The cars are secured by locking means such as pin locks against unwanted movements in heavy seas.

The limited space can be better utilized if at least two superimposed guide devices are arranged in the ammunition space, on each of which at least two ammunition cars are arranged displaceably.

In a particularly preferred embodiment, each guide device may be at least the length of the longest ammunition carriage on the guide device longer than the length of all ammunition carriage on the guide device together, the length of an ammunition carriage is measured in the direction of displacement. At least the guiding device should be longer by the length of a rocket container than the length of all ammunition carriages on the guiding device together. Preferably, identical ammunition cars are used, so that each guide device is at least one ammunition cart length longer than the length of all ammunition cart on the guide device together. It can also be stored several rocket containers in a correspondingly longer ammunition cart.

If the rocket launcher can pick up two rocket containers, in a preferred embodiment three ammunition cars can be arranged on each guide device.

In a simple embodiment, the ammunition carriage can be arranged as a carriage on two particular straight and mutually parallel guideways slidably. Furthermore, the ammunition trolleys may in particular have four or more rollers, by means of which they are arranged displaceably on the guide device. An improved guide can also be achieved if the guideway has the shape of a U-profile in which the rollers are guided. In an analogous way, the roles in Cross section have a U-profile and rest on a track-shaped track. In a further analogous embodiment, the guideways may also be designed as roller conveyors on which sliding surfaces of the ammunition carriages rest.

The guide device may comprise a toothed rack, in which engages a corresponding gear of the ammunition cart, so that the ammunition carriage on the guide device can be moved manually or by motor causes. In a preferred embodiment, the ammunition cars on a crank device, by means of which they are displaceable. The crank device may include a load torque lock that causes movement of the munition cart to be prevented once the crank is released. Thus, the operator and the ammunition are secured, if the crank must be released by strong ship movements.

To provide protection against the sea-weather conditions, the ammunition room can be arranged in a hangar on the deck of the ship behind the rocket launcher. The hangar can have an opening directed towards the rocket launcher, which can be closed so that the particle beam does not enter the hangar during the firing of the rockets. The hangar roof may also have an opening for emergency discharge of the rocket container, for example, if the regular lifting device is defective.

A possible embodiment of the invention is in the FIGS. 1 to 10 described.

Fig. 1

eine Waffenanlage mit einem Raketenwerfer und einem Munitionsraum auf einem Schiffsdeck beim Beladen des Munitionsraums in der Draufsicht;

Fig. 2

die Waffenanlage nach Fig. 1 mit in der Schussstellung stehendem Raketenwerfer;

Fig. 3

der Munitionsraum nach Fig. 1 in einer Schnittansicht;

Fig. 4

der Munitionsraum nach Fig. 3 während des Ladens des Raketenwerfers;

Fig. 5

die Waffenanlage nach Fig. 1 in einer Seitenansicht;

Fig. 6

die Waffenanlage nach Fig. 5 mit in der Schussstellung stehendem Raketenwerfer;

Fig. 7

ein Ausschnitt des Munitionsraums in einer Draufsicht gemäß der Markierung X aus Fig. 5;

Fig. 8

ein Ausschnitt des Munitionsraums in einer Schnittansicht gemäß der Schnittlinie A-A aus Fig. 7;

Fig. 9

die auf einem Schiff angeordnete Waffenanlage nach Fig. 1 mit in der Schussstellung stehendem Raketenwerfer;

Fig. 10

die auf einem Schiff angeordnete Waffenanlage nach Fig. 9 mit in der Parkstellung stehendem Raketenwerfer.

