EP0754926A2 - Tourelle pour un véhicule à roues ou à chenilles - Google Patents

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EP0754926A2
EP0754926A2 EP96111474A EP96111474A EP0754926A2 EP 0754926 A2 EP0754926 A2 EP 0754926A2 EP 96111474 A EP96111474 A EP 96111474A EP 96111474 A EP96111474 A EP 96111474A EP 0754926 A2 EP0754926 A2 EP 0754926A2
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Friedrich-Wilhelm Strasser
Peter Ertl
Hans-Jürgen Pollack
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Rheinmetall Landsysteme 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
    • F41A9/29—Feeding of belted ammunition
    • 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
    • F41A23/00—Gun mountings, e.g. on vehicles; Disposition of guns on vehicles
    • F41A23/24—Turret gun mountings

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  • the invention relates to a turret for a preferably armored wheeled or tracked vehicle, with a weapon and a magazine from which ammunition can be fed to the weapon in a belted form.
  • Such a tower is usually used as a so-called one-man tower on armored or unarmored wheeled or tracked vehicles, which are used, for example, for crisis response forces and as a combat support vehicle.
  • a main weapon up to 30 mm caliber is mounted on the turret.
  • the ammunition of the weapon is fed in a belted form via a conveying channel from a magazine which is arranged below the weapon on a stage.
  • the weapon can exert a certain tractive force on the ammunition belt fitted with ammunition or cartridges using the gas pressure which arises in it, however, this is generally not sufficient to increase the conveying height for the belt from the magazine to the weapon overcome.
  • frictional forces arise in the conveyor channel, which must also be overcome.
  • a tower is known from US Pat. No. 4,840,108, in which the magazine in the tower is arranged to the side of the weapon.
  • the ammunition is stored in the magazine, which is formed by an interchangeable container, in a vertical orientation.
  • Between the magazine and the weapon runs a flexible guide channel in which the ammunition is fed to the weapon, whereby it is brought into alignment with it.
  • a flexible guide channel is prone to failure and is structurally complex.
  • the invention has for its object to provide a tower of the type mentioned, in which the ammunition can be fed to the weapon in a simple and reliable manner.
  • the vertical alignment of the ammunition in the magazine ensures a very good utilization of the available transport space, whereby it has proven to be advantageous that the belted ammunition is spirally wound or wound up in the magazine, as a result of which it is pulled out of the magazine safely and with little pulling force can be.
  • the magazine can be loaded quickly and easily in a simple and safe manner, for example by cranking up an ammunitioned belt with devices known per se.
  • the magazine preferably consists of a rotatable base plate with a central column which simultaneously forms the axis of rotation.
  • the base plate can be surrounded by stationary side walls or boundary walls.
  • the rotatable base plate makes it easier to pull off the wound ammunition belt, and in a preferred embodiment a braking device can be provided for the base plate, the braking force of which can be adjusted and which prevents the ammunition belt from being pulled out unintentionally.
  • a magazine is arranged on both sides of the weapon, so that a large ammunition supply is available and an ammunition belt can be fed to the weapon from both the right and the left.
  • the two magazines are preferably of the same size and of the same structure, but they can also be of different sizes if necessary and can accommodate ammunition of different types.
  • the magazine is inclined downwards in the outlet direction of the ammunition belt.
  • the outlet of the magazine is preferably facing the weapon, so that by the inclination the magazine for the ammunition belt is given support in the promotion due to a gravity component.
  • a guide roller is arranged near the outlet of the magazine in order to prevent the ammunition belt from getting caught when it is pulled out of the magazine.
  • the ammunition belt is preferably clamped into the weapon and conveyed by it alone.
  • the ammunition preferably runs by the shortest route from the magazine to the weapon, the ammunition belt taking on the optimal, twisted position on this route by itself.
  • the ammunition belt which usually consists of a plurality of interlocking belt members, is disassembled into its belt members with the aid of a separating device after the ammunition has been removed and the weapon has emerged.
  • the separating device is preferably followed by a conveying device, by means of which the individual belt members can be fed to a collecting container.
  • a conveying device for example, a slide can be provided as the conveying device.
  • the collection container should be located in the tower.
  • the separating device is mounted directly on the weapon or the double belt feeder of the weapon.
  • a guiding surface can be provided as the separating device, by means of which the respective outer, ie closed separating belt member is pivotable relative to the subsequent belt member and can thus be disengaged.
  • a concave, upwardly curved guide surface has proven to be particularly effective.
  • an ejection channel is therefore provided which, when the weapon is tilted upwards, forms a guide for the sleeves to be ejected in a desired ejection direction, in particular vertically upwards.
