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US3306166A
US3306166A US437407A US43740765A US3306166A US 3306166 A US3306166 A US 3306166A US 437407 A US437407 A US 437407A US 43740765 A US43740765 A US 43740765A US 3306166 A US3306166 A US 3306166A
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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
    • F41A19/00—Firing or trigger mechanisms; Cocking mechanisms
    • F41A19/06—Mechanical firing mechanisms, e.g. counterrecoil firing, recoil actuated firing mechanisms
    • F41A19/25—Mechanical firing mechanisms, e.g. counterrecoil firing, recoil actuated firing mechanisms having only slidably-mounted striker elements, i.e. percussion or firing pins
    • F41A19/27—Mechanical firing mechanisms, e.g. counterrecoil firing, recoil actuated firing mechanisms having only slidably-mounted striker elements, i.e. percussion or firing pins the percussion or firing pin being movable relative to the breech-block
    • F41A19/29—Mechanical firing mechanisms, e.g. counterrecoil firing, recoil actuated firing mechanisms having only slidably-mounted striker elements, i.e. percussion or firing pins the percussion or firing pin being movable relative to the breech-block propelled by a spring under tension
    • F41A19/30—Mechanical firing mechanisms, e.g. counterrecoil firing, recoil actuated firing mechanisms having only slidably-mounted striker elements, i.e. percussion or firing pins the percussion or firing pin being movable relative to the breech-block propelled by a spring under tension in bolt-action guns
    • F41A19/33—Arrangements for the selection of automatic or semi-automatic fire
    • 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
    • F41A19/00—Firing or trigger mechanisms; Cocking mechanisms
    • F41A19/06—Mechanical firing mechanisms, e.g. counterrecoil firing, recoil actuated firing mechanisms
    • F41A19/10—Triggers; Trigger mountings
    • 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
    • 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
    • F41A27/12—Brakes or locks for blocking traversing or elevating gear in a fixed position
    • 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
    • F41A27/14—Central-pivot bearings

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  • the present invention relates to gun mounts and especially gun mounts for automatic guns of medium caliber, for instance ranging from 20 mm. to 40 mm.
  • the chief object of the present invention is to provide a gun mount which is better adapted to meet the requirements of practice than those existing at the present time and in particular which does not require, for aiming, the use of the feet and legs of the gunner.
  • the gun mounts with which the present invention is concerned comprise two laying members for aiming the gun in azimuth and in elevation, respectively, said aiming members carrying means whereby the gunner can fix the gun with respect to the respective axes about which aiming is performed.
  • At least one of said aiming members carries at least one mechanical control element for starting and stopping firing.
  • FIG. 1 is a diagrammatic view of a gun mount made according to the present invention and supporting an automatic gun;
  • FIG. 2 is a view on an enlarged scale of the aiming device of the gun mount shown by FIG. 1;
  • FIG. 3 is a diagrammatic view illustrating a detail of construction according to the present invention.
  • the gun mount according to the present invention is adapted to enable the gunner to lay the gun, with respect to carriage 1, in azimuth (by rotation about vertical axis XX) and in elevation (by rotation about horizontal axis YY).
  • This carriage is provided with bearings 2 (extending along axis YY) for supporting the gun, these bearings being carried by a U-shaped support 3.
  • This support 3 is rotatable, for laying in azimuth, about vertical axis XX with respect to carriage 1.
  • handwheels 4 4 In order to control both of the laying movements, there is provided, on opposite sides of axis XX, handwheels 4 4 rotatable about a horizontal axis, and each provided with a handle.
  • the axis ZZ of handwheels 4 4 which is parallel to axis YY, is, in the embodiment shown by the drawings, at a distance therefrom.
  • Means which will be described hereinafter, are provided for locking the gun with respect to the laying axes, respectively.
  • At least one of said handwheels 4 4 further carries a mechanical control member for manually controlling the firing. If there is only one such member, it is for starting and stopping firing, this member being supposed to be carried by handwheel 4
  • the other handwheel 4 carries a mechanical manual control member for choosing between these two kinds of firing.
  • each of the handwheels is provided with a handle 5 perpendicular to axis Z2 and carried by the corresponding handwheel 4 21 (shown by FIG. 1).
  • Patented Feb. 28, 1967 or 4 which is in the form of a circular casing adapted to rotate about horizontal axis ZZ.
  • One of said handwheels, 4 is located on the right hand side of vertical axis XX and the other one 4 on the left hand side of said axis Handwheel 4 is rigid with shaft 10, which carries a pinion 41 in mesh with a toothed sector 42 carried by gun A, so that rotation of this handwheel 4 corresponds to laying in elevation.
