CA1213162A - Arrangement of a mortar in an armoured vehicle - Google Patents
Arrangement of a mortar in an armoured vehicleInfo
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- CA1213162A CA1213162A CA000327849A CA327849A CA1213162A CA 1213162 A CA1213162 A CA 1213162A CA 000327849 A CA000327849 A CA 000327849A CA 327849 A CA327849 A CA 327849A CA 1213162 A CA1213162 A CA 1213162A
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F41—WEAPONS
- F41A—FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS COMMON TO BOTH SMALLARMS AND ORDNANCE, e.g. CANNONS; MOUNTINGS FOR SMALLARMS OR ORDNANCE
- F41A9/00—Feeding or loading of ammunition; Magazines; Guiding means for the extracting of cartridges
- F41A9/01—Feeding of unbelted ammunition
- F41A9/24—Feeding of unbelted ammunition using a movable magazine or clip as feeding element
- F41A9/26—Feeding of unbelted ammunition using a movable magazine or clip as feeding element using a revolving drum magazine
- F41A9/27—Feeding of unbelted ammunition using a movable magazine or clip as feeding element using a revolving drum magazine in revolver-type guns
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Abstract
ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE
A mortar system is provided for an armoured vehicle equipped with a pivotally mounted armoured shield and a ball mount situated in a traverse member of the vehicle. The system includes a mount adapted to receive the barrel of a mortar and having a barrel mounting section for axially guiding the barrel and for positioning the mount in the shield.
A ball end provided at the bottom end of the mount is arranged in the ball mount. A rotatable body is located between the end of the barrel into which the ammunition is loaded and a bottom portion of the mount.
The body rotates about an axis parallel to the axis of the bore in the barrel and is provided with barrel sections that receive the ammunition.
One barrel section is aligned with the barrel at the end thereof or at the end of the barrel and at the bottom end of the mount. This one barrel section is sealed by a sealing mechanism. The internal length of the barrel sections is substantially shorter than the shortest ammunition.
A mortar system is provided for an armoured vehicle equipped with a pivotally mounted armoured shield and a ball mount situated in a traverse member of the vehicle. The system includes a mount adapted to receive the barrel of a mortar and having a barrel mounting section for axially guiding the barrel and for positioning the mount in the shield.
A ball end provided at the bottom end of the mount is arranged in the ball mount. A rotatable body is located between the end of the barrel into which the ammunition is loaded and a bottom portion of the mount.
The body rotates about an axis parallel to the axis of the bore in the barrel and is provided with barrel sections that receive the ammunition.
One barrel section is aligned with the barrel at the end thereof or at the end of the barrel and at the bottom end of the mount. This one barrel section is sealed by a sealing mechanism. The internal length of the barrel sections is substantially shorter than the shortest ammunition.
Description
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This invention relates to a mortar arrangement for an armoured vehicle.
According to the subject matter of copending Canadian Patent Application No. 289,501 filed October 26, 1977 the barrel of a mortar is displacable in adaptation to the length of a shell, thereby permitting it to be placed on the breech plate of ~he mount in alignment with the axis of the bore in the barrel. The barrel is then lowered over the full length of the shell and upon abutment on the breech plate is locked onto the mount.
This loading process, in particular in the case of oversize shells, requires too much time because of the path of the barrel and thus merely permits a relatively low cadence.
It is the object of this invention to construct a mortar arrange-ment of the aforementioned type in such a manner that simyle means will permit a higher cadence.
According to the invention, there is provided a mortar arrange-ment for an armoured vehicle equipped with a pivotally mounted armoured shield and a ball mount situated in a traverse member of the vehicle, said arrangement comprising a mount adapted to receive the barrel of a mortar and having a barrel mounting section for axially guiding the barrel and for positioning the mount in said shield, a mortar barrel mounted in said mount so as to be axially displaceable, a ball end fitted at one end of said mount and adapted for mounting in said ball mount, locking means for the barrel arranged on the mount whereby said barrel can be locked in the firing position, a body adapted to receive ammunition and rotatable in the mount about an axis parallel to the axis of the bore in the barrel, said body being located between the end of the barrel into which the ammunition is loaded and a bottom portion of the mount, said body being provided with barrel sections, one of which .~
~,213~62 is aligned with the axis of the bore in the barrel at the end thereof, or at the end of the barrel and at the bottom end of the mount, said aligned barrel section being sealed by sealing means and the internal length of said barrel sections being substantially shorter than the shortest ammunition.
