EP1600724A1 - Granatwerfer und mit einem solchen Granatwerfer versehenes Gewehr - Google Patents

Granatwerfer und mit einem solchen Granatwerfer versehenes Gewehr Download PDF

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EP1600724A1
EP1600724A1 EP05076172A EP05076172A EP1600724A1 EP 1600724 A1 EP1600724 A1 EP 1600724A1 EP 05076172 A EP05076172 A EP 05076172A EP 05076172 A EP05076172 A EP 05076172A EP 1600724 A1 EP1600724 A1 EP 1600724A1
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grenade launcher
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Tony Macaluso
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F41—WEAPONS
    • F41C—SMALLARMS, e.g. PISTOLS, RIFLES; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR
    • F41C27/00—Accessories; Details or attachments not otherwise provided for
    • F41C27/06—Adaptations of smallarms for firing grenades, e.g. rifle grenades, or for firing riot-control ammunition; Barrel attachments therefor
    • 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
    • F41A19/00—Firing or trigger mechanisms; Cocking mechanisms
    • F41A19/06—Mechanical firing mechanisms, e.g. counterrecoil firing, recoil actuated firing mechanisms
    • F41A19/10—Triggers; Trigger mountings
    • 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
    • F41A19/00—Firing or trigger mechanisms; Cocking mechanisms
    • F41A19/06—Mechanical firing mechanisms, e.g. counterrecoil firing, recoil actuated firing mechanisms
    • F41A19/18—Mechanical firing mechanisms, e.g. counterrecoil firing, recoil actuated firing mechanisms for multibarrel guns or multiple guns
    • 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
    • F41A19/00—Firing or trigger mechanisms; Cocking mechanisms
    • F41A19/06—Mechanical firing mechanisms, e.g. counterrecoil firing, recoil actuated firing mechanisms
    • F41A19/25—Mechanical firing mechanisms, e.g. counterrecoil firing, recoil actuated firing mechanisms having only slidably-mounted striker elements, i.e. percussion or firing pins
    • F41A19/27—Mechanical firing mechanisms, e.g. counterrecoil firing, recoil actuated firing mechanisms having only slidably-mounted striker elements, i.e. percussion or firing pins the percussion or firing pin being movable relative to the breech-block
    • F41A19/29—Mechanical firing mechanisms, e.g. counterrecoil firing, recoil actuated firing mechanisms having only slidably-mounted striker elements, i.e. percussion or firing pins the percussion or firing pin being movable relative to the breech-block propelled by a spring under tension
    • F41A19/39—Cocking or firing mechanisms for other types of guns, e.g. fixed breech-block types, forwardly-slidable barrel types

