US2664635A - Sight for rocket launchers - Google Patents

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US2664635A
US2664635A US239478A US23947851A US2664635A US 2664635 A US2664635 A US 2664635A US 239478 A US239478 A US 239478A US 23947851 A US23947851 A US 23947851A US 2664635 A US2664635 A US 2664635A
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Brandt Edgar William
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F41—WEAPONS
    • F41G—WEAPON SIGHTS; AIMING
    • F41G1/00—Sighting devices
    • F41G1/02—Foresights
    • F41G1/04—Protection means therefor
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F41—WEAPONS
    • F41C—SMALLARMS, e.g. PISTOLS, RIFLES; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR
    • F41C27/00—Accessories; Details or attachments not otherwise provided for
    • F41C27/04—Arrangements for mounting spades or shields
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F41—WEAPONS
    • F41G—WEAPON SIGHTS; AIMING
    • F41G1/00—Sighting devices
    • F41G1/38—Telescopic sights specially adapted for smallarms or ordnance; Supports or mountings therefor
    • F41G1/383—Protection means therefor

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  • This invention relates to arms of the rocket launcher type and more particularly to a shield for projector weapons.
  • One object of the invention is to provide arms of the rocket-projecting type, firing self-propelled projectiles, with suitable means for effectively protecting the face and eyes of the firer from the gases and solid particles ejected by the nozzles when the projectile leaves the barrelof the weapon.
  • a more specific object of the invention aims at obviating the foregoing disadvantages and to this end, provides a shield of generally conical shape, widening out from the front to the rear, at least a part of which shield is transparent, and the axis of which shield coincides with that of a sighting telescope.
  • the narrowest part of the shield is placed near and in front of the objective lens of the telescope. In this way the head of the firer, and moreover also the telescope itself, are protected against the gases.
  • the shield As the shield is fixed on the weapon, in particular by being set back from the mouth of the barrel, it offers practically no resistance to the thrust of the gases and consequently the recoil of the weapon is nil.
  • a further object of the invention is to provide said shield with a rigid mounting consisting of two pieces solid with one another and between which is fixed the front edge of the shield, which is made of a flexible and elastic material. This assembly is at the same time simple, practical, and rugged, the shield being deformed elastically under the effect of untimely stresses in transport and manipulation.
  • said mounting comprises a device for fixing the shield to the telescope support, so as to make the shield readily removable.
  • the apex of the shield may advantageously be provided with a glass disc intended to protect the objective lens of the telescope against particles emanating from the nozzles and, during transportation, against sand and dust.
  • the shield prefferably has a transparent lateral window, the remainder of the surface being opaque.
  • This technical feature provides the advantage that the firer is not inconvenienced during sighting by the exterior light which may be reflected on to the metal parts of the weapon and of the telescope.
  • Figure 1 is a general side view of the projector arm
  • Figure 2 is a plan view of the part of the arm 5 with the shield in axial section;
  • Figure 3 shows a rear end view of the shield through the interior
  • Figure 4 is a view of the shield partly broken away.
  • the projector arm I is constituted by a barrel tube open at both ends and equipped with a sighting telescope 2 inslde a shield 3 intended to protect the face of the marksman.
  • the shield 3 is a sheet of flexible and elastic material, covered with a protective varnish, and has a transparent window 4 permitting the marksman to survey the field of fire.
  • This flexible sheet is fixed rigidly between the conical parts 5 and 6 by the tightening of the screw 1.
  • a glass disc 8 is held in a mount 9 and closes the apex of the shield, thus protecting the objective lens of the telescope 2, which rests at its front part in a rubber ring I0 solid with the part 5.
  • the eyepiece of the telescope 2 is in addition capped by a protective tip ll.
  • the shield according to the invention has a U-shaped fixing device l2 which engages with the support I3 of the telescope 2.
  • a spring ing a transparent portion, the apex of said shield being provided with a glass disc, to protect the objective lens of said telescope.”

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  • Aiming, Guidance, Guns With A Light Source, Armor, Camouflage, And Targets (AREA)
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Cited By (3)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3198072A (en) * 1959-09-24 1965-08-03 Bolkow Entwicklungen Kg Portable missile carrier and launcher
FR2507763A1 (fr) * 1981-06-11 1982-12-17 Serat Perfectionnements apportes aux systemes d'armes tels que lance-roquette antichar
US5659965A (en) * 1995-08-14 1997-08-26 The United States Of America As Represented By The Secretary Of The Navy Combination optical and iron sight system for rocket launcher

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BE515185A (hr) * 1951-12-21
DE1110050B (hr) * 1954-09-24 1961-06-29

Citations (6)

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US424640A (en) * 1890-04-01 Gun-sight
GB191501635A (en) * 1915-02-02 1915-09-23 John Harrison Thomps Greenwood Improvements relating to Small Arms.
US1320888A (en) * 1919-11-04 Gun-shield
US1434044A (en) * 1919-01-11 1922-10-31 Cooke Charles John Ordnance
US2202000A (en) * 1938-11-08 1940-05-28 John C Gray Telescope sight mounting
US2527189A (en) * 1944-02-08 1950-10-24 Matthias H Kittelson Celestial navigation instrument

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* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US424640A (en) * 1890-04-01 Gun-sight
US1320888A (en) * 1919-11-04 Gun-shield
GB191501635A (en) * 1915-02-02 1915-09-23 John Harrison Thomps Greenwood Improvements relating to Small Arms.
US1434044A (en) * 1919-01-11 1922-10-31 Cooke Charles John Ordnance
US2202000A (en) * 1938-11-08 1940-05-28 John C Gray Telescope sight mounting
US2527189A (en) * 1944-02-08 1950-10-24 Matthias H Kittelson Celestial navigation instrument

Cited By (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3198072A (en) * 1959-09-24 1965-08-03 Bolkow Entwicklungen Kg Portable missile carrier and launcher
FR2507763A1 (fr) * 1981-06-11 1982-12-17 Serat Perfectionnements apportes aux systemes d'armes tels que lance-roquette antichar
US5659965A (en) * 1995-08-14 1997-08-26 The United States Of America As Represented By The Secretary Of The Navy Combination optical and iron sight system for rocket launcher

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CH285813A (fr) 1952-09-30
NL213260A (hr)
GB681090A (en) 1952-10-15

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