US3134302A - Mountings for automatic weapons - Google Patents
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- US3134302A US3134302A US241875A US24187562A US3134302A US 3134302 A US3134302 A US 3134302A US 241875 A US241875 A US 241875A US 24187562 A US24187562 A US 24187562A US 3134302 A US3134302 A US 3134302A
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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
- F41A27/00—Gun mountings permitting traversing or elevating movement, e.g. gun carriages
- F41A27/06—Mechanical systems
- F41A27/08—Bearings, e.g. trunnions; Brakes or blocking arrangements
- F41A27/10—Bearings for supporting a pivoting gun in a wall, e.g. a turret wall
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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
- F41A21/26—Barrels; Gun tubes; Muzzle attachments; Barrel mounting means specially adapted for recoil reinforcement, e.g. for training purposes
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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
- F41A27/00—Gun mountings permitting traversing or elevating movement, e.g. gun carriages
- F41A27/06—Mechanical systems
- F41A27/18—Mechanical systems for gun turrets
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- Aiming, Guidance, Guns With A Light Source, Armor, Camouflage, And Targets (AREA)
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Description
May 26, 1964 F. HORN MOUNTINGS FOR AUTOMATIC WEAPONS 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed Dec. 5, 1962 .fm/emor: F #112 2 H 0 H2 May 26, 1964 F. HORN MOUNTINGS FOR AUTOMATIC WEAPONS Filed Dec. 3, 1962 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 ue/71021 72272 2 Harrz 3,134,302 MoUNTiNGs non AUTOMATIC WEAPONS Franz Horn, Dusseldorf-Nerd, Germany, assignor to.
Fir-ma Rheinrnetall G.n1.b.H., Dusseldorf, Germany Filed Dec. 3, 1962, Ser, No. 241,875 I Ciaimspriority, application Germany Dec. 5, 1961 g p 3 Claims. (Cl. 89-46) a The invention relates to the installation and mounting v of a'rnachine gun or similar weapon, mounted movably' in'recoil, but otherwise rigidly in turrets,
M d for example in the rotating turrets of armoured cars.
lnarmoured vehicles it is frequently desirable to fit, in addition to the gun, also a rigidly fixed machine gun to provide sufiicient firing power also for shorter distances.-
Howeverythis machine gun must be fixed so that it may recoil and the mounting should be gas-tight, that is to say,
I v 'tightagainst'powder smoke and gases, whilst allowing at i the ametime a wide range of vertical and lateraladjust ment. In addition, installation and dismantling should be possible quickly and;easily..
In a knownmounting for a machinegun, the barrel is locatedat the muzzle end longitudinally displaceably in a sleeve which-expands conically towards'the outside, and which is mounted in turn by .means of a screwed sleeve e and asp herical annulus. 1 as -forward pivot bearing and is located in turn in the Wall offthe. turretby means of special divided sleeves, adapted in shapeto the spherical configuration. The machine gun housing isnot, however, movable inrecoil. v j Tl 1e,manufacture of associated spherical surfaces and ,counter-supports is" rather expensive; furthermore, also This spherical annulusserves In the revolving turret 1 of an'armoured vehicle is mounted the vertically pivotable shield 2 for the gun-barrel (not shown) and for a'machiue gun. To provide protection against enemy fire, theshield has an outside screen 3. The machine gun has within the zone of the muzzle a recoil booster 5, connected by a thread with the housing,
and carrying on its rear end an annular shoulder 6 with. spherically shaped circumference. This annular shoulderf 6 is located longitudinally 'displaceably in a cylindrical bore 7 of the screen; in'this way the muzzle of the weapon is articulatedly and also. longitudinally displaceably lo cated in the screen. Apart from that, the machine gun is mounted longitudinally displaceably in a slide 8 in order to absorb the recoil movements;jthe'slide 8 is connected with the carriage base 9. Slide 3 and base 9 from the mounting which is equipped with an adjusting device in order to adjust the machinegun' in heightand laterally. This mountingis fixed by means of boltsfll, located in oblong holes Iii, to the cradle 12 of the gun barrel (not shown). After unscrewing these bolts, the mounting maybe adjusted by means of anadjusting screw 13, resting against a pin' 14 mounted on the cradle, so as to provide adjustment in height, whilst the entire-mounting with the rear end of the machine gun may 'swivel in thevertical plane 1 upwardly and downwardly about the annular shoulder.
1 by means of which the slide ismounted to the mounting the mounting and dismantling of the weapon become very hiring tolerances results in inaccuracies, and the presence Ilation of the weaponmay befulfilledin that the pivot b ore in-the; wall of the turret. or thei gun shieldflectedjowards the front.
-w'hichr" gclewithjri gidly mountedmachine -gun, j
hows the recoil boosterwithannular shoulder.
