High explosive launcher system

Claim 1

A high explosive launcher system for detonating the cloud from a fuel-air-explosive bomb having a retrolauncher positioned on the rearward portion thereof, said retrolauncher comprising a housing having two joined portions disposed along the central axis thereof, a plurality of gun tubes each containing at least one grenade positioned in one portion of said housing, said gun tubes being disposed in a circular pattern angularly oriented with respect to the central axis of said retrolauncher housing to direct the therein in an angularly outward direction away from the central axis, a plurality of explosive charges disposed in a corresponding plurality of explosive charge holders positioned in the other portion of said housing, each of said explosive charges being disposed in a circular pattern around the axis and progressively varying in size, a cap positioned on each of said charge holders to protect the charge therein from sympathetic detonation, a chamber in operative communication with all of said gun tubes and said explosive charges, one part of said chamber being in one portion of said housing and the other part of said chamber being in the other portion of said housing, means for maintaining the two portions of said housing in close gas-tight relationship and means for selectively firing the explosive charges to produce the desired pressure in said chamber thereby providing the proper launch velocity for the grenades leaving the retrolauncher.