US2770904A - Grenade launching device for a firearm having a muzzle brake - Google Patents

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US2770904A
US2770904A US252462A US25246251A US2770904A US 2770904 A US2770904 A US 2770904A US 252462 A US252462 A US 252462A US 25246251 A US25246251 A US 25246251A US 2770904 A US2770904 A US 2770904A
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Weiss Willi
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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
    • F41A21/00—Barrels; Gun tubes; Muzzle attachments; Barrel mounting means
    • F41A21/32—Muzzle attachments or glands
    • F41A21/36—Muzzle attachments or glands for recoil reduction ; Stabilisators; Compensators, e.g. for muzzle climb prevention
    • 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

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  • the present invention relates to self-loading firearms provided with a muzzle brake.
  • the expression selfloading includes automatic firearms which keep firing as long as the trigger is not released, semi-automatic firearms which require a separate pull of the trigger for each shot, and firearms capable, by adjustment of an element thereof, of operating either in automatic or in semiautomatic fashion.
  • the firearms of these types with which my invention is concerned include muzzle brakes, i. e. recoil devices fixed to the gun muzzle and making use of the reaction produced by the discharge of a part of the muzzle blast through rearwardly directed ports.
  • the object of my invention is to make use of such firearms for launching grenades.
  • My invention consists essentially in providing the system constituted by such an anti and a grenade, including the device for transmitting to said grenade the propelling action of the powder gases, with means for temporarily stopping, at least partly, the discharge ports of the muzzle brake.
  • Figs. 1 and 2 of these drawings show, respectively in elevation with parts in section and in section on the line IIH of Fig. 1, the end of the barrel of a muzzle brake automatic firearm made according to the invention;
  • Fig. 3 is an elevational view with parts in section of another embodiment of the invention.
  • Fig. 4 shows, in elevation with parts in section, a muzzle brake automatic firearm provided with a grenade, this structure being made according to an embodiment of the invention diiferent from the preceding ones.
  • the Object of my invention is to provide a structure capable of operating at will either for firing the usual cartridge projectiles or for launching grenades.
  • This structure includes a self-loading firearm provided, at the front end of its barrel 1, with a muzzle brake 2, preferably of cylindrical outer shape, in the wall of which are provided discharge ports 3 for the outflow of the gases.
  • means are provided for temporarily stopping ports 3 at least partly (and preferably wholly), whereby the muzzle brake can be made at least partly inoperative when it is desired to make use of the firearm for launching grenades.
  • the grenades are to be launched by means of a removable grenade launching extension constituted, for instance, by a tubular element 4 on which can be engaged with a sliding fit a sleeve 5 forming a rear extension of the body 6 of the grenade, as shown by Fig. 3.
  • a removable grenade launching extension constituted, for instance, by a tubular element 4 on which can be engaged with a sliding fit a sleeve 5 forming a rear extension of the body 6 of the grenade, as shown by Fig. 3.
  • the muzzle brake the normal function of which is to reduce the recoil stroke of the firearm, is made inoperative just when the recoil stroke risks being too small.
  • a closure device for instance a rotary one 7 and it will suflice to place it in closed position for launching grenades, whereas it is in open position (its orifices 8 being in register with ports 3) for automatic firing (position shown in Figs. 1 and 2).
  • a sleeve 7a rigid with the grenade launching extension 4 and located at the rear thereof, this sleeve being capable, when said extension 4 is secured in position, of surrounding the apertured portion of the muzzle brake 2 and thus of stopping ports 3.
  • I may, as shown by Fig. 3, connect sleeve 7a with the grenade launching extension 4 through an intermediate support 9 acting also as an element for securing the device to the muzzle brake, fixation being ensured for instance by screwing of support 9 on threaded parts 10 integral with muzzle brake 2.
  • fixation support 9 and extension 4 might be cast in a single piece.
  • stopping means while being very simple, have the advantage of being always in suitable position when necessary, i. e. when grenades are to be launched, since the fitting of the grenade launching extension on the firearm, which is necessary for this launching, automatically causes ports 3 to be stopped by sleeve 7a. With stopping means of this type, there is no risk of launching a grenade with ports 3 open.
  • I may also, according to a modification, dispense with the grenade launching extension by engaging the grenade directly on the end of the arm, in which case, as shown by Fig. 4, the means for temporarily bringing the nozzle brake 2 out of operation are constituted by a sleeve 5a extending rearwardly from the body 6 of the grenade, said sleeve coming, when the grenade is fitted in launching position, to engage muzzle brake 2 with a sliding fit so as to stop the ports 3 thereof.
  • the internal diameter of sleeve 5a must be very slightly larger than the external diameter of muzzle brake 2; said sleeve may be of the same diameter over its Whole length or, as shown by Fig. 4, it may be larger at the rear so as to be able to fit on said muzzle brake.
  • sleeve 5a or at least the rear portion of this sleeve which is directly exposed to the pressure of the gases acting through ports 3, must be made suificiently strong to resist the bursting action of said gases when a grenade is being launched.
  • sleeve 5a at least in its rear portion, stronger than the sleeves of grenades as designed up to now to be launched by means of a launching extension playing the part of intermediate element interposed between the barrel and the grenade.
  • an automatic firearm having :a barrel, a muzzle brake mounted on said barrel at the extremity thereof, said muzzle brake comprising a plurality of discharge ports, a tubular member associated with a grenade to be launched at least at the time of positioning and References Cited in the file ofthis patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 985,308 Voorhis i. Feb. 28, 1911 1,900,790 Brandt Mar. 7, 1933 2,094,305 Savani Sept. 28, 1937 2,339,285 Moore Jan. 18, 1944 2,432,539 Olsen Dec. 16, 1947 2,564,684 Garand Aug. 21, 1951 FOREIGN PATENTS 4 GreatBritain Sept. 20, 1917