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  • the invention relates to an improved grenade launcher.
  • the invention relates more particularly to a grenade launcher for mounting below the barrel of a conventional rifle, plus especially a rifle of the type whose charger cartridges rose in front of the trigger.
  • Such a rifle is usually provided with a handle located behind the trigger of the rifle to better hold the rifle.
  • a grenade launcher which is mounted permanently or removably underneath the barrel of a rifle and which is provided with its own to be able to fire grenades, this trigger being located in front of the above charger.
  • the shooter To shoot the cartridges from the rifle, the shooter holds this one by the handle using his strong hand and he supports the rifle with his weak hand at the level of the grenade launcher. To shoot, he uses his strong hand to activate the relaxation of the rifle.
  • the shooter To use the grenade launcher, the shooter must release the rifle handle and he has to move his strong hand for grab the loader that is used as a handle and for to be able to use the trigger of the grenade launcher that is just in front of the charger.
  • a disadvantage of this type of known grenade launcher is that the charger used as a handle is poorly adapted to this function and that his handling is uncomfortable mainly its width allowing to contain rifle ammunition.
  • Another disadvantage of this type of known grenade launcher is that the time needed to move the hand is a dead time in which the shooter is not able to use his weapon, neither as a rifle nor as a grenade launcher.
  • Some grenade launchers have their own handle, which allows the shooter to hold the rifle with his strong hand at the rifle grip and with his hand weak at the handle of the grenade launcher, and forcing him to use his weak hand to operate the trigger of the grenade launcher.
  • Such a rifle has the advantage that the shooter can use his strong hand to hold the rifle handle and to operate both the relaxation of the rifle, the relaxation of the grenade launcher without having to move that hand.
  • a grenade launcher which is mounted below the barrel of a conventional rifle which the cartridge magazine is mounted in front of the trigger of the rifle and which is provided with a percussion mechanism operated by a trigger in the form of a telescopic rod who can be lying towards the back of the rifle to be located near the trigger of the rifle.
  • Such a known mechanism has the disadvantage that it is very vulnerable and can easily bend during combat operations, which makes the grenade launcher unusable.
  • the telescopic rod can accidentally lie down following the maneuvers of the combatant.
  • the trigger can accidentally stand next to the trigger of the rifle and thus obstruct access to this trigger of the rifle and thus prevent momentarily the use of the rifle.
  • Another disadvantage is that the relaxation is located in a location where relaxation may hang on behind an object for example and therefore risks doing start a grenade shot.
  • the invention aims to avoid one or more of disadvantages and to provide a grenade launcher that can be mounted on a conventional rifle and that allows to able to fire the cartridges from the rifle and the grenade without have to move the hands and that allows use ensured at all times of the grenade launcher and rifle.
  • this object is achieved by a grenade launcher improved for mounting below the barrel of a rifle classic type of which the cartridge loader is mounted before the detonation of the rifle, the grenade launcher being provided a percussion mechanism and a trigger mechanism with a trigger that is connected to the percussion mechanism and which is located near the trigger of the rifle when the grenade launcher is mounted on the rifle, the mechanism of detent comprising a support comprising at least one side flange which is provided with a cavity and which extends towards the rear of the rifle next to the magazine, the trigger of the grenade launcher being mounted at the end rear of said support, part of the trigger and the parts of the trigger mechanism connecting the trigger to percussion mechanism being housed in said cavity of support.
  • the relaxation of the rifle and the relaxation of the grenade launcher are both located near the rifle handle, which has the advantage that the shooter can operate the two relaxes leaving his strong hand on the handle of the rifle. The shooter should not move his hand to use the grenade launcher.
  • the trigger mechanism is mounted on a support and is housed in the shelter in a cavity of said support, there is no danger of the trigger mechanism being damaged accidentally or that the trigger accidentally prevents access to the trigger of the rifle.
  • the relaxation mechanism is extended by one side or two sides of the loader in such a way that the The grenade launcher's relaxation is immediately below the trigger of the rifle.
  • the invention also relates to a rifle which is provided with a improved grenade launcher as previously described.
  • FIG. 1 represents a rifle 1 which is equipped with a grenade launcher 2 according to the invention.
  • the rifle 1 comprises a barrel 3; a handle 4 and a handguard 5 to hold the rifle 1; a removable charger 6 for contain a number of cartridges, a trigger 7 located between the handle 4 and the charger 6, allowing shoot with the rifle 1.
  • the rifle 1 is a so-called conventional rifle whose charger 6 is mounted in front of the trigger 7 and the handle 4.
  • the grenade launcher 2 is mounted below the barrel 3 of the rifle 1 and is removable in the case shown.
  • the grenade launcher 2 includes generally speaking, a launch tube 8, a mechanism of percussion with a striker 9 and a spring of striker 10 located at the rear of the launch tube 8, a trigger 11 which allows to move the striker 9 in armed position and release the striker 9 in a way well known by a person skilled in the art, and a mechanism trigger 12 to control the trigger 11.
  • the percussion mechanism 9-10 and the trigger 11, which in is part of, are elements well known by a man of and are therefore not described in more detail in this following.
  • the trigger mechanism 12 comprises a support 13 which, in this particular case consists of two lateral flanges 14 and 15 that are mounted at the back of the launch tube 8, each on one side of the charger 6, and which are extended towards the back of the rifle 1 to the vicinity of the trigger 7 rifle 1, preferably below this trigger 7.
  • These flanges 14-15 of the support 13 are assembled and are each provided with a cavity 16 located on the side of the charger 6.
  • the support 13 is provided with a opening 17 for mounting a trigger 18 which is mounted in a pivotable manner on a fixed transverse axis 19 on the support 13.
  • the trigger 18 is annular and has two control rods 20 which are directed forward of the rifle 1 and which are housed in the cavities 16 flanges 14-15 on both sides of the charger 6.
  • control rods 20 are each having a lateral pivot 21.
  • a return spring 22 is mounted around the axis 19 to bring back and hold the trigger 18 in the position of rest shown in Figure 4.
  • the trigger 18 is connected to the trigger 11 by through a tilting lever 23, called trigger lever, which is rotatably supported by an axis transverse 24 at the front end of the support 13 and which is connected with one end 25 to the trigger 18 and with the other end 26 to the trigger 11 by means of a connecting pin 27.
  • the end 25 is made in the form of a fork to two arms 28 each located on one side of the charger 6.
  • These arms 28 are directed towards the rear of the rifle 1 and are each provided at their free ends with a groove 29 longitudinal which serves as a guide for each of the pivots 21 on the ends of the control rods 20 to form and a hinge 21-29 between the trigger 18 and the trigger lever 23.
  • the cavities 16 which house the control rods 20 of the trigger 18 and the arms 28 of the trigger lever 23 are covered by a central protective sheet that wraps the outline of the charger 6 to form a passage 31 for the charger.
  • the trigger 18 is provided with a security button 32 which blocks the trigger 18 in his rest position.
  • the use and operation of the grenade launcher 2 are simple and as follows.
  • the grenade launcher 2 is mounted on the rifle 1 as shown in Figure 1.
  • the passage 31 allows the placement of the charger 6 on the rifle 1 and the removal of the charger 6 when the grenade launcher 2 is in place on the rifle 1.
  • the charger 6 is removed from rifle 1 by removing it in the direction of the arrow Is shown in Figure 1.
  • a non-grenade represented is first slipped into the launch tube 8, with its primer facing the firing pin 9 of the grenade launcher 2.
  • the shooter unlocks the security 32 of the trigger 18 of the grenade launcher 18 and operates this relax 18 by tilting it in the direction of the arrow B as shown in Figure 6, against the force exerted by the spring 22.
  • the tilting of the trigger 18, causes the tilting of the trigger lever 23 in the direction of arrow C around its axis 24, which in turn drives the movement of the trigger 11 to move back and release the striker 9 which, under the action of the spring 10, is launched forward in direction of arrow D and just hit the primer of the pomegranate for firing the propellant charge of the grenade.
  • the percussion system is actuated by the trigger by means of a device electromechanical or electrical.
  • the support of the trigger mechanism 12 must not necessarily wrap the charger 6.
  • support 13 in the form of a single flange 14 which extends to the side of the charger and which supports a simple relaxation with a single control rod 20 and a trigger lever to a only arm 28 which is articulated with the aforesaid rod of order 20.
  • the relax 18 is immediately below the trigger 7 of the rifle 1, it is not excluded that this detente 18 of the grenade launcher 2 be provided for example next to the 7 trigger of the rifle 1 and in a slightly more advanced or more remote.
  • the grenade launcher 2 can be mounted permanently on the rifle 1 or that the grenade launcher 2 can be integrated into the rifle 1.

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