Weapon with a barrel cluster
AssigneeRheinmetall Waffe Munition GmbH
InventorHubert Schneider
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Abstract
A weapon having a barrel cluster, having at least one, preferably multiple, weapon barrel(s) and comprising a bolt, wherein only one of the weapon barrels is oriented in alignment with the single bolt and interacts therewith for the purposes of firing. The barrel cluster has a front, muzzle-side barrel holder and has a rear, bolt-side barrel holder, and has, in a partial region, a control body with a control cam which is incorporated on the circumference. By way of said control cam, the barrel cluster can be adjusted as a whole and independently of the firing of the weapon. The control body is preferably electronically rotated, for which purpose a pin of the actuaor engages into the control cam of the control body.
Claims10
A weapon having a barrel cluster, comprising:
- at least one or a plurality of weapon barrel(s);
- and
- a breech,
- wherein only one of the weapon barrels of the barrel cluster is aligned with the breech so as to be aligned in the barrel axis, and only the one weapon barrel at this point in time in terms of firing interacts with the breech.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.