Mobile gun system
AssigneeBAE SYSTEMS plc
InventorsGriffith Peter Andrew, Richard Peter Lewin, Matthew Kirk
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a mobile gun system. The mobile gun system comprises a chassis and a gun barrel mounted to the chassis such that when a projectile is fired from the gun barrel a recoil force causes recoil movement of the chassis. The mobile gun system further comprises a braking system for retarding the recoil movement of the chassis due to the recoil force from the firing of the projectile from the gun barrel. The mobile gun system further comprises a controller configured to control the braking system to retard said recoil movement of the chassis after a peak loading condition due to the firing of the projectile has passed. The present disclosure also relates to a method of operating a mobile gun system.
Claims18
A mobile gun system comprising:
- a chassis;
- a gun barrel mounted to the chassis such that when a projectile is fired from the gun barrel a recoil force causes recoil movement of the chassis;
- a braking system for retarding the recoil movement of the chassis due to the recoil force from the firing of the projectile from the gun barrel;
- and
- a controller configured to control the braking system to retard said recoil movement of the chassis after a peak loading condition due to the firing of the projectile has passed,
- wherein the braking system is configured to apply a reduced braking force prior to the peak loading condition, and wherein the braking system applies a larger braking force after the peak loading condition.
A method of operating a mobile gun system, the mobile gun system comprising a chassis and a gun barrel, the method comprising:
- firing a projectile from the gun barrel such that a recoil force causes recoil movement of the chassis;
- and
- operating a braking system to retard said recoil movement of the chassis after a peak loading condition due to the firing of the projectile has passed,
- wherein the braking system is configured to apply a reduced braking force prior to the peak loading condition, and wherein the braking system applies a larger braking force after the peak loading condition.
A mobile gun system comprising:
- a chassis;
- a gun barrel mounted to the chassis such that when a projectile is fired from the gun barrel a recoil force causes the gun barrel to move relative to the chassis;
- a recoil mitigation system configured to exert a recoil mitigation force on the gun barrel to retard said movement of the gun barrel relative to the chassis;
- a braking system for retarding recoil movement of the chassis due to the recoil force from the firing of the projectile from the gun barrel;
- a controller configured to control the braking system to retard said recoil movement of the chassis after a peak loading condition due to the firing of the projectile has passed, wherein the peak loading condition is when the recoil mitigation force exerted on the gun barrel by the recoil mitigation system in response to the firing of the projectile reaches a peak value;
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- a sensor connected to the controller, wherein the controller is configured to determine whether the peak loading condition has passed based on information detected by the sensor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.