With the arrangement of the present invention, the shells are held safely in storing position, even when jolted on the vehicle and, in case of ignition failure, the shells can be removed without difficulty from the body holding them. It is likewise feasible with nose fuse shells for the detonators to be mounted after the shells have been inserted into the barrel sections, or for specific values to be set.
Compared to the arrangement described in the abovementioned application there is a substantial saving in time which allows for merely about half of the displacement of the barrel. Advantageously, the danger of self-ignition of the shells by overheating of the barrel sections has been overcome. By separating the barrel from the barrel sections, no flow of heat from the barrel to the body provided with the barrel sections can take place. The relatively large mass and large outer surface of the body have a cooling effect and prevent the self-ignition temperature of the shells being reached.
One preferred embodiment of this invention offers the advantage of a further saving in time by means of a particularly favourable opportunity for loading the barrel sections. The swivelling pieces in the foot area of the barrel sections permit a rapid insertion of the shells into the barrel sections from the ammunition magazines on the vehicle side by means of horizontal loading facilities.
A number of embodiments of this invention will be described here-below with the aid of the drawings, wherein ~213~62 Figure 1 is a mortar with a drum in semi-section, Figure 2 is a section of the barrel according to Figure 1, Figure 3 is the mortar according to Figure 1 in loaded position, Figure 4 is a section along lines IV-IV of Figure 1, Figure 5 is the lower part of the mortar according to Figure 1 with a different drum than shown in Figure 1, Figure 6 is a section along lines VI-VI of the mortar according to Figure 1, Figure 7 is a further mortar, Figure 8 is a barrel section of the Mortar according to Figure 5, Figure 9 is yet a further mortar, Figure 10 is a section along lines X-X of Figure 9, Figure 11 is a partial section along lines XI-XI of Figure 10.
The mortar 4 dispGsed in a mount 26 according to Figure 1 is mounted by means of a barrel section 25 in an armoured shield 13 as well as by means of a ball end 34 and a ball socket 34' in a transverse guide arm 6.
A hydraulic lifting means 100, being known per se, is provided for the axial displacement of the barrel 4'.
A locking device for the barrel 4' in the mount 4 comprises, according to Figure 2, locking nipples 101 and a control curve 102, adapted to correspond with a non-rotatable pin 107 which is affixed to a piston 106.
The locking nipples 101 according to Figures 3 and 4 engage recesses 99 in the mount.
The mount 26 further comprises a frame, having a lower member 103, a face wall 104 and a brace 98 for the face wall 104. In this wall and in the bottom member 103 a shaft 105 for a six-short drum 108 (Figures 4 and 5) îs rotatably disposed.
~2~3162 The drum 108 is provided with barrel sections 109, 109', 109", 109"', 118, 119 which are open toward the barrel for receiving shells 110 and 111 of different lengths. At the bottom drum inserts 108', having bores 112, are provided for non-illustrated ignition cartridges.
The drum, or the inside length 113 of the barrel sections 109 is dimensioned in such a fashion tha~ when using the shortest type of shell 110 at least one quarter of the length of the shell projects beyond the drum surface 114. The projecting length of the shell, however, is not restricted to one quarter; it may be dimensioned in any desired fashion, provided the withdrawal of the shell by its projecting portion is guaranteed.
In loading position A of the shell the space 115 (Figure 3~
between the drum surface 114 and the shield 13 is somewhat larger than the length 111' of the shell 111.
The drum 108 is provided with a worm gear 116 which is placed in engagement with a worm shaft 117 disposed in the mount 26. The worm shaft 117 is driven by means of a mortar 97 which may be seen from Figure 4.
Assuming that the longer shell 111 is to be fired after the shorter shell 110 has been fired from the barrel section 109"', the barrel 4' is rotated by means of lifting device 100 during the initial lift across the length of 102' ~Figure 2) of the control curve 102 and the merely axially movable pin 107 in the direction of rotation of the barrel 4'. This moves the locking nipples 101 in a manner known per se from the blocking position, being shown in Figures 1 and 4, into the free space 120 of the mount 26.
