Patent ID: 8424439

Claim:
A system for launching munitions from a vehicle, the system comprising: a first housing defining a first tube configured to hold a munition for transportation, the munition having a length longer than a length of the first tube of the first housing; couplings providing mechanical connection between the vehicle and the first housing and electrical connectivity between the vehicle and the first housing; the couplings configured to route electrical signals from the vehicle to the first housing; a second housing defining a second tube corresponding to the first tube defined by the first housing; the second housing configured to mount to the first housing at a junction so that the tubes defined by the first housing and the second housing combine to house and launch a munition; the second housing removable from the first housing without decoupling the first housing from the vehicle so that a user may access the munition at a point on a portion of its length corresponding to at least a length of the second housing; a third housing defining a third tube corresponding to the tubes defined by the first housing and the second housing, the third housing configured to mount to the second housing so that the tubes defined by the first housing, the second housing, and the third housing combine to hold a munition; wherein the first housing is an aft housing; wherein the third housing is a forward housing; and wherein the second housing is an intermediate housing between the forward housing and the aft housing.