Weapon with a barrel cluster
AssigneeRheinmetall Waffe Munition GmbH
InventorHubert Schneider
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Abstract
A weapon having a barrel cluster, having at least one, preferably multiple, weapon barrel(s) and having a bolt, and only one of the weapon barrels is oriented in alignment with the single bolt and interacts therewith for the purposes of firing. The barrel cluster has a front, muzzle-side barrel holder and has a rear, bolt-side barrel holder, and has, in a partial region, a control body with a control cam which is incorporated on the circumference. By way of said control cam, the barrel cluster can be adjusted as a whole and independently of the firing of the weapon. The control body is preferably electronically rotated, for which purpose a pin of the actuator engages into the control cam of the control body.
Claims19
A weapon having a barrel cluster, comprising:
- a plurality of weapon barrels;
- a breech;
- and
- a mounting,
- wherein only one of the plurality of weapon barrels of the barrel cluster is aligned with the breech so as to be aligned in a barrel axis, and the only one of the plurality of weapon barrels at this point in time in terms of firing interacts with the breech, and
- wherein bearing points of the mounting are configured by stationary, mutually spaced-apart bezels in a barrel axis direction.
A weapon having a barrel cluster, comprising:
- a plurality of weapon barrels;
- a breech, and
- a mounting,
- wherein none of the plurality weapon barrels of the barrel cluster is aligned with the breech, and none of the plurality of weapon barrels interacts with the breech before firing, and
- wherein bearing points of the mounting are configured by stationary, mutually spaced-apart bezels in a barrel axis direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.