Breech and weapon system with the breechblock
AssigneeRheinmetall Waffe Munition GmbH
InventorKlaus-Peter Eggert
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Abstract
In order to ensure that forces acting on a breech drive when unlocking the breech and pulling out a cartridge case are reduced or even eliminated, a breech of a weapon system is proposed which is formed at least by one breech carrier and one breech head and the breech carrier supports the breech head. The breech carrier and the breech head can be mechanically separated from one another. This separability is achieved in that a control case which has at least one control cam is inserted in the breech carrier. In addition, the breech head has a control bolt which engages in the control cam of the control case and can be guided in it. This measure ensures that the forces acting upon the recoil of the weapon cannot act on the breech drive.
Claims10
A weapon system comprising:
- a breech,
- the breech comprising:
- at least one breech carrier;
- a breech head, wherein the breech carrier supports the breech head, and wherein the breech carrier and the breech head are mechanically separable from one another;
- and
- a control case inserted in the breech carrier, the control case having at least one control cam and a control bolt on the breech head,
- wherein the control bolt engages in the control cam of the control case such that the control bolt is guided in the control cam,
- wherein the control case is provided with a detent,
- wherein the weapon system is an externally powered weapon,
- wherein the detent engages a latching slide that is integrated on a side of the breech carrier,
- wherein the latching slide blocks the control case in a forward motion of returning masses via the detent, and
- wherein the latching slide is actuated during an externally powered recoil of the breech.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.