EP0635695A3 - Fighting vehicle, in particular howitzer, with ammunition magazines. - Google Patents

Fighting vehicle, in particular howitzer, with ammunition magazines. Download PDF

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EP0635695A3
EP0635695A3 EP94108753A EP94108753A EP0635695A3 EP 0635695 A3 EP0635695 A3 EP 0635695A3 EP 94108753 A EP94108753 A EP 94108753A EP 94108753 A EP94108753 A EP 94108753A EP 0635695 A3 EP0635695 A3 EP 0635695A3
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vehicle
rounds
magazine
turret
propellent
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Heinrich Heldmann
Manfred Hopke
Erich Wallwey
Guenter Dipl-Ing Hesse
Michael Dipl-Ing Kohlstedt
Peter Liebel
Olaf Schoeppe
Heinz Juergen Dipl-I Schloemer
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Wegmann and Co GmbH
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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
    • F41A9/06—Feeding of unbelted ammunition using cyclically moving conveyors, i.e. conveyors having ammunition pusher or carrier elements which are emptied or disengaged from the ammunition during the return stroke
    • F41A9/09—Movable ammunition carriers or loading trays, e.g. for feeding from magazines
    • F41A9/20—Movable ammunition carriers or loading trays, e.g. for feeding from magazines sliding, e.g. reciprocating
    • 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
    • F41A9/82—Reloading or unloading of magazines
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F41—WEAPONS
    • F41H—ARMOUR; ARMOURED TURRETS; ARMOURED OR ARMED VEHICLES; MEANS OF ATTACK OR DEFENCE, e.g. CAMOUFLAGE, IN GENERAL
    • F41H7/00—Armoured or armed vehicles
    • F41H7/02—Land vehicles with enclosing armour, e.g. tanks

Abstract

A fighting vehicle, in particular an armoured howitzer, having a rotatable turret (T) which is arranged on the vehicle (F) in the region behind the vehicle centre and on which a heavy weapon (W) is arranged such that it can pivot in elevation. Located at the rear of the vehicle is a loading/unloading opening (B) which opens to the rear. The rounds (projectiles) are preferably stored in the rear part of the vehicle. Some of the rounds are arranged in the rear of the vehicle on both sides of the longitudinal centre plane, in one magazine (3, 4) for rounds, in each case, each of which magazines has a first part (3.1, 4.1), which is at right angles to the vehicle floor, and a second part (3.2, 4.2), which is arranged at the upper end of the first part and runs outwards parallel to the vehicle floor. Each magazine (3, 4) for rounds can be displaced from a loading position immediately in front of the loading/unloading (B) of the vehicle, transversely with respect to the longitudinal centre plane of the vehicle, into a storage position in which the second part (3.2, 4.2) of the magazine for rounds in each case engages over the track box (K1, K2) which runs on the longitudinal side of the vehicle interior. An additional magazine (5, 6) can in each case be arranged above the track box (K1, K2) of the vehicle, in the region in front of each magazine (3, 4) for rounds. Finally, a turret magazine for accommodating further rounds can be arranged in the rear of the turret, behind the weapon. Some of the propellent charges (cartridges) are arranged in propellent-charge containers (7, 8, 9) in the vehicle interior, and some in a propellent-charge container (2) in the turret. <IMAGE>
EP94108753A 1993-07-24 1994-06-08 Fighting vehicle, in particular howitzer, with ammunition magazines Expired - Lifetime EP0635695B1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

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DE4324966A DE4324966A1 (en) 1993-07-24 1993-07-24 Combat vehicle, in particular howitzer howitzer
DE4324966 1993-07-24

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EP0635695A2 EP0635695A2 (en) 1995-01-25
EP0635695A3 true EP0635695A3 (en) 1995-05-24
EP0635695B1 EP0635695B1 (en) 1996-11-06

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AT (1) ATE145055T1 (en)
DE (2) DE4324966A1 (en)
NO (1) NO302976B1 (en)

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DE102011050537B3 (en) 2011-05-20 2012-10-25 Krauss-Maffei Wegmann Gmbh & Co. Kg Gun and military vehicle
DE102016112323A1 (en) * 2016-07-05 2018-01-11 Krauss-Maffei Wegmann Gmbh & Co. Kg Military vehicle
DE102016112322A1 (en) * 2016-07-05 2018-01-11 Krauss-Maffei Wegmann Gmbh & Co. Kg weapon system

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US2367837A (en) * 1943-08-20 1945-01-23 Firestone Tire & Rubber Co Gun carrier
EP0331980A1 (en) * 1988-03-08 1989-09-13 Wegmann & Co. GmbH Combat vehicle, especially an armoured houwitzer

Patent Citations (2)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US2367837A (en) * 1943-08-20 1945-01-23 Firestone Tire & Rubber Co Gun carrier
EP0331980A1 (en) * 1988-03-08 1989-09-13 Wegmann & Co. GmbH Combat vehicle, especially an armoured houwitzer

Non-Patent Citations (1)

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Title
E. NEUGEBAUER: "Die Panzerhaubitze 2000", WT/WEHRTECHNIK, vol. 20, no. 6, June 1988 (1988-06-01), BONN, pages 58-63 *

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DE59400986D1 (en) 1996-12-12
ATE145055T1 (en) 1996-11-15
NO302976B1 (en) 1998-05-11
NO942229D0 (en) 1994-06-14
NO942229L (en) 1995-01-25
EP0635695A2 (en) 1995-01-25
DE4324966A1 (en) 1995-01-26
EP0635695B1 (en) 1996-11-06

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