The development of the longitudinal restraint mechanism for the Army's Patriot missile system is reviewed. The initial design was an ordnance pin puller with a shear plane. Because of reliability problems and a desire to reduce cost, a fly-away restraint mechanism was chosen. After being manually unlocked, the restraint pin disengages the missile during launch by missile motion.


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    Title :

    Fly-away restraint pin mechanism for the Army's PATRIOT missile system


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    Publication date :

    1977-04-28


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English