CPC Definition - Subclass F41F
This place covers:
Projectile launchers per se, except for smallarms which are covered in F41C, i.e. cannons, mortars, medium/large calibre guns, artillery guns, ordnance.
Launchers for self propelled missiles, i.e. rockets and torpedos.
Gravity propelled missile launchers and missile launching apparatuses without barrels.
This place does not cover:
Mounting of armament on ships | |
Mounting of armament on aircraft | |
Functional features common to both smallarms and ordnance | |
Projecting missiles without use of explosive or combustible propellant charge | |
Smallarms | |
Self-propelled missiles | |
Torpedoes |
This place covers:
Includes the projectile launching apparatuses with a barrel which is larger than smallarms. A barrel being defined as a gun tube with a closable breech at the proximal end.
Includes mortars.
Includes harpoon guns projecting harpoons with a pyrotechnic charge.
This place does not cover:
Rocket or torpedo launchers | |
Spring guns adapted to discharge harpoons | |
Compressed gas guns adapted to discharge harpoons |
This place covers:
Launchers for rockets, including portable rocket tubes and vehicle/infrastructure mounted rocket pods or silos.
Torpedo launchers from above (ship, land and air) and below the water surface.
This place covers:
Launchers for rockets, i.e. missiles including a warhead and a rocket propulsion system or self propelled missiles.
This place does not cover:
Stabilising arrangements using spin for missiles (after launch) |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Command link guidance using wires | |
Wire guided self propelled missiles | |
Means for facilitating disengagement of electric line connector coupling parts |
This place does not cover:
Disposition of guns on vehicles, gun mountings for disappearing guns on board of submarines |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Arrangements on submarines of torpedo launch installations |
This place covers:
Includes devices for dropping warheads from a certain height only propelled by gravity, e.g. from land vehicles or buildings.