Classifications

• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
  • B63G—OFFENSIVE OR DEFENSIVE ARRANGEMENTS ON VESSELS; MINE-LAYING; MINE-SWEEPING; SUBMARINES; AIRCRAFT CARRIERS
  • B63G1/00—Arrangements of guns or missile launchers; Vessels characterised thereby
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
  • B63B—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING 
  • B63B17/00—Vessels parts, details, or accessories, not otherwise provided for
  • B63B17/0081—Vibration isolation or damping elements or arrangements, e.g. elastic support of deck-houses
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
  • B63B—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING 
  • B63B3/00—Hulls characterised by their structure or component parts
  • B63B3/02—Hulls assembled from prefabricated sub-units
  • B63B3/08—Hulls assembled from prefabricated sub-units with detachably-connected sub-units
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
  • B63B—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING 
  • B63B3/00—Hulls characterised by their structure or component parts
  • B63B3/14—Hull parts
  • B63B3/70—Reinforcements for carrying localised loads, e.g. propulsion plant, guns
• • 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
  • F41A23/00—Gun mountings, e.g. on vehicles; Disposition of guns on vehicles
  • F41A23/24—Turret gun mountings

Definitions

• the invention relates to a method for integrating a large-caliber gun on a ship according to the features of the preambles of claims 1 and 2 and a ship gun according to the features of the preamble of claim 6.
• the currently used ship ammunition are specially manufactured and are not compatible with land ammunition.
• Other ammunition e.g. B. tank ammunition, etc. can not be used.
• Another disadvantage of the ammunition used so far is the short range, whereby the targets on land cannot be combated without considerable own risk.
• Another disadvantage of the comparatively small caliber of the ship's guns is that the guns are susceptible to weather influences, e.g. B. Wind, are what a comparatively high scatter occurs with small ammunition.
• a further disadvantage is that no intelligent daughter floors can be carried over the aforementioned known ship floors, e.g. B. Disassembly ammunition, fog. To be effective, high hit accuracy is required; H. a higher number of shots may be necessary.
• the object of the invention is to meet the existing military requirements for realizing the capability of naval fire support (NFS) for the use of military ships in the coastal area, in particular the fire support of amphibious operations is important, the range of the storey being to be increased considerably, so that targets inland can be fought with high accuracy.
• the task should be solved in the new construction or conversion of ships without serious changes to the steel structure and with the least possible financial and time expenditure.
• the invention is based on the knowledge that the use of land guns that have not been usable on ships so far meets the new needs of the navy, not to cover them with expensive new developments, but with existing technology that even exceeds expectations.
• land guns with a caliber> 127 mm on a ship the sophisticated technology of large-caliber land guns can be used to advantage in a new ship.
• the turret of a land gun can be connected to an adapter plate and a shock-absorbing bearing and installed on the ship in such a way that the existing steel structure of the ship withstands the increased recoil forces.
• This installation can be carried out in a modular manner in a particularly simple manner, so that no noteworthy changes need to be made on the ship and the installation can take place briefly.
• the land guns with a caliber> 127 mm can be used unchanged, the recoil forces to be transmitted to the floor deck being absorbed in a particularly advantageous manner by a shock-absorbing bearing, so that the advantageous, technically simple to adapt, design of the adapter plate and additional shock absorption compared to the Floor deck a connection of the standard of the ship technology with the standard land technology is established, whereby this new need of the navies is not covered with expensive new development, but with the existing land guns, preferably the 155 mm armored howitzer.
• the turret and the weapon system of the 155 mm self-propelled howitzer as a ship's gun a large range and a strong effect in the target can be achieved with little scatter.
• the gun according to the invention can further advantageously intelligent submunitions, eg. B. carry disassembly or mist ammunition, etc.
• the use of a turret with a 155 mm armored howitzer as a ship's gun allows for fire support on land with an advantageous range of> 40 km from a safe position.
• the modular installation of the self-propelled howitzer on the ship can be sealed in an ABC-tight manner by using a radial damper, so that there is no danger to the operating personnel.
• the recoil forces When using the 155 mm self-propelled howitzer as a ship gun, the recoil forces must be reduced. Thanks to a shock-absorbing, elastic bearing there is a time stretching of the introduction of force, so that technically acceptable residual accelerations are achieved for the ship deck. Despite the use of this elastic bearing, a position reference arranged above the elastic bearing on the gun guarantees correct aiming. This orientation is made possible by an inertial platform on the turret or on the carriage with GPS and satellite navigation, which determines the position of the weapon barrel in space and the geographic position on earth, thereby avoiding the disadvantages of ship-related influences from previous ship guns , For the above reason, the invention now enables shots from a moving ship's base to a moving target.
