Something along those design lines could work well for a drone launcher. A similar device sold in the 1980’s was called the UN-Gun but I’ve found info on it impossible to find online.

The drone itself is folded down and stuffed inside a capsule-like housing, which the user fires up into the air – toward the target area – from a 40-mm grenade launcher.

Munitions equipped with the Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS) laser guidance kit were fired at both land and air ...

The drones have a range of two kilometers, a maximum altitude of 2,000 feet, and can stay in the air for 90 minutes. U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Denice Lopez M320 grenade launcher fitted under a U.S ...

Slotting the little robot camera into your brand new M320 Grenade Launcher, you fire the drone straight up into the air. With a two kilometer range and 90 minutes of battery life, ...

It works like this: the pitching machine/drone launcher spits the 18.6 ounce drone into the air to a height of 10 meters (32 feet). A nickel-chrome wire heats up, burning through a length of ...

Nammo, which makes the U.S. Army's M72 Light Anti-armor Weapon, has unveiled a version of the bestselling rocket launcher mounted on a small commercial drone, able to carry out attacks from ...

The new net launcher can be fitted to consumer drones widely used by Ukrainian forces. Net launchers are emerging as an effective weapon in done-versus-drone combat in Ukraine, as a series of ...