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Vehicular mounted tow missile system

  • US 4,019,422 A
  • Filed: 07/19/1976
  • Issued: 04/26/1977
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/19/1976
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A vehicular turret mounting system for a TOW missile system of the type having a traversing unit, said traversing unit having a means providing an elevation pivot axis, an optical sighting and tracking unit mounted for movement about said axis, handle means for manually traversely rotating said traversing unit, means for elevationally pivoting said sighting and tracking unit, and a base having viscous bearing means supporting said traversing unit and for providing a resistance to said manual traverse rotation of the traversing unit, the improvement comprising:

  • a vehicle having a hull, an opening in the hull, and a turret supported for rotational movement about a turret axis concentric with said hull opening, at least one missile launch tube elevationally pivotally mounted on said turret, a personnel station in said opening generally aligned with said turret axis, means mounting said traversing unit on said turret adjacent the periphery of said hull opening offset from said turret axis, said mounting means including means for holding the orientation of said base stationary with said hull for simulating a ground-supported TOW missile system, and servo means for traversing said turret in response to movements of said traversing unit on said base.

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