Patent ID: 8316750

Claim:
An apparatus for launching incendiary projectiles from a moving vehicle, the apparatus comprising: a vehicle mount for removably mounting the apparatus to the vehicle; a pneumatic launching assembly connected to the vehicle mount and operable to launch the projectiles using a volume of gas; a gas delivery system in fluid communication with the launching assembly for delivering the volume of gas to the launching assembly; a projectile delivery assembly connected to the launching assembly for delivering projectiles to the launching assembly; a reactant storage container; an injector mechanism in fluid communication with the reactant storage container and operable for receiving unprimed projectiles from the projectile delivery assembly, injecting the projectiles with an amount of reactant suitable to produce a delayed exothermic reaction with incendiary material in the projectile thereby priming the projectile, and thereafter conveying the primed projectile to the launching assembly; and a controller for controlling the launching assembly, the gas delivery system and the projectile delivery assembly to control the launching of the projectiles.