JP2011191019A - Vehicle equipped with rotating turret - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a vehicle equipped with an armament mounting type rotating turret communicated with the inside of a vehicle via an emergency hatch. <P>SOLUTION: The vehicle equipped with the rotating turret includes an armor-clad cockpit and a system for the motion of the central rotating turret upon which a main armament 5 can be mounted. The rotating turret is connected to the armor-clad cockpit of the vehicle by means of a circumferential fifth wheel 8 which allows the rotation of the rotating turret around a substantially vertical axis passing through the center of the fifth wheel 8. A base 9 of the rotating turret includes the hatch 10 for communication between the rotating turret and the cockpit of the vehicle. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a vehicle equipped with a rotary turret having gun means, such as a military type endless track type vehicle and a rotary type vehicle.

  As state-of-the-art technology, an armored vehicle that is movable by an endless track system and equipped with a central rotating turret is known. The central rotary turret is equipped with the main weapon of the vehicle, usually a cannon. The cannon is equipped with a thermal sensor and usually has a gas recovery and fire attenuation system and is kept hydraulically and / or electrically stable.

  This central rotating turret also typically has one or more cannons, various position indication and visual means or systems, such as a stable day and night peripheral visual viewer for commanders, thermal vision and laser ranging It is equipped with a stable viewer for gunners with guns, away from the shooting control computer. This last one receives data from the various sensors of the vehicle and allows all the data to be processed to determine the best shooting conditions.

  In these types of vehicles, usually classified as tanks or combat vehicles or military transport vehicles, the interior where the pilot is located and the interior of the central rotating turret are separated between them. This is generally due to safety reasons and the strength of the central rotating turret.

  The Applicant has realized a vehicle equipped with a weapon-equipped rotating rotary turret that communicates with the interior of the vehicle through an emergency hatch, which is preferably armored and is the bottom or base of the rotary turret. On the platform, it opens toward the inside of the cockpit of the armored vehicle.

  One aspect of the present invention relates to a vehicle equipped with a rotating rotary turret having the features of appended claim 1.

  The features and advantages of the vehicle according to the present invention will become clear and apparent from the following description taken in the form of exemplary and non-limiting embodiments of the invention with reference to the accompanying drawings.

  Referring to the figures described, the vehicle according to the present invention comprises an armored cockpit 2 and preferably an endless track or rotationally driven system 3 and is equipped with a central rotary rotary turret 4. The central rotary turret is equipped with a main weapon 5 usually composed of a cannon or other weapons or actuators.

 The cannon can be equipped with a thermal sensor and usually has a gas recovery and fire attenuation system and is held stable by hydraulic pressure.

  The central rotating turret also typically includes one or more machine guns 6, various position indication and visual means or systems, such as a stable day and night peripheral visual viewer 7 for commanders, and a thermal A stable supported viewer for the gunner with field of view and laser rangefinder is mounted away from the shooting control computer. The latter receives data from various sensors of the vehicle and processes all the data to determine the best shooting conditions.

  This central rotating turret is equipped with a circumferential rotating guide wheel (fifth wheel) 8 that allows the rotating turret to rotate completely (only 360 °) with respect to a vertical axis. It is connected to the. This vertical axis passes through the center of the rotation guide wheel (fifth wheel).

  According to the present invention, the base 9 of the central rotary turret includes a communication hatch 10 between the inside of the central rotary turret where controllers for main and auxiliary weapons are present and the inside of the cockpit 2 of the vehicle. Is provided.

  The hatch allows access to the central rotating turret from the outside and from the top of the vehicle, as is conventional. Not only that, but people inside the cockpit of the vehicle have other escape routes from the cockpit of the vehicle itself, for example, looking through the episcope, refilling the ammunition storage box, performing emergency fires, etc. And entering and leaving for the purpose of performing maintenance work.

  The hatch is preferably attached to the bottom or base of the rotating turret by a pair of opposing hinges 11 and opens toward the interior of the cockpit of the vehicle.

  The hatch is preferably planar square or rectangular.

  The hatch is also preferably equipped with closing means 12 and gripping means 13 that can be reached from inside the cockpit of the vehicle.

  The central rotary turret according to the unique feature of the present invention does not have any components at the doorway to the vehicle body itself or components into the cockpit. The only communication or connecting element is the hatch 10.

1 shows a schematic view of a vehicle equipped with a central rotary rotary turret according to the present invention. 1 shows a schematic view from the bottom of a central rotary turret according to the present invention. The horizontal direction schematic diagram of the center rotation type turret which concerns on this invention is shown. 1 shows a schematic view from the top of a central rotary turret according to the present invention. 1 is a schematic perspective view of a rotary turret according to the present invention. The front schematic diagram of the center rotation type turret which concerns on this invention is shown. 2 shows an enlarged portion of the lower part of the central rotary turret according to the present invention.

2: Cockpit 3: Endless track drive system 4: Central rotating rotary turret 5: Main weapon 6: Machine gun 7: Viewer 8: Rotating guide wheel (fifth wheel)
9: Base 10: Hatch 11: Hinge 12: Closing means 13: Holding means

Claims (5)

A vehicle equipped with a rotary turret comprising an armored cockpit (2) and a system for operating a central rotary turret (4) on which a main weapon (5) can be mounted, the turret having a circumferential shape A rotation guide wheel (fifth wheel) (8) is connected to the armored cockpit of the vehicle, and this rotation guide wheel (fifth wheel) substantially passes through the center of the rotation guide wheel (fifth wheel). Allow rotation of the central rotary turret around a vertical axis,
The rotary turret base (9) includes a communication hatch (10) between the rotary turret and a vehicle cockpit (2).   The vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the hatch is opened toward the inside of the armored cockpit of the vehicle at the bottom or base of the rotary turret by a pair of opposing hinges (11).   The vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the hatch is a quadrangle or a rectangle.   The vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the hatch is equipped with closing means (12) and gripping means (13) accessible from an armored cockpit of the vehicle.   The vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the operating means is an operating means having a track.

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