Show it:

Fig. 1

a weapon system with a rocket launcher and an ammunition room on a ship deck when loading the ammunition room in plan view;

Fig. 2

the weapon system after Fig. 1 with rocket launcher standing in firing position;

Fig. 3

the ammunition room after Fig. 1 in a sectional view;

Fig. 4

the ammunition room after Fig. 3 while loading the rocket launcher;

Fig. 5

the weapon system after Fig. 1 in a side view;

Fig. 6

the weapon system after Fig. 5 with rocket launcher standing in firing position;

Fig. 7

a section of the ammunition space in a plan view according to the mark X from Fig. 5 ;

Fig. 8

a section of the ammunition space in a sectional view along the section line AA Fig. 7 ;

Fig. 9

the weapon system arranged on a ship Fig. 1 with rocket launcher standing in firing position;

Fig. 10

the weapon system arranged on a ship Fig. 9 with rocket launcher standing in parking position.

The FIG. 1 shows a weapon system with a rocket launcher 1 in the park position on a ship deck 5 of a ship. The ammunition room 2, in which the ammunition is stored, is located behind the rocket launcher 1 and is surrounded by a hangar 3. The operator 7 can pass through the door 4 or the floor hatch 8 in the hangar 3. The rocket launcher 1 is pivotally mounted in azimuth and elevation. The swivel range 6 leads partly through the hangar 3, which is therefore a lockable during rocket launch Opening in the direction of the rocket launcher 1 has. In the ammunition space 2 is configured such that a plurality of rocket containers 10 can be stored. The rocket launcher 1 is designed such that it can accommodate two rocket containers 10. In FIG. 1 There are four rocket containers 10 on the ship deck at predetermined positions so that they can be transported by means of the rocket launcher 1 in the Munitionshangar. The positions are solved by in the bottom of the ship's deck releasably introduced, in FIG. 2 shown holding elements 40 characterized.

The FIG. 2 shows the rocket launcher 1 in two possible firing positions. The firing range extends over an azimuth angle range of 20 °.

The FIG. 3 shows the ammunition space 2 in a sectional view. In the ammunition room 2, six identical ammunition carriages 12 are arranged in two planes, which are configured to receive the rocket containers 10. In each rocket container 10 there are six rockets 13. The ammunition trolley 12 each have four rollers 14, which are guided in the U-profile of the guideways 9 slidably. The ammunition cart 12 have a crank device 15 which is connected to a gear 21 which engages in a toothed rack 20. Thus, the ammunition cart 12 can be moved manually with the crank device 15 by the operator 7. The ammunition cart 12 are by means of bolts 16, which have a handy knob 24 ( Fig. 8 ), as a locking means against accidental displacement, for example due to strong swell secured.

To load the rocket launcher 1, the rocket containers 10 must be inserted into the rocket launcher 1. For this they must first by means of a in Fig. 5 shown crane 19 are lifted from the ammunition carriage 12 located in the loading position to the height of the slide-in frame 18. In FIG. 4 the raised rocket containers 10 are shown. You can be threaded in this position by the operator, which is on the ladder 17 on the work platform 11, in the insertion frame 18 of the rocket launcher 1 in the intended position.

When a rocket container 10 is empty shot, the rocket launcher 1 rotates from the firing position back to the park position. The rocket container 10 is lowered and placed on an empty ammunition wagon 12. The ammunition cart 12 with the empty rocket container 10 is cranked to the side with the bolt 16 pulled out and then lashed again by means of the bolt 16. An ammunition cart 12 with a full rocket container 10 is brought from a parking position to the loading position substantially below the drawer frame 18, so that the rocket launcher 1 can be equipped with the rocket container 10.

The ammunition space 2 is constructed such that all stored rocket containers 10 can be fed to the rocket launcher 1. For this reason, each guideway 9, on each of which there are three ammunition wagons 12, has a length of more than four ammunition cart lengths, so that at least one ammunition cart 12 can always be displaced at least by its own length. This ensures that the outer ammunition wagon 12 can be brought from the parking position to the loading position.

FIG. 5 shows the weapon system in a side view without hangar 3. A arranged on the rocket launcher 1 crane 19 with a telescopic boom engages with a hook in an eyelet 23 of the rocket container 10 and lifts it from the ammunition wagon 12. By a cable 45, the rocket container can completely into the Rocket launcher 1 are introduced. The rocket launcher 1 is mounted on a platform 22 which can pivot the rocket launcher 1 in elevation and azimuth.