Subsequently, a lifting of the barrel end 122 up to the position 121 is carried out. The drum 108 is then rotated until the longer shell 111 is aligned in the barrel section 109 with the barrel 4'. The barrel 4' is then placed in the basic position according to Figure 1, and the longer shell is ready to be fired. After firing, another she~l of the type 110 ~213~62 or 111 may be inserted into position A of the emptied barrel sections 109"' in the direction of arrow 124. The same applies to the emptied barrel sections 1091, 109"~ 118, 119.
The drum 125 according to Figure 5 differs from the drum 108 according to Figure 1, in that it is provided at the bottom with open barrel sections 126. This permits the shells 110 or 111 to be inserted "from below" in the direction of arrow 127, when there is sufficient space below the drum 125. The shells 110, being shown merely in part, are secured against dropping out of the barrel sections 126 by means of resilient stops which are known per se. A gas-reinforced sealing means 130 is adapted to seal the barrel sections which are placed in alignment with the axis of the bore in the barrel.
A tension rod 133 is axially displacable in a bore 131 of the bottom member 103 of the mount 26 and is adpated to be driven, by means of gas pressure, in the direction of the axis of the bore 132. The tension rod 133 is provided with a tapered socket 134 in a recess 135 of the bottom member 103 where radially displacable spheres 136 abut. The spheres 136 likewise abut an axially displacable sealing ring 13B which obturates the face end and is likewise disposed in the bottom member 103. When the shell 110 or 111 is fired, the gas pressure of the ignited propellant charge 139 of the shell moves the tension rod 133 in the direction of the arrow 132.
A change of path is ef~ected by the spheres 136 on the sealing ring 138 which carries out a lift of approximately 3/10 mm and is sealingly pressed against the drum 108.
According to Figure 7, a mortar 4" on an arm 128 of a bottom member 129 is provided with a bearing pin 140' for a rotatable body 140.
The body 140 bears two pivot pins 141, 142. These are adapted to position two open barrel sections 143, 144 which are open at their respective face 3~62 and bottom. The barrel sections 143, 144 are shorter than the shorter shell 110 ~Pigure 1). The barrel section 143 is shown in loaded position. The barrel section 144 is in firing position.
The barrel 4' of the mortar is adapted to be axially displaced with the aid of a handle 150. Locking nipples 101, being disposed on the barrel, are adapted to engage recesses 99, being known per se, in the barrel cylinder 25'.
The joint between the barrel sections 143 or 144 and the barrel 4' is sealed by means of an axially movable sealing ring 146 which is known per se. ~le joint 147 at the bottom end is sealed by means of the sealing device 130, as described in conjunction with Figure 5.
In case the barrel section 143, 144 according to Figure 7 is replaced by a barrel section 147 which is closed at the bottom according to Figure 8, the gas-reinforced sealing device 130 is eliminated from the bottom member 129 of the mount 26'.
Figure 9 shows a mortar 4"' with a barrel 4' in a position inclined relative to the position of the mortar 4 of Figure 1. The shaft 105, instead of the drum 108 according to Figure 1, accommodates a mushroom~shaped body 150 which is provided with four recesses 151-154 for the barrel sections 155-158 of the type closed at the bottom, four bearing blocks 160-163, four stop means 165, four pins 166 and a rotating abutment surface 167. The barrel sections 155-158 according to Figure 11 each have at their bottom a recess 158 and two bores 169. The barrel sections 155-158 in théir basic position according to Figure 9, abut a surface 171 of the recesses 151-154 which are restricted by a step 170. The stop means 165, comprising features which have not been provided with reference numerals, such as bore, spring, sphere, stop means, arrest the barrel sections 155-158 in their respective basic position.
~213~62 During the pivotal movement of the barrel section, a bottom sur-face 175 (Figure 9) of each barrel section abuts in every position the bear-ing block 160 or 161-163 in the direction of the arrow B.
For carrying out the loading process of a shell 110 or 111 in a barrel section 155-158, the barrel section 157 is to be pivoted by hand from the position shown in Figure 9 in the direction of arrow B from the basic position according to the drawing into the position shown in dash-dot line.
In that position a shell can easily and speedily be inserted. The loaded barrel section is then returned into its basic position. A further shell is readied for firing by rotating the body 150 by hand until the loaded barrel section is in alignment with the pushed up barrel 4'.