  • the ejection channel When the weapon is in its horizontal basic position, the ejection channel is inoperative because the sleeves are ejected vertically upwards from the weapon and thus also vertically to the turret. When the weapon is tilted upwards, the ejection channel ensures that the sleeves ejected perpendicular to the weapon and inclined to the tower are deflected such that they fly upwards relative to the tower.
  • the ejection channel is formed by a plurality of segments which are articulated to one another in a fan-like manner and are adjustable relative to one another when the weapon is pointing upwards.
  • the weapon-side segment is firmly connected to the weapon carrier, while the segment arranged at the other end of the ejection channel engages with the turret housing. If the gun is on is directed upwards, the rear end of the weapon lowers with the ejector for the sleeves relative to the turret housing. This height difference is then bridged by the segments which can be adjusted in a fan-like manner with respect to one another, so that the sleeve always exits in the desired manner upwards.
  • the tower housing has a pressure-stable base plate delimiting the tower from the vehicle interior arranged underneath. The base plate ensures that the pressure wave of a possible explosion of the ammunition in the tower does not reach the vehicle interior underneath.
  • the operator room in the tower, in which the operator for the weapon is located, is preferably also shielded from the magazines by a pressure-resistant bulkhead.
  • at least one plate which can be easily opened and blasted off is provided on the top of the tower above the magazines. In the event of an explosion of the ammunition inside the tower, this ensures a directed pressure reduction towards the outside or upwards.
  • a turret 10 which is usually rotatably mounted on a vehicle (not shown), has a weapon 11 which, apart from its horizontal basic position H into a position U and which is only indicated by the corresponding axis and is inclined downward by an angle ⁇ a position O inclined upwards by an angle ⁇ can be adjusted.
  • a rear sight 16 is arranged behind the weapon, with which an operator 15, as shown in FIG. 2, in an operator room 28 behind the weapon, can align the weapon 11 in the desired manner.
  • a magazine 12 is arranged on each side of the weapon 11, in which an ammunition belt 19 with cartridges 13 which have been armed with ammunition is wound spirally. As shown in FIG. 1 in particular, the cartridges 13 are arranged within the magazine 12 in a substantially vertical orientation, the magazine 12 being inclined slightly downward towards the weapon 11. Near the outlet of the magazine 12, which is delimited by inner guide walls 18, a guide roller 14 is arranged in each case, which prevents the ammunition belt 19 from getting caught during the conveyance.
  • the area of the tower in which the magazines 12 are located is separated from the operator room 28 by a pressure-resistant bulkhead wall 27.
  • the magazine 12 has a base plate 12b which can be rotated about a central column 12a and on which the ammunition belt is supported in the wound state. The base plate 12b is acted upon by an adjustable braking device (not shown).
  • the ammunition belt 19 is inserted into a double belt conveyor 11a of the weapon 11, the ammunition entering the weapon in alignment with the weapon. This means that the ammunition belt 19 is rotated or twisted by essentially 90 ° after leaving the magazine 12, as shown in the figures, and it runs freely from the magazine 12 to the weapon 11 without a guiding device.
  • the outer belt member of the ammunition belt 19 runs onto a concave, upwardly curved guide surface 17 (see FIG. 3), making it relative to that subsequent belt link is pivoted.
  • the two interlocking belt members disengage, so that the outer, now isolated belt member can be fed to a collecting container (not shown) inside the tower 10 via the guide surface 17 designed as a slide.
  • the empty cartridges 13a of the cartridges are ejected from the weapon 11 essentially vertically upwards. This is not a problem when the weapon is aligned horizontally, since the aiming lens 16 arranged behind the weapon cannot be hit by the ejected sleeves 13a. If, however, the weapon is in the position O, which is indicated in FIG. 1 and is inclined upward by the angle .alpha the sleeves 13a ejected perpendicular to the weapon are now ejected obliquely to the rear relative to the turret. In order to prevent the sleeves 13a from hitting the target optics 16, a fan-like ejection channel 20 is provided, which is indicated in FIG.
  • the ejection channel 15 consists of four segments 21, 22, 23 and 24 which are connected to one another in a fan-like manner and which can be shifted into one another.
  • the lower segment 21 according to FIG. 4 is firmly connected to the top of the weapon.
  • the segment 24 arranged at the other end of the ejection channel 20 engages with the tower housing. This ensures that the mouth of the ejection channel 20 or the last segment 24 always defines an ejection direction perpendicular to the tower.
  • the sight for the aiming optics 16 is not obstructed by the ejection channel 20 in any position of the weapon 11, since the segments do not protrude beyond the upper edge of the turret.

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EP96111474A 1995-07-21 1996-07-17 Tourelle pour un véhicule à roues ou à chenilles Expired - Lifetime EP0754926B1 (fr)

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DE19526664A DE19526664A1 (de) 1995-07-21 1995-07-21 Turm für ein Rad- oder Kettenfahrzeug
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