In addition, with a plurality of components, ar-' ranged-Ione withintheother, summation of the manufacofa'plurality of sliding, mutually movable parts leads to H invention, these drawbacks maybe i avoided, and the requirements made regarding the instalbearing or mounting forms a part of the recoil booster or the'ilike, and-has the shape' of anjexternally sphericalan p nularshoulder'surrounding the same, and mounted uni- 45 i ve rsall y movably'and axially displaceably'in acylindric'al',
:;The characteristic featurefof the mounting according to the invention. is its simplicity, eliminating sleeves, ball -.mounting,: spherical.shells}andthe like, which require 1 0' arcuatezr'ecesisjso that-the powder gases fare efiectively de- 1 V efinventionfwillxbefurther described, byway of en ample; with referenceto' the accompanying drawings, in F 6 I shows the revolvingturmt of an armoured vehi nular shoulder 6 is located and connected byiweldingwith Y the recoil booster. As may beseen fromthe drawing, the annular shoulder has anfa'rcuate recess 18 within the zone of the outlets ;17.i ln this way," the powder' gases are Preferably, the annularshoulder'sis mounted immedilateralj outlets for the powder gases n on base. l-Iowever, 'inthis case, the slide 8 moves merely I withthe rear end of the machine gun relative to the mounting'base inthe horizontal plane;
- FIG. 2 shows the recoil b'ooster5,connected thread withthe weapon housing-.inthemuz'zle region, thatiis to say, rigidly connected with the weapon; Immediately'be V hind the lateral openingslTfor the powder gases, the an reliably deflected towards the front. a
h IClaimisp I 1'.A mountingfor'mac'hine 'gunsin turrets of armoured f vehicles, comprising a gun fshield having a-screen with a' d cylindrical bore therein, a 'reco'ilboosterjon a muzzle of the'gufn and having an externallypart-spherical annular shoulder mounted in thejbo're with the shoulder infcontact with the boreso that'thebooster is universallymovable and axially displaceableinthe 'bore, 'and said shoulder forming a'piyotibearing for't'he recoil booster; I
' 2. Amountin'g according to claim 1, in whichthe recoil I booster is provided with a plurality of lateral outlets mediately behind the annular-shoulder for the escape of the, powder gases by idefiection towards the front. 7
' A mounting according'to claim -l,'in which the recoil j, booster-"is providedwith aiplhralityof lateral outlets -im-' I mediate 1y. behind'the annular shoulder for the escape o f'the powder gases by deflection towards the-front, and fin which'theannular-fshoulderfhasan' arcuate recess op'en 1 towards the "front and: cooperating with the lateraloutlet s.
j ;.lReferen jc'es inthe file ofthisYpatent 1 outrun"S A S".-PATENrs' I 3,134,302 Patented May 26, 19 64;
Claims (1)
1. A MOUNTING FOR MACHINE GUNS IN TURRETS OF ARMOURED VEHICLES, COMPRISING A GUN SHIELD HAVING A SCREEN WITH A CYLINDRICAL BORE THEREIN, A RECOIL BOOSTER ON A MUZZLE OF THE GUN AND HAVING AN EXTERNALLY PART-SPHERICAL ANNULAR SHOULDER MOUNTED IN THE BORE WITH THE SHOULDER IN CONTACT WITH THE BORE SO THAT THE BOOSTER IS UNIVERSALLY MOVABLE AND AXIALLY DISPLACEABLE IN THE BORE, AND SAID SHOULDER FORMING A PIVOT BEARING FOR THE RECOIL BOOSTER.
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DER31605A DE1155035B (en) | 1961-12-05 | 1961-12-05 | Carriage adjustment for automatic firearms |
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Cited By (2)
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US3385165A (en) * | 1965-07-03 | 1968-05-28 | Rheinmetall Gmbh | Cradle mountings for guns in armored turrets |
EP0141018A2 (en) * | 1983-07-19 | 1985-05-15 | Rheinmetall GmbH | Turret mounting for an automatic gun |
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DE3908772A1 (en) * | 1989-03-17 | 1990-09-27 | Heckler & Koch Gmbh | BALL FAT |
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US2140809A (en) * | 1937-02-03 | 1938-12-20 | Colt S Mfg Co | Machine gun |
US2339777A (en) * | 1942-07-08 | 1944-01-25 | Samuel G Green | Flash hider |
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US2537419A (en) * | 1944-07-21 | 1951-01-09 | North American Aviation Inc | Adjustable rear mount for machine guns |
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US2140809A (en) * | 1937-02-03 | 1938-12-20 | Colt S Mfg Co | Machine gun |
US2339777A (en) * | 1942-07-08 | 1944-01-25 | Samuel G Green | Flash hider |
Cited By (3)
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US3385165A (en) * | 1965-07-03 | 1968-05-28 | Rheinmetall Gmbh | Cradle mountings for guns in armored turrets |
EP0141018A2 (en) * | 1983-07-19 | 1985-05-15 | Rheinmetall GmbH | Turret mounting for an automatic gun |
EP0141018A3 (en) * | 1983-07-19 | 1986-02-05 | Rheinmetall Gmbh | Turret mounting for an automatic gun |
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GB1022702A (en) | 1966-03-16 |
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