RU-2861721-C1 - DEVICE FOR LOADING AND UNLOADING MISSILES IN CONTAINERS OF LAUNCHER OF MISSILE SYSTEM

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Abstract

FIELD: rocket engineering. SUBSTANCE: device for loading and unloading a missile in a container of a launcher of a missile system comprises a traverse and guide rails for the container yokes located thereon. The traverse has a connection unit for a lifting mechanism, is equipped with container fixation elements and is made in the form of a stamped-welded structure having a rail profile with a web, a head and a foot. A connection unit for the lifting mechanism is fixed on the head. Guide rails for the yokes are attached to the foot on the inner and outer sides symmetrically to the web. The guide rails consist of three parts - two are located at opposite ends of the traverse and have a complex profile, and another part is installed between them, made in the form of U-shaped trays with edges bent inward. The part of the guide rails located at the end of the traverse on the side of the nose of the missile in the container contains a device for longitudinal fixation of the yokes with the missile, and flanges are fixed there at the end of the traverse. Two connectors are installed on the flanges for electrical connection of the traverse with the electrical connectors of the missile container. EFFECT: ability to improve the combat characteristics of an anti-aircraft missile system by reducing the reloading time and increasing its mobility when performing combat missions. 3 cl, 7 dwg

Inventors

ZHUKOV ALEKSANDR VIKTOROVICH
Zajtsev Aleksandr Albertovich
Politin Pavel Aleksandrovich
KARPOV MIKHAIL VLADIMIROVICH
KAPUSTIN ANATOLIJ SERGEEVICH
Cherkasov Aleksej Sergeevich
EREMIN SERGEJ NIKOLAEVICH

Dates

Publication Date: 20260508
Application Date: 20260115

Claims (3)

1. A device for loading and unloading a missile in a container of a missile system launcher, comprising a crossarm having a connection unit with a lifting mechanism, equipped with container fixing elements and container yoke guides located on the crossarm, characterized in that the crossarm is made in the form of a stamped and welded structure that has a rail profile with a neck, head and foot, and a connection unit with a lifting mechanism is fixed to the rail head, and guides for the yoke of the missile container are attached to the foot on the inner and outer side symmetrically to the neck of the rail, wherein these guides consist of three parts - two parts are placed at opposite ends of the crossarm, while their supporting surfaces have a complex profile, and between these parts of the guides another part is installed, which is made in the form of U-shaped trays with edges bent inward, and the part of the guides that is located on the end of the crossarm on the side of the nose of the missile in the container contains a device for longitudinally fixing the yoke of the container with rocket, and there, at the end of the crossarm, flanges are attached, on which two connectors are installed for electrical connection of the crossarm with the electrical connectors of the rocket container.
2. A device for loading and unloading a missile in a container of a missile system launcher, made according to paragraph 1, characterized in that the connection unit of the crossbar with the lifting mechanism is made in the form of three hooks.
3. A device for loading and unloading a missile in a container of a missile system launcher, made according to paragraphs 1 and 2, characterized in that the devices for longitudinally fixing the yokes of the container with the missile are made in the form of spring-loaded stoppers.

Description

The proposed invention relates to the field of rocket technology and can be used in the design of loading devices for missiles in containers for launchers of short-range anti-aircraft missile systems, primarily sea-based. A device for loading and unloading missiles in a missile launch vehicle container is known, described in Russian Patent No. 2533939 and chosen by us as a prototype. It comprises a crossbeam with a connection to a lifting mechanism and equipped with container locking elements, as well as container yoke guides located on the crossbeam. For mating with the combat vehicle's yoke guides, it has a coupling unit. The coupling unit is designed as two forks with stoppers located on either side of the crossbeam in a horizontal plane and is equipped with a release mechanism for the container yoke stoppers. This device eliminates the deformation of the guide yokes on the combat vehicle's launcher during loading, and also simplifies the operation of removing the container from the launcher on the combat vehicle after the missile has been launched, which increases the reliability of the anti-aircraft missile system. The main drawback of this device is that it can only load a missile in a container onto the launcher's launcher using the container's guides, which are mounted on the launcher's beam and have their skids facing downward. When loading a missile in a container onto guide beams with their skids facing upward, this device is impossible, as the guides for the crosshead's guides, moved by the lifting device, and the guides for the crossheads on the launcher's beam are offset by 180°. Therefore, in this case, the missile container is loaded manually, without using the crosshead, by rotating the container's guides downward. This reduces the operational characteristics of the anti-aircraft missile system, as it increases the time it takes to load and unload the combat vehicle and requires additional maintenance personnel. Furthermore, the sequential installation of missiles in a container on a combat vehicle and subsequent sequential removal of the containers for reloading also increases the time it takes to bring the combat vehicle to combat readiness, increasing the system's vulnerability to air attack in combat conditions. Another drawback is that when the combat vehicle is in position or moving to perform a combat mission, it must be accompanied by a transporter-loader vehicle with ammunition, which reduces the reliability and mobility of the anti-aircraft missile system. The objective of the claimed invention is to reduce the reload time of the launcher of a short-range anti-aircraft missile system and to increase its mobility when performing combat missions. The solution to the stated problem by the design of a device for loading and unloading a missile in a container of a missile system launcher, which contains a crossbar having a connection unit with a lifting mechanism, equipped with container fixing elements and container yoke guides located on the crossbar, wherein the new feature is that the crossbar is made in the form of a stamped and welded structure that has a rail profile with a neck, head and base, and a connection unit with a lifting mechanism is fixed to the rail head, and guides for the missile container yoke guides are attached to the base on the inner and outer sides symmetrically to the rail neck, and these guides consist of three parts - two parts are placed at opposite ends of the crossbar, while their supporting surfaces have a complex profile, and between these parts of the guides another part is installed, which is made in the form of U-shaped trays with edges bent inward, and the part of the guides that is located on the end of the crossbar on the side of the nose of the missile in the container contains a longitudinal fixation device The rocket container's yokes are attached to the end of the crossarm, and flanges are also attached to the end of the crossarm, each holding two connectors for electrically connecting the crossarm to the rocket container's electrical connectors. In some cases, the crossarm's connection to the lifting mechanism is designed as three hooks, and the longitudinal locking devices for the rocket container's yokes are spring-loaded stoppers. The essence of this solution is that by loading the launcher guides of the combat module of the anti-aircraft missile system simultaneously with several missiles in launch containers, pre-installed on the traverse and then unloading the launcher, removing the traverse together with the containers, the time for reloading and bringing the complex to combat readiness is reduced, and by placing the combat module and equipped traverses with missiles in containers on one carrier and in close proximity to the launchers, the mobility of the complex is increased. The proposed solution is particularly relevant for short-range sea-based anti-aircraft missile systems or for stationary combat modules designed to protect gro