  • Handwheel 4 is rigid with a pinion 43 cooperating through pinions 44, 45, 46 and 47, carried by support 3, with a pinion 48 carried by carriage 1, so that rotation of handwheel 4 ensures the laying in azimuth.
  • Each of the handles 5 is arranged in such manner that it can always remain substantially in the same direction with respect to a vertical plane supposed to be fixed with respect to the gun.
  • each handle 5 is rotatable with respect to the corresponding handwheel about an axis parallel to axis ZZ and said handle is connected, through three intermeshing gears 6, 7, 8, with a tubular sleeve 9 coaxial to ZZ If sleeve 9 were entirely fixed, handle 5 would remain always parallel to itself during the rotation of the corresponding handwheel.
  • sleeve 9 can rotate through a small angle (some degrees) on either side of a mean position thereof, this slight displacement serving to fix the corresponding handwheel in position.
  • Each handle 5 must be capable, by rotation thereof about the axis of said sleeve 9 with respect to its mean position (shown by FIG. 2) of operating braking means for fixing the corresponding handwheel with respect to support 3.
  • any small rotationof 'one'handle 5 about its mean posit-ion secures the gun with respect to carriage 1 concern-ing the laying (either in azimuth or in elevation) performed through the handle 5 that is considered.
  • the means for starting and stopping firing and the means for determining the kind of firing that is performed each consist of a trigger lever 18 extendingin the same direction as handle 5 and oseillatable with respect to said handle 5.
  • Said lever 18 controls, through suitable transmission means, the amount by which projects, with respect to the end of central shaft 10 any suitable transmission for performing the desired control, a rod 1% which controls. 7
  • the means for starting and stopping firing, operated by the handle 5 carried by handwheel 4 are such'that the end of rod 19 moves between two positions 20 and Therefore trigger .18 is connected to rod 19 through a linking member 22 interposed between the right hand end of rod 19 and the left hand end of another rod 23 extending coaxially in shaft portion 24 through which handle is connected to pinion 6.
  • the whole is arranged in such manner that when rod 23 is pushed back, rod 19 is also pushed back.
  • the end thereof opposed to that cooperating with linkage member 22 cooperates with a bevelled guide 25 carried by trigger 18 at a point distant from its pivot axis 26, which is distinct from the axis about which handle 5 is pivoted.
  • the means for determining the kind of firing that is desired i.e. either shot by shot or by bursts, are carried by the other handle 5 and they are advantageously made similarly to those just described (elements 19, 22, 23) but the internal end of rod 27 (corresponding to the above mentioned rod 19) is arranged to occupy one of the three positions 28, 29 and 30 shown on the left hand side of FIG. 1, each of these three positions corresponding to one of the cases that are considered (firing by bursts, no firing, and shot by shot firing).
  • the device consisting of trigger 18 may be replaced by a small lever 31 pivotally mounted on handwheel 4.
  • the gun mount above described may be carried by a base 1 such that it has:
  • a gun support rotatably supported by said gun carriage about a vertical pivot axis
  • elevation aiming means for laying said gun with respect to said gun support, said elevation aiming means comprising a first control handwheel of horizontal axis, located on a first side of said gun support, a first shaft rigidly fixed to said first control handwheel and coaxially journalled in one of said sleeves and gearing means connecting said shaft to said gun,
  • azimuth aiming means for laying said gun support with respect to said gun carriage, said azimuth aiming means comprising a second control handwheel of horizontal axis, located on a second side of said gun support, a second shaft rigidly fixed to said second control handwheel and coaxially journalled in the other of said sleeves, and gearing means connecting said second shaft to said gun carriage,
  • each of said locking means comprising a horizontal tubular shaft surrounding the corresponding sleeve, brake means operative by the rotation of said tubular shaft with respect to a mean position thereof, a handle for controlling said locking means, said handle being pivotally carried by the corresponding control handwheel about a horizontal axis and, a train of three equal gears for connecting said handle to the outer extremity of said tubular shaft, said handle having a mean position corresponding to the mean position of said tubular shaft, the plane of said handle in said mean position remaining parallel to a fixed plane, said brake means being operative by the pivoting of said handle about said mean position, I mechanical means for starting and stopping the firing of said gun, said mechanical means including a trigger carried by one of said handles, and mechanical means for selecting the kind of firing of said gun, said last mentioned mechanical means including a lever carried by the other of said handles.