The FIG. 6 shows the rocket launcher 1 in a preparatory firing position. In order to protect the ammunition space 2 from particles during the launching process, a rolling window 42 is brought in front of the opening of the hangar 3. In the FIG. 6 shown weapon system is shown slightly different from the previous changed. For safe, tilt-free displacement of the ammunition carriage 12 is mounted on both sides of the ammunition cart 12 arranged racks 20 ', in which engage two corresponding gears. These are connected to each other via a shaft 47, which is arranged below the ammunition cart.

FIG. 7 shows a section of the weapon system in plan view, in which the tooth profile of the rack 20 can be seen, in which the corresponding gears 21 of the ammunition carriage 12 engage.

The FIG. 8 shows the running in a U-profile rollers 14 of the ammunition carriage 12. The displacement is effected by means of a crank mechanism 15 which has a load-torque lock (no-back system).

In the FIG. 9 and 10 the arrangement of the weapon system is shown on a ship deck 5 of a ship, wherein the rocket launcher 1 is in the firing position or in the parking position. When the rocket launcher 1 is in the parking position ( Fig. 10 ), a cover 44 is brought over the rocket launcher 1 to protect against external influences.

Claims (14)

1. Weapons system, in particular for a ship, with a rocket launcher (1) and an ammunition room (2) for storage of rocket containers (10), which are each configured to accommodate at least one rocket (13), whereby at least two guidance devices (9) are arranged, one above the other, in the ammunition room, on each of which at least two ammunition carriages (12), which are each configured to receive the rocket container, are displaceably arranged, whereby they are displaceable from a parking position to a loading position, in which the rocket container is located essentially under an insertion frame (18) of the rocket launcher, that it has securing means (16), through which the ammunition carriages are secured on the guidance device, and that each guidance device (9) is longer than the length of all ammunition carriages on the guidance device together by at least the length of the longest ammunition carriage (12)
2. Weapons system in accordance with Claim 1, characterised in that three ammunition carriages (12) are arranged on each guidance device (9) and that the rocket launcher (1) can accommodate two rocket containers (10).
3. Weapons system in accordance with one of the preceding claims, characterised in that the guidance device comprises two guide tracks (9) running in particular straight and parallel to one another.
4. Weapons system in accordance with one of the preceding claims, characterised in that the ammunition carriage (12) has in particular at least four rollers (14), by means of which they are displaceable on the guidance device (9).
5. Weapons system in accordance with Claim 4, characterised in that the guidance devices (9) have a U profile, in which the rollers (14) are guided.
6. Weapons system in accordance with one of the preceding claims, characterised in that the guidance device (9) comprises a toothed rack (20), in which a corresponding gear wheel (21) of the ammunition carriage (12) engages.
7. Weapons system in accordance with one of the preceding claims, characterised in that the ammunition carriages (12) are configured so that they are manually displaceable on the guidance device (9).
8. Weapons system in accordance with Claim 7, characterised in that the ammunition carriages (12) have a crank device (15), by means of which they are displaceable.
9. Weapons system in accordance with Claim 8, characterised in that the crank device (15) has a self-locking mechanism.
10. Weapons system in accordance with one of the preceding claims, characterised in that it has motorised means, by means of which the ammunition carriages (12) are displaceable.
11. Weapons system in accordance with one of the preceding claims, characterised in that the ammunition room (2) is located in a hangar (3).
12. Weapons system in accordance with Claim 11, characterised in that the hangar (3) has a closable opening directed towards the rocket launcher (1).
13. Weapons system in accordance with Claim 11 or 12, characterised in that the hangar roof has an opening for unloading the rocket container (10).
14. Weapons system in accordance with one of the preceding claims, characterised in that it has a crane (19) for lifting the rocket container (10).

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