FR2538097A1 - SOLIDARITY AFFUT OF A VEHICLE FOR MORTAR LOADED MORTAR - Google Patents

Abstract

SOLIDARITY AFFUT OF A VEHICLE FOR MOUTH LOADING MORTAR. THE MORTAR BARREL 26 MAY BE FIXED IN THE PROTECTION TUBE 24 BY A FIXING FORK 36. WHEN THE FIXING FORK 36 IS REMOVED, THE MORTAR BARREL 26 CAN BE REMOVED FROM THE TUBE 24 AND PUT IT ON THE AFFUT ON THE GROUND, OUTSIDE THE VEHICLE 10.

Description

253 CJ 97

  The present invention relates to a carriage integral with a vehicle, for a mortar with loading by the mouth comprising a steerable protection tube,

  laterally and in height to house the barrel of

  tier, and a recoil recuperator.

  A carriage of the aforementioned type makes, among other things,

  the subject of the German patent application P 31 21 9863 2.

  It is attached to it a load manipulator so we can put it into action outside the shielding

  of an armored vehicle In the assembly shown, the use

  of a mortar barrel is limited to cooperation

  with a carriage attached to a vehicle This may

  embarrassing and disadvantageous in cases where there is no

  no need to examine in more detail.

  Accordingly, the object of the invention is to provide a carriage of the aforementioned type which makes it possible to change,

  if necessary, sharpening the mortar barrel.

  This object is achieved by the invention in that: a) the protection tube is closed at the rear; (b) the recoil recuperator is placed between

  the cylindrical shielding shutter and the pro-

  detection; c) the mortar barrel comprises, for mounting on an auxiliary carriage by means of a base and a bipod on the outside of the vehicle, a ball joint at the rear; and (d) a device for the removable attachment of

  mortar barrel is placed on the protective tube.

  We will describe in detail below on a

  example of non-limiting preferred embodiment of the invention

  with regard to the annexed drawing of which:

  FIG. 1 represents a carriage according to the invention.

  the invention, secured to a vehicle, with a muzzle loading mortar barrel, on a vehicle represented only in part; FIG. 2 represents the muzzle-loading mortar barrel of FIG. 1, in a conventional mount on the ground, using a

pedestal and a bipod.

  According to Figure 1, a cylindrical shutter

  the shield 16 is placed in a housing 14 supported by means of a rotating ring 12 on a shielded vehicle 10 shown only in part. An azimuth pointing device 18 and an orientation device

  in site 20 are represented essentially schematic-

  A cylindrical protective tube 24 is resiliently connected to the cylindrical shutter 16 by means of a recoil recuperation mechanism 22. The tube 24 can be adjusted in azimuth (by 18) and in elevation (by 20) and

  serves as a housing (closed at the back) to a mortar gun.

  tier 26 mortar barrel 26 comprises at the rear a ball joint 28 which rests in a recess 30 formed in the bottom 32 of the protective tube 24 The tube 24 has a lateral opening 34 for a fixing fork 36 In the state shown , the fixing fork 36 holds the mortar barrel 26 in the protective tube 24 in the axial direction.

  mortar 26 comprises in the exemplary embodiment

  felt a fixed striker 38 We can imagine other shooting devices, but we do not represent

  (because they are not the subject of the invention) The func-

  also does not require additional explanations.

mentary.

  When it is needed or desired, we can

  remove the mortar barrel 26 from the protection tube 24.

  For this, the fixing fork 36 is removed from the protection tube 24, which releases the mortar barrel 26 that can be removed in the axial direction. The mortar 26 can then be sharpened in a known manner, as can be seen in FIG. schematically represented in FIG. 2, outside the vehicle 10, by means of a base 40 and

  a bipod 42 comprising an orientation device 44.

  In this case, the servant team must certainly renounce the protection offered on all sides by the armored vehicle. We know certainly a mortar loading by the muzzle whose barrel is mounted on a lookout by means of the ball in a spherical bearing located on the side of the vehicle, and thanks to the presence of a steerable bipod, but, in the case of this arrangement,

  the servant team maneuvering the mortar must give up

  even in the vehicle, the essential superior protection In addition, the ultimate arrangement does not give any possibility of protection ABC (Atomic, Bacteriological, Chemical), unlike that of the invention.

  An essential advantage of the present invention

  It consists of the simplicity of the change of the carriage, and thus brings together, making them clearly usable, on the one hand, the advantages of the integral carriage of the recoil recuperator vehicle and the protection of the service crew of the all sides, and on the other hand, the advantages of the possibility of using mortar guns already present (for the purpose of

in the field).

Claims (1)

CLAIM   Solid starter of a mortar vehicle   loading by the mouth, including a protective tube   directional azimuth and in situ, housed in a cylindrical shielding shutter, constituting a   housing for the mortar barrel, as well as a recovery   reversing tool, characterized in that: a) the protection tube (24) is closed at the rear; b) the recoil recuperator (22) is placed between the cylindrical shielding shutter (16) and the protection tube (24); c) the mortar barrel (26) comprises, for mounting on an auxiliary carriage by means of a   base (40) and a bipod (42) on the outside of the vehicle.   cule (10), a ball (28) at the rear; and d) a removable fastening device (36)   mortar barrel (26) is placed on the barrel of tection (24).