(19)
(11) EP 0 119 569 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
15.05.1985 Bulletin 1985/20

(43) Date of publication A2:
26.09.1984 Bulletin 1984/39

(21) Application number: 84102637

(22) Date of filing: 10.03.1984
(84) Designated Contracting States:
BE DE FR IT SE

(30) Priority: 19.03.1983 GB 8307679

(71) Applicant: PAINS-WESSEX LIMITED
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(72) Inventor:
  • Cutler, Peter Robert Thomas
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(54) Hand held rocket launcher


(57) The rocket launcher comprises a launch tube 11 mounted on a handle 14, the handle being rotatable relative to, and about the axis of, the launch tube to operate a striker 20 for firing a rocket 10 located within the launch tube. The launch tube is of hollow wall construction and permits propulsion gases discharged from the rocket upon ignition to enter the space between the walls 11a, 11 b, and flow forwardly, out of contact with the rocket, discharging from outlets at the forward end of the tube.







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