It is likewise possible to carry out the loading process in the position shown by the barrel cylinder 156 according to Figure 10.
This invention relates to a mortar arrangement for an armoured vehicle.
According to the subject matter of copending Canadian Patent Application No. 289,501 filed October 26, 1977 the barrel of a mortar is displacable in adaptation to the length of a shell, thereby permitting it to be placed on the breech plate of ~he mount in alignment with the axis of the bore in the barrel. The barrel is then lowered over the full length of the shell and upon abutment on the breech plate is locked onto the mount.
This loading process, in particular in the case of oversize shells, requires too much time because of the path of the barrel and thus merely permits a relatively low cadence.
It is the object of this invention to construct a mortar arrange-ment of the aforementioned type in such a manner that simyle means will permit a higher cadence.
According to the invention, there is provided a mortar arrange-ment for an armoured vehicle equipped with a pivotally mounted armoured shield and a ball mount situated in a traverse member of the vehicle, said arrangement comprising a mount adapted to receive the barrel of a mortar and having a barrel mounting section for axially guiding the barrel and for positioning the mount in said shield, a mortar barrel mounted in said mount so as to be axially displaceable, a ball end fitted at one end of said mount and adapted for mounting in said ball mount, locking means for the barrel arranged on the mount whereby said barrel can be locked in the firing position, a body adapted to receive ammunition and rotatable in the mount about an axis parallel to the axis of the bore in the barrel, said body being located between the end of the barrel into which the ammunition is loaded and a bottom portion of the mount, said body being provided with barrel sections, one of which .~
~,213~62 is aligned with the axis of the bore in the barrel at the end thereof, or at the end of the barrel and at the bottom end of the mount, said aligned barrel section being sealed by sealing means and the internal length of said barrel sections being substantially shorter than the shortest ammunition.
With the arrangement of the present invention, the shells are held safely in storing position, even when jolted on the vehicle and, in case of ignition failure, the shells can be removed without difficulty from the body holding them. It is likewise feasible with nose fuse shells for the detonators to be mounted after the shells have been inserted into the barrel sections, or for specific values to be set.
Compared to the arrangement described in the abovementioned application there is a substantial saving in time which allows for merely about half of the displacement of the barrel. Advantageously, the danger of self-ignition of the shells by overheating of the barrel sections has been overcome. By separating the barrel from the barrel sections, no flow of heat from the barrel to the body provided with the barrel sections can take place. The relatively large mass and large outer surface of the body have a cooling effect and prevent the self-ignition temperature of the shells being reached.
One preferred embodiment of this invention offers the advantage of a further saving in time by means of a particularly favourable opportunity for loading the barrel sections. The swivelling pieces in the foot area of the barrel sections permit a rapid insertion of the shells into the barrel sections from the ammunition magazines on the vehicle side by means of horizontal loading facilities.
A number of embodiments of this invention will be described here-below with the aid of the drawings, wherein ~213~62 Figure 1 is a mortar with a drum in semi-section, Figure 2 is a section of the barrel according to Figure 1, Figure 3 is the mortar according to Figure 1 in loaded position, Figure 4 is a section along lines IV-IV of Figure 1, Figure 5 is the lower part of the mortar according to Figure 1 with a different drum than shown in Figure 1, Figure 6 is a section along lines VI-VI of the mortar according to Figure 1, Figure 7 is a further mortar, Figure 8 is a barrel section of the Mortar according to Figure 5, Figure 9 is yet a further mortar, Figure 10 is a section along lines X-X of Figure 9, Figure 11 is a partial section along lines XI-XI of Figure 10.
The mortar 4 dispGsed in a mount 26 according to Figure 1 is mounted by means of a barrel section 25 in an armoured shield 13 as well as by means of a ball end 34 and a ball socket 34' in a transverse guide arm 6.
A hydraulic lifting means 100, being known per se, is provided for the axial displacement of the barrel 4'.
A locking device for the barrel 4' in the mount 4 comprises, according to Figure 2, locking nipples 101 and a control curve 102, adapted to correspond with a non-rotatable pin 107 which is affixed to a piston 106.
The locking nipples 101 according to Figures 3 and 4 engage recesses 99 in the mount.
