Tank mortar
AssigneeRheinmetall GmbH
InventorsHerbert Lipp, Wilfried Becker
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Abstract
A tank mortar having a magazine receiving a plurality of fin-stabilized projectiles which can be selectively aligned with the barrel. The barrel is movable relative to the magazine to enable sealing engagement of the barrel with the selected magazine chamber. The weapon frame which rotatably receives the magazine has an upper portion in which the bottom of the barrel is axially shiftable, e.g. by a bayonet arrangement, and a lower portion which sealingly engages the bottom of the munition chamber which is aligned with the barrel includes the firing element which triggers the displacement of the projective from the round chamber through the barrel. The base of the weapon frame is also provided with a ball received in a socket which is shiftable to traverse the weapon.
Claims9
A mortar, especially for an armored vehicle, comprising:
- a base formed with a ball socket;
- a gun frame comprising a head at an upper portion of said frame, a bottom at a lower portion of said frame, and beams interconnecting said head and said body, and a ball mounted on said bottom and rotatably received in said socket;
- a barrel axially shiftable in said head and disposed such that the center of said ball lies substantially along said axis;
- a magazine formed with a plurality of angularly spaced mutually parallel munitions chambers for respective rounds of fin-stabilized projectiles;
- means including a removable axle and replaceably mounting said magazines on said frame for angular displacement about an axis offset from the axis of said barrel but parallel thereto and parallel to the respective munitions chambers whereby said chambers are successively aligned with said barrel and are disposed between said head and said bottom of said frame;
- a detonator on said bottom alignable with each chamber upon the positioning thereof in alignment with said barrel to fire the respective round;
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- elevation and traverse adjusting means between said base and said frame for setting the inclination and direction of said barrel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.