Underwater vehicle including a means for receiving a means forming a jettisonable payload

摘要

The vehicle (1) has a jettisonable payload forming unit (3) with a positive buoyancy capsule (4) to receive a payload e.g. anti-air missile, and a disconnectable ballast (5) to form a compensation unit to compensate the buoyancy of the payload. The capsule and the ballast are connected by a maintaining unit that is formed of a flange, a capsule support surface and a tear-away pin. The maintaining unit maintains the forming unit in a vertical hole (2), and is disconnectable to allow separation and release of the capsule and the ballast by upper and lower parts of the hole, respectively.