  • each of said locking means comprises a horizontal tubular shaft coaxially surrounding the corresponding sleeve, the inner end of said tubular shaft being constituted by inclined planes, brake means comprising an annular disc, a hub of said annular disc surrounding said corresponding sleeve, the external side of said hub being constituted by a bevel face, a horizontal rod rigidly carried by said gun support and extending through said disc to permit only axial displacements thereof, a flange rigidly locked to the corresponding control handwheel, said flange being located between said disc and an extension of said gun support, and a friction lining rigidly carried by the external surface of said extension of said gun support and the inner disc surface, said brake means being actuated by the engagement of the inner extremity of said tubular shaft with the outer extremity of said hub, resulting from the rotation of said tubular shaft from a mean position, a handle for controlling said locking means, said handle being pivotally carried by the corresponding control handwheel about a horizontal axis, a
  • a gun carriage a gun support rotatably supported by said gun carriage about a vertical pivot axis, two horizontal sleeves extending horizontally from said gun support on opposite sides thereof, a gun rotatably supported by said gun support about a horizontal axis, elevation aiming means for laying said gun with respect to said gun support, said elevation aiming means comprising a first control handwheel of horizontal axis, located on a first side of said gun support, a first shaft rigidly fixed to said first control handwheel and coaxially journalled in one of said sleeves and gearing means connecting said shaft to said gun, azimuth aiming means for laying said gun support with respect to said gun carriage, said azimuth aiming means comprising a second control handwheel of horizontal axis, located on a second side of said gun support, a second shaft rigidly fixed to said second control handwheel and coaxially journalled in the other of said sleeves, and gearing means connecting said second shaft to said gun carriage, means for locking said elevation aiming means with respect to said gun support, located on
  • said mechanical means comprising an axially movable long rod extending along the axis of one of said two first mentioned shafts rigidly fixed to the corresponding handwheel, the inner end of said axially movable rod being movable between two posit-ions, respectively the firing position and the fire stopping position, an axially movable short nod extending along the axis of the handle carried by said corresponding handwheel, linkage means conmeeting said two rods together, a trigger pivotally carried by said handle carried by said corresponding handwheel, and a bevel lguide carried by said trigger and resiliently applied against the outer end of said short rod,
  • said last mentioned mechanical means comprising a second axially movable long rod extending along the axis of the other of said two first mentioned shafts, the inner end of said second long rod being adapted to occupy one of three positions corresponding respectively to burst firing, shot by shot firing, and no firing at all, a second axially movable short rod located along the axis of the handle carried by said second handwheel, linkage means connecting said second two rods together, a lever pivotally carried by said last mentioned handle about a horizontal axis, said lever having three stable positions corresponding to said three positions of the inner end of said second long rod, and a bevelled guide carried by said lever and resiliently applied against the outer end of said second short rod.

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US4246829A (en) * 1977-11-15 1981-01-27 Rheinmetall Gmbh Repeating firing system for guns
US20060048642A1 (en) * 2004-09-09 2006-03-09 Rudi Beckmann Adjustable gun carriages

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GB464543A (en) * 1935-05-29 1937-04-20 Precision Moderne Improvements in machine-gun mountings
US2223891A (en) * 1936-10-22 1940-12-03 Rheinmetall Borsig Ag Elevating mechanism for guns having fine and coarse adjusting mechanism
GB541767A (en) * 1940-06-13 1941-12-10 Sydney Slater Guy Improvements in or relating to gun turrets
FR1246692A (fr) * 1959-02-04 1960-11-18 Rheinmetall Gmbh Mécanisme de pointage à deux mouvements
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GB464543A (en) * 1935-05-29 1937-04-20 Precision Moderne Improvements in machine-gun mountings
US2223891A (en) * 1936-10-22 1940-12-03 Rheinmetall Borsig Ag Elevating mechanism for guns having fine and coarse adjusting mechanism
GB541767A (en) * 1940-06-13 1941-12-10 Sydney Slater Guy Improvements in or relating to gun turrets
FR1246692A (fr) * 1959-02-04 1960-11-18 Rheinmetall Gmbh Mécanisme de pointage à deux mouvements
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US4246829A (en) * 1977-11-15 1981-01-27 Rheinmetall Gmbh Repeating firing system for guns
US20060048642A1 (en) * 2004-09-09 2006-03-09 Rudi Beckmann Adjustable gun carriages
US7210391B2 (en) * 2004-09-09 2007-05-01 Heckler & Koch, Gmbh Adjustable gun carriages

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