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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 1995
Filed:
Dec. 21, 1994
Rudiger Baus, Vellmar, DE;
Reiner Linge, Kassel, DE;
Firma Wegmann & Co. GmbH, Kassel, DE;
Abstract
A combat vehicle with a driver's cab mounted on its chassis along with a weapon incorporating a rocket launcher, wherein the rocket launcher rests on a carriage and is elevated and leveled by electrically powered mechanisms between it and the carriage, and the carriage pivots in azimuth on an intermediate structure that rotates on a collar on the chassis. The weapon is an independent assembly incorporating the rocket launcher, the carriage, the intermediate structure, and the collar and is attached to the chassis only by a mount, and by electrical connections if any, accessible from outside the vehicle. To load the motor vehicle onto aircraft, the rocket launcher is rotated at elevation 0.degree. into a position 90.degree. to the length of the vehicle. A carrier that travels on at least three wheel-mounted upright rack-and-pinion mechanisms is advanced over the vehicle to above the weapon, the weapon is attached to the carrier, the weapon is detached from the chassis by releasing the mount and by disconnecting any electrical connections, the rack-and-pinion mechanisms lift the weapon, the chassis is removed, the rack-and-pinion mechanisms lower the weapon to carrying height, the weapon is carried onto the aircraft by the carrier, and the chassis is loaded onto another aircraft.