• the large range enables a greater distance between the ship and the land, making it much more difficult to locate the ship.
• destinations on land can be easily located using helicopters and drones.
• the use of carrier projectiles is also made possible by the invention, whereby targets are definitely hit when using bomblets, without requiring 100% exact target coordinates, this being a particular advantage at sea when combating ships.
• the invention enables the combat range at sea to be doubled for sea targets. Due to the sophisticated, intelligent sensor technology of the self-propelled howitzer, the carriage is realigned in each case, even though the ship continues to move. Due to the high accuracy, a considerable reduction in the number of shots to be fired is achieved.
• Figure 1 shows a side view of the modular installation of a tower with weapons system of a self-propelled howitzer on a ship.
• Figure 2 illustrates the modular structure of the turret howitzer tower in an enlarged view.
• Figure 3 illustrates in a plan view a previous ship's gun with the fastening device on the deck, which also serves to fasten the turret of the 155 mm howitzer.
• Figure 1 illustrates the structure of a land gun 1 on the upper deck 7 of a ship 2 of the naval forces.
• a rotatable turret 3 with height-adjustable armament 15 of a land gun is visible using the example of the 155 mm howitzer that was successfully used by the land forces.
• Tower 3 is equipped with an unrecognizable inertial platform with GPS satellite navigation on tower 3 and on the carriage. This measures the position of the tube 3 in space and the geographical position on the earth. The exact position of the turret 3 is determined via satellite navigation and the necessary alignment of the barrel 15 can therefore be calculated.
• a fire control computer not shown, receives the desired target coordinates and determines the necessary ballistic curve regardless of the ship-related influences. For firing the shot, the tower 3 is rotated about its axis in accordance with the target calculation and the tube 3 is directed in height about the shield pin axis 16.
• the recoil forces of the weapon barrel 15 only act after the shot has been fired. The alignment required for the next shot is recalculated. The recoil forces on the ship must be prevented from causing damage to the ship's structure.
• the shock-absorbing bearing 5 is supported by a mounting frame 6.
• the mounting frame 6 can be fastened together with the adapter plate in the tower in a modular manner as a unit.
• the mounting frame 6 is designed so that it compensates for the space of a hole on the free deck 7 of the ship and can be attached to the existing hole edge area 9 of the deck 7.
• the lower half of the tower slewing ring 12 is connected or inserted into an intermediate frame 4, 13 or the adapter 4 or the adapter plate, the intermediate frame 13 being connected to the shock-absorbing bearing 5.
• the adapter plate 4 or the intermediate frame 13 have, in a manner not shown, an appropriate shape, scalable according to the respective frame spacing, with integrated stiffening structures for the static and dynamic introduction of force of the gun weight into the structure of the carrier ship.
• the shock-absorbing bearing elements 5 consist of energy-absorbing damper and shock elements and reduce to a damping path of approx. Max. 150 mm the forces to be transmitted to the deck to an acceptable level.
• the shock-absorbing bearing 5 consists of bearing elements 5 ', which are arranged in segments on the circumference.
• the bearing elements 5 ' are connected to the intermediate frame 4, 13 in such a way that they absorb pressure and tensile forces depending on the weft direction and elevation angle, and accordingly are elastically compressed or pulled apart to combat shock.
• the bearing elements 5 ' can be loaded with multiple axes in accordance with the weft direction and can be elastically deformed. For example, they can consist of a rubber mixture, a steel spring or another suitable elastically deformable spring or damping element.
• the mounting frame 6 is designed in such a way that it is placed on the deck in a modular manner with the shock-absorbing bearing 5 and the tower 3 and can be firmly connected.
• the mounting frame 6 also allows mounting in another Sequence. It is also possible to pre-assemble the frame 6 on the deck and to subsequently insert the remaining parts in the assembly frame.
• a radial damper 14 which preferably consists of a hollow rubber hose, is arranged for the airtight ABC seal between the intermediate frame 13 and the mounting frame 6.
• a sealing apron 10 protects the bearing elements 5 and partially the mounting frame 6 against splash water.
• a deformable seal from the underside to the upper deck ensures gas tightness and earthing / grounding.
• the ammunition supply can be fully automated
• a connection of the tower to the compressed air system of the ship is advantageously possible, whereby a separate compressor can be omitted for an automatic loader;

