Device for guiding a recoiling mass by a member of an elastic link
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 member of an elastic link, the body of which is secured to the recoiling mass and includes a prismatic external profile cooperating with a complementary rail secured to the cradle.
Claims9
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 member of an elastic link, a body of the at least one member being secured to the recoiling mass and comprising a prismatic external profile cooperating with a complementary rail secured to the cradle, and a rod of the at least one member being slidably mounted in said body, the cradle comprising a ring in which the weapon barrel slides, the ring carrying, at a front part, a first end plate on which the rod of the at least one member is fixed and, at a rear part, a second end plate carrying the complementary rail on which the body of the at least one member slides.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.