Patent ID: 8601929

Claim:
An incendiary dispensing system arranged for airborne incendiary dispensing comprising: a casing that can be opened and closed, and having an aperture, the casing being configured in an elongated aerodynamic shape to provide minimal wind resistance when the casing is located on and attached to an outside of an aircraft, the casing enclosing a space capable of holding a supply of incendiary capsules comprising one or more wound belts of series-connected incendiary capsules; an apparatus for initiating and dispensing each incendiary capsule of a supply of incendiary capsules held in use in the enclosed space, the supply comprising respective rotatable reels for each belt of capsules, wherein each reel has a respective axis of rotation and each reel comprises two flaps that apply pressure to the belt held on that reel on opposite sides on the axis of rotation of the reel, the apparatus and casing arranged so that incendiary capsules initiated by the apparatus are dispensed from the casing through the aperture; and a loading mechanism into which at least one capsule of the or each belt is initially held in use, the loading mechanism for feeding the or each belt into the apparatus.