GB585243A - Improvements in and relating to gun turrets - Google Patents

Improvements in and relating to gun turrets

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GB585243A
GB585243A GB21528/44A GB2152844A GB585243A GB 585243 A GB585243 A GB 585243A GB 21528/44 A GB21528/44 A GB 21528/44A GB 2152844 A GB2152844 A GB 2152844A GB 585243 A GB585243 A GB 585243A
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turret
gun
gunner
guns
platform
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B64—AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS
    • B64D—EQUIPMENT FOR FITTING IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; FLIGHT SUITS; PARACHUTES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF POWER PLANTS OR PROPULSION TRANSMISSIONS IN AIRCRAFT
    • B64D7/00—Arrangements of military equipment, e.g. armaments, armament accessories, or military shielding, in aircraft; Adaptations of armament mountings for aircraft
    • B64D7/02—Arrangements of military equipment, e.g. armaments, armament accessories, or military shielding, in aircraft; Adaptations of armament mountings for aircraft the armaments being firearms

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  • Aviation & Aerospace Engineering (AREA)
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Abstract

585,243. Aircraft gun turrets. NORTH, J. D. Nov. 3, 1944, No. 21528. [Class 92 (i)] A rotatable gun turret for mounting on the . underside of an aircraft comprises a cupola 1 of sufficient depth to accommodate the gunner 7 in a recumbent attitude, a platform 11 or like support for the recumbent gunner, a gun-sight 19 and turret control handle 12 for use by the recumbent gunner, and a gun or guns 16, 17, mounted at the side of the platform and capable of elevation and depression relative to the turret. The turret shown rotates in bearings 5 in the aircraft fuselage and comprises the cupola 1, and an upper portion fitted with two curved ammunition boxes 3, 4 from which ammunition is fed in belts through flexible shoots 22, 23 to the guns. The upper portion also carries a power unit 13 which includes pumps for elevating the guns and for rotating the turrets, the unit being mounted on a platform 14 extending not more than half way across the turret. The platform 11 carries padded supports 8, 9 and 10 for the gunner who views the target through the sight 19 which is connected to the guns by links 20.
GB21528/44A 1944-11-03 1944-11-03 Improvements in and relating to gun turrets Expired GB585243A (en)

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Cited By (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB2149069A (en) * 1983-10-26 1985-06-05 Agusta Aeronaut Costr Gun turrets

Cited By (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB2149069A (en) * 1983-10-26 1985-06-05 Agusta Aeronaut Costr Gun turrets

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