The mount 26 further comprises a frame, having a lower member 103, a face wall 104 and a brace 98 for the face wall 104. In this wall and in the bottom member 103 a shaft 105 for a six-short drum 108 (Figures 4 and 5) îs rotatably disposed.
~2~3162 The drum 108 is provided with barrel sections 109, 109', 109", 109"', 118, 119 which are open toward the barrel for receiving shells 110 and 111 of different lengths. At the bottom drum inserts 108', having bores 112, are provided for non-illustrated ignition cartridges.
The drum, or the inside length 113 of the barrel sections 109 is dimensioned in such a fashion tha~ when using the shortest type of shell 110 at least one quarter of the length of the shell projects beyond the drum surface 114. The projecting length of the shell, however, is not restricted to one quarter; it may be dimensioned in any desired fashion, provided the withdrawal of the shell by its projecting portion is guaranteed.
In loading position A of the shell the space 115 (Figure 3~
between the drum surface 114 and the shield 13 is somewhat larger than the length 111' of the shell 111.
The drum 108 is provided with a worm gear 116 which is placed in engagement with a worm shaft 117 disposed in the mount 26. The worm shaft 117 is driven by means of a mortar 97 which may be seen from Figure 4.
Assuming that the longer shell 111 is to be fired after the shorter shell 110 has been fired from the barrel section 109"', the barrel 4' is rotated by means of lifting device 100 during the initial lift across the length of 102' ~Figure 2) of the control curve 102 and the merely axially movable pin 107 in the direction of rotation of the barrel 4'. This moves the locking nipples 101 in a manner known per se from the blocking position, being shown in Figures 1 and 4, into the free space 120 of the mount 26.
Subsequently, a lifting of the barrel end 122 up to the position 121 is carried out. The drum 108 is then rotated until the longer shell 111 is aligned in the barrel section 109 with the barrel 4'. The barrel 4' is then placed in the basic position according to Figure 1, and the longer shell is ready to be fired. After firing, another she~l of the type 110 ~213~62 or 111 may be inserted into position A of the emptied barrel sections 109"' in the direction of arrow 124. The same applies to the emptied barrel sections 1091, 109"~ 118, 119.
The drum 125 according to Figure 5 differs from the drum 108 according to Figure 1, in that it is provided at the bottom with open barrel sections 126. This permits the shells 110 or 111 to be inserted "from below" in the direction of arrow 127, when there is sufficient space below the drum 125. The shells 110, being shown merely in part, are secured against dropping out of the barrel sections 126 by means of resilient stops which are known per se. A gas-reinforced sealing means 130 is adapted to seal the barrel sections which are placed in alignment with the axis of the bore in the barrel.
A tension rod 133 is axially displacable in a bore 131 of the bottom member 103 of the mount 26 and is adpated to be driven, by means of gas pressure, in the direction of the axis of the bore 132. The tension rod 133 is provided with a tapered socket 134 in a recess 135 of the bottom member 103 where radially displacable spheres 136 abut. The spheres 136 likewise abut an axially displacable sealing ring 13B which obturates the face end and is likewise disposed in the bottom member 103. When the shell 110 or 111 is fired, the gas pressure of the ignited propellant charge 139 of the shell moves the tension rod 133 in the direction of the arrow 132.
A change of path is ef~ected by the spheres 136 on the sealing ring 138 which carries out a lift of approximately 3/10 mm and is sealingly pressed against the drum 108.
According to Figure 7, a mortar 4" on an arm 128 of a bottom member 129 is provided with a bearing pin 140' for a rotatable body 140.
The body 140 bears two pivot pins 141, 142. These are adapted to position two open barrel sections 143, 144 which are open at their respective face 3~62 and bottom. The barrel sections 143, 144 are shorter than the shorter shell 110 ~Pigure 1). The barrel section 143 is shown in loaded position. The barrel section 144 is in firing position.
The barrel 4' of the mortar is adapted to be axially displaced with the aid of a handle 150. Locking nipples 101, being disposed on the barrel, are adapted to engage recesses 99, being known per se, in the barrel cylinder 25'.
The joint between the barrel sections 143 or 144 and the barrel 4' is sealed by means of an axially movable sealing ring 146 which is known per se. ~le joint 147 at the bottom end is sealed by means of the sealing device 130, as described in conjunction with Figure 5.
