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US 4,336,743 AGranted
Gun mount for light automatic weapons
AssigneeHeckler & Koch GmbH
InventorsKurt Horn, Walter Muller, Adolf Schneider
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AssigneeHeckler & Koch GmbH
InventorsKurt Horn, Walter Muller, Adolf Schneider
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A gun mount for light automatic weapons, comprising an upper mount having cradle means for the detachable attachment of the weapon thereto and a lower mount having a circular track and being adapted to be attached to a vehicle in such a manner that the upper mount is rotated about the vertical axis of the circular track. The cradle is pivotable about a horizontal weapon traverse axis. Aiming means comprising a rigid periscope having fixed reflecting mirrors is provided with its eyepiece located below the circular track and whose sight radius is coupled with the traverse motion of the weapon about the weapon traverse axis. The aiming means is about a sight axis which is parallel to the horizontal weapon traverse axis and is attached to a blinder having surface areas which are rotationally symmetrical to the sight axis. A connecting rod is provided having one end pivotable about a first traverse axle parallel to the sight axis and is rigidly connected to the blinder and the other end of the connecting rod is articulated about a second traverse axle on said cradle. The sight axis, the weaspon traverse axis, the first traverse axle and the second traverse axle form the corners of a parallelogram.
A gun mount for light automatic weapons, comprising an upper mount having cradle means for the detachable attachment of the weapon thereto, and having a lower mount having a circular track and being adapted to be attached to a vehicle in such a manner that the upper mount can be rotated about the vertical axis of the circular track together with the weapon, said cradle being pivotable about a horizontal weapon traverse axis aiming means comprising a rigid periscope having fixed reflecting mirrors, whose eyepiece is located below the circular track and whose sight radius is coupled with the traverse motion of the weapon about the weapon traverse axis said aiming means being pivotable about a sight axis which is parallel to the horizontal weapon traverse axis and attached to a blinder having surface areas which are rotationally symmetrical to the sight axis, a connecting rod having one end pivotable about a first traverse axle parallel to the sight axis and rigidly connected to the blinder and the other end articulated about a second traverse axle on said cradle said sight axis, said weapon traverse axis, said first traverse axle and said second traverse axle forming the corners of a parallelogram.
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