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US2883781A (en) * 1957-10-23 1959-04-28 Earle M Harvey Combination stabilizer, recoil break, flash hider, and grenade launcher for a firearm
US3007271A (en) * 1958-03-28 1961-11-07 Energa Device for throwing grenades by means of firearms
US3021633A (en) * 1960-04-02 1962-02-20 Beretta Pier Carlo Combination muzzle brake and grenade launcher for portable firearms
US3071073A (en) * 1959-05-21 1963-01-01 Brevets Aero Mecaniques Projectiles to be launched by means of a firearm and including an auxiliary propulsion motor
US5020416A (en) * 1988-03-02 1991-06-04 Pantera Armory, Inc. Muzzle brake for firearms
US5333529A (en) * 1993-01-08 1994-08-02 Rott & Company Convertible muzzle brake
US5698810A (en) * 1995-11-29 1997-12-16 Browning Arms Company Convertible ballistic optimizing system
US5811713A (en) * 1996-06-19 1998-09-22 Gudgel; John Apparatus for launching projectiles
USD807461S1 (en) * 2016-02-03 2018-01-09 NeSTAR, Inc. Firearm muzzle brake
US20200200500A1 (en) * 2018-12-19 2020-06-25 Bradley Davis Actuatable muzzle brake for a firearm

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US985308A (en) * 1911-01-09 1911-02-28 Jesse Owen Van Voorhis Firearm.
GB109509A (en) * 1916-10-07 1917-09-20 Guns And Munitions Ltd Improvements in and relating to the Projection of Grenades and the like.
US1900790A (en) * 1930-07-25 1933-03-07 Brandt Edgar William Grenade
US2094305A (en) * 1929-08-12 1937-09-28 Costruzioni Meccaniche Breda E Portable firearm for firing bombs
US2339285A (en) * 1941-11-21 1944-01-18 Wiley T Moore Grenade launcher
US2432539A (en) * 1944-04-19 1947-12-16 Olsen Charles Robert Grenade launching tube and auxiliary cartridge therefor
US2564684A (en) * 1946-04-10 1951-08-21 John C Garand Mounting of grenade launcher on firearm with stabilizer

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US985308A (en) * 1911-01-09 1911-02-28 Jesse Owen Van Voorhis Firearm.
GB109509A (en) * 1916-10-07 1917-09-20 Guns And Munitions Ltd Improvements in and relating to the Projection of Grenades and the like.
US2094305A (en) * 1929-08-12 1937-09-28 Costruzioni Meccaniche Breda E Portable firearm for firing bombs
US1900790A (en) * 1930-07-25 1933-03-07 Brandt Edgar William Grenade
US2339285A (en) * 1941-11-21 1944-01-18 Wiley T Moore Grenade launcher
US2432539A (en) * 1944-04-19 1947-12-16 Olsen Charles Robert Grenade launching tube and auxiliary cartridge therefor
US2564684A (en) * 1946-04-10 1951-08-21 John C Garand Mounting of grenade launcher on firearm with stabilizer

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* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US2883781A (en) * 1957-10-23 1959-04-28 Earle M Harvey Combination stabilizer, recoil break, flash hider, and grenade launcher for a firearm
US3007271A (en) * 1958-03-28 1961-11-07 Energa Device for throwing grenades by means of firearms
US3071073A (en) * 1959-05-21 1963-01-01 Brevets Aero Mecaniques Projectiles to be launched by means of a firearm and including an auxiliary propulsion motor
US3021633A (en) * 1960-04-02 1962-02-20 Beretta Pier Carlo Combination muzzle brake and grenade launcher for portable firearms
US5020416A (en) * 1988-03-02 1991-06-04 Pantera Armory, Inc. Muzzle brake for firearms
US5333529A (en) * 1993-01-08 1994-08-02 Rott & Company Convertible muzzle brake
US5698810A (en) * 1995-11-29 1997-12-16 Browning Arms Company Convertible ballistic optimizing system
US5811713A (en) * 1996-06-19 1998-09-22 Gudgel; John Apparatus for launching projectiles
USD807461S1 (en) * 2016-02-03 2018-01-09 NeSTAR, Inc. Firearm muzzle brake
US20200200500A1 (en) * 2018-12-19 2020-06-25 Bradley Davis Actuatable muzzle brake for a firearm
US10760867B2 (en) * 2018-12-19 2020-09-01 Bradley Davis Actuatable muzzle brake for a firearm

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