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US 12,601,566 B2Granted
Howitzer training gun
AssigneeVan Halteren Metaal B.V.
InventorEduard Noorlander
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Abstract
A howitzer training gun with a gun carriage, a gun cradle supported by the gun carriage, a training gun barrel, and an unloading tray disposed at or near a forward end of the gun cradle, the unloading tray having a travel position and an operating position, and when in the operating position the unloading tray is arranged to receive a projectile from the training gun barrel and transfer the projectile to the ground.
Claims12
A howitzer training gun comprising:
- a gun carriage;
- a gun cradle supported by the gun carriage;
- a training gun barrel comprising a sleigh, wherein the gun cradle comprises an unloading tray at or near its forward end, the unloading tray comprising a travel position and an operating position, and wherein in the operating position the unloading tray is arranged to receive a projectile from the training gun barrel and transfer the projectile to the ground;
- wherein the unloading tray comprises a main frame and a drawer which is pivotably mounted to the main frame of the unloading tray, wherein the pivot is distant from the gun cradle;
- and
- wherein the drawer is spring loaded with reference to the main frame of the unloading tray so as to provide that the drawer has a preferential and locked position substantially parallel to the main frame.
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A howitzer training gun comprising:
- a gun carriage;
- a gun cradle supported by the gun carriage;
- a training gun barrel comprising a sleigh, wherein the gun cradle comprises an unloading tray at or near its forward end, the unloading tray comprising a travel position and an operating position, and wherein in the operating position the unloading tray is arranged to receive a projectile from the training gun barrel and transfer the projectile to the ground;
- wherein the unloading tray comprises a main frame and a drawer which is pivotably mounted to the main frame of the unloading tray, wherein the pivot is distant from the gun cradle;
- and
- wherein the drawer comprises a release organ which can be activated by the projectile to unlock the drawer from the main frame of the unloading tray so as to enable pivoting of the drawer loaded with the projectile towards the ground.
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A howitzer training gun comprising:
- a gun carriage;
- a gun cradle supported by the gun carriage;
- a training gun barrel comprising a sleigh, wherein the gun cradle comprises an unloading tray at or near its forward end, the unloading tray comprising a travel position and an operating position, and wherein in the operating position the unloading tray is arranged to receive a projectile from the training gun barrel and transfer the projectile to the ground;
- wherein the unloading tray comprises a main frame and a drawer which is pivotably mounted to the main frame of the unloading tray, wherein the pivot is distant from the gun cradle;
- and
- wherein the drawer comprises a slide to extend to the ground.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.