Landscapes

• Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
• Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
• Combustion & Propulsion (AREA)
• Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
• Ocean & Marine Engineering (AREA)
• Aviation & Aerospace Engineering (AREA)
• General Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
• Aiming, Guidance, Guns With A Light Source, Armor, Camouflage, And Targets (AREA)
• Buildings Adapted To Withstand Abnormal External Influences (AREA)
• Vibration Prevention Devices (AREA)
• Toys (AREA)
• Diaphragms For Electromechanical Transducers (AREA)
• Electrical Discharge Machining, Electrochemical Machining, And Combined Machining (AREA)
• Radar Systems Or Details Thereof (AREA)
• Jib Cranes (AREA)
• Ship Loading And Unloading (AREA)
• Vibration Dampers (AREA)
• Acyclic And Carbocyclic Compounds In Medicinal Compositions (AREA)
• Pharmaceuticals Containing Other Organic And Inorganic Compounds (AREA)
• Oscillators With Electromechanical Resonators (AREA)

Priority Applications (6)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Publications (1)

Family

ID=32240350

Family Applications (1)

Country Status (12)

Cited By (1)

Families Citing this family (7)

Citations (3)

Family Cites Families (3)

• 2002
  • 2002-11-22 DE DE10254786A patent/DE10254786A1/de not_active Withdrawn
• 2003
  • 2003-09-30 JP JP2004554271A patent/JP2006507178A/ja active Pending
  • 2003-09-30 CA CA002506973A patent/CA2506973A1/en not_active Abandoned
  • 2003-09-30 AT AT03811736T patent/ATE344432T1/de not_active IP Right Cessation
  • 2003-09-30 US US10/535,800 patent/US20070151493A1/en not_active Abandoned
  • 2003-09-30 EP EP03811736A patent/EP1563242B1/de not_active Expired - Lifetime
  • 2003-09-30 WO PCT/EP2003/010820 patent/WO2004048878A1/de active IP Right Grant
  • 2003-09-30 DE DE50305605T patent/DE50305605D1/de not_active Expired - Lifetime
  • 2003-09-30 PL PL375489A patent/PL206889B1/pl not_active IP Right Cessation
  • 2003-09-30 PT PT03811736T patent/PT1563242E/pt unknown
  • 2003-09-30 ES ES03811736T patent/ES2275139T3/es not_active Expired - Lifetime
  • 2003-09-30 KR KR1020057009286A patent/KR100672806B1/ko not_active IP Right Cessation
• 2005
  • 2005-05-13 NO NO20052409A patent/NO329780B1/no not_active IP Right Cessation

Patent Citations (3)

Non-Patent Citations (3)

Also Published As

Similar Documents

Legal Events