In case the barrel section 143, 144 according to Figure 7 is replaced by a barrel section 147 which is closed at the bottom according to Figure 8, the gas-reinforced sealing device 130 is eliminated from the bottom member 129 of the mount 26'.
Figure 9 shows a mortar 4"' with a barrel 4' in a position inclined relative to the position of the mortar 4 of Figure 1. The shaft 105, instead of the drum 108 according to Figure 1, accommodates a mushroom~shaped body 150 which is provided with four recesses 151-154 for the barrel sections 155-158 of the type closed at the bottom, four bearing blocks 160-163, four stop means 165, four pins 166 and a rotating abutment surface 167. The barrel sections 155-158 according to Figure 11 each have at their bottom a recess 158 and two bores 169. The barrel sections 155-158 in théir basic position according to Figure 9, abut a surface 171 of the recesses 151-154 which are restricted by a step 170. The stop means 165, comprising features which have not been provided with reference numerals, such as bore, spring, sphere, stop means, arrest the barrel sections 155-158 in their respective basic position.
~213~62 During the pivotal movement of the barrel section, a bottom sur-face 175 (Figure 9) of each barrel section abuts in every position the bear-ing block 160 or 161-163 in the direction of the arrow B.
For carrying out the loading process of a shell 110 or 111 in a barrel section 155-158, the barrel section 157 is to be pivoted by hand from the position shown in Figure 9 in the direction of arrow B from the basic position according to the drawing into the position shown in dash-dot line.
In that position a shell can easily and speedily be inserted. The loaded barrel section is then returned into its basic position. A further shell is readied for firing by rotating the body 150 by hand until the loaded barrel section is in alignment with the pushed up barrel 4'.
It is likewise possible to carry out the loading process in the position shown by the barrel cylinder 156 according to Figure 10.
Claims (8)
PROPERTY OR PRIVILEGE IS CLAIMED ARE DEFINED AS FOLLOWS:
1. A mortar arrangement for an armoured vehicle equipped with a pivotally mounted armoured shield and a ball mount situated in a traverse member of the vehicle, said arrangement comprising a mount adapted to receive the barrel of a mortar and having a barrel mounting section for axially guiding the barrel and for positioning the mount in said shield, a mortar barrel mounted in said mount so as to be axially displaceable, a ball end fitted at one end of said mount and adapted for mounting in said ball mount, locking means for the barrel arranged on the mount whereby said barrel can be locked in the firing position, a body adapted to receive ammunition and rotatable in the mount about an axis parallel to the axis of the bore in the barrel, said body being located between the end of the barrel into which the ammunition is loaded and a bottom portion of the mount, said body being provided with barrel sections, one of which is aligned with the axis of the bore in the barrel at the end thereof, or at the end of the barrel and at the bottom end of the mount, said aligned barrel section being sealed by sealing means and the internal length of said barrel sections being substantially shorter than the shortest ammunition.
2. A mortar arrangement according to claim 1, wherein the body has the configuration of a drum which is adapted to be continuously rotated to the next barrel section by means of a drive.
3. A mortar arrangement according to claim 1, wherein there is dis-posed on the body at least one rotatable barrel section adapted to receive the ammunition, the axis of rotation of which extends substantially at right angles to the axis of rotation of the body.
4. A mortar arrangement according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the barrel sections are open only at the barrel end of said sections.
5. A mortar arrangement according to claim 1, wherein for the purpose of loading the barrel sections in the body, the barrel sections are adapted to be pivoted radially outward via hinge joints from a basic position parallel to the axis of the bore of the barrel or the axis of rotation of the body into a loading position.
6. An arrangement according to claim 5 wherein the body with the barrel sections is provided with abutments and with stop means for the basic positioning and with restricting surfaces which prevent further pivotal movement of the barrel sections, for the outermost loading position-ing.
7. A mortar arrangement according to any one of claims 1 to 3 wherein the barrel sections are open at both ends thereof.
8. An armoured vehicle including a pivotally mounted armour shield, a traverse member arranged on said vehicle and having a ball mount, and a mortar arrangement according to claim 1, 2, or 3 with said ball end being received in said ball mount and the barrel mounting section being arranged in said armour shield.
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