UNDERWATER VEHICLE COMPRISING AT LEAST ONE LOADER OF AT LEAST TWO MUNITIONS, THE LOADER BEING REMOVABLE AND EXTRACTIBLE THROUGH AN OPENING IN A THIN HOLE OF THIS VEHICLE

摘要

This underwater vehicle (10) comprises a thick interior hull (12), a thin exterior hole (14) surrounding the thick hole (12), the thin hole (14) comprising an orifice (20) and means (22) of shutting off the orifice (20), and a system (16) for launching underwater vehicles (18), the launch system (16) being positioned between the thick hole (12) and the thin hole (14). The orifice (20) is situated facing the launch system (16) and forms an opening providing access to the launch system (16). The launch system (16) comprises at least one loader (26) of at least two underwater vehicles (18) and means (28) of accepting the or each loader (26) removably, the loader (26) being removable and able to be inserted into the receiving means (28) or extracted from the receiving means (28) through the access opening (20). The receiving means (28) comprise means of guiding the or each loader (26) in a vertical direction (Z), the or each loader (26) being able to be inserted or extracted in the vertical direction (Z) through the access opening (20), the vertical direction (Z) being perpendicular to the longitudinal direction (X).