Compact guide device for a recoiling mass
AssigneeNexter Systems
InventorsPierre Septfons, Patrick Balbo
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Abstract
A weapon system includes a recoiling mass and a cradle, the recoiling mass including a weapon barrel and a breech ring and translating relative to the cradle during firing, and a guide device being provided for guiding this recoil movement of the recoiling mass. This weapon system is characterized in that the guide device includes at least one bar that is secured to the cradle and extends to the rear of the weapon system, the bar cooperating with at least one rail carried by the breech ring. The breech ring is connected to the cradle by two pairs of hydraulic or pneumatic recoil brakes, each rail being arranged between two brakes of the same pair, the body of each brake being secured to the breech ring.
Claims5
Weapon system comprising a recoiling mass and a cradle, the recoiling mass comprising a weapon barrel and a breech ring and being arranged to translate with a recoil movement relative to the cradle during firing, and a guide means being provided for guiding this recoil movement of the recoiling mass, wherein the guide means comprises at least one male bar that is secured to the cradle and extends to a rear of the weapon system, the at least one male bar cooperating with at least one female rail carried by the breech ring, the breech ring being connected to the cradle by two pairs of hydraulic or pneumatic recoil brakes, each of the at least one female rail being arranged between two recoil brakes of a same pair and being located in a plane comprising said pair of recoil brakes, a body of each recoil brake being secured to the breech ring.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.