Electronic firing mechanism for weapons
AssigneeHeckler & Koch GmbH
InventorsRaimund Fritz, Fritz Zeyher
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Abstract
An electrical firing mechanism for hand guns and small caliber machine guns having a tension trigger which tightens a compression spring locading an impact member which when released strikes a piezo-voltage generator. The output of the generator leads to an electrical detonator. A firing mode selecting system, includes a lever which serves to engage a safety to block the trigger and to provide other firing modes such as burst and sustained fire. An additional source of electrical energy is provided in addition to the piezo-voltage generator, which can be connected with the detonator by way of the trigger, and the selecting system.
Claims15
A firing mechanism for an automatic weapon having explosive charges fired by an electrical detonator receiving electrical energy for firing singular ones of said charges from a piezo voltage generator actuated by a trigger mechanism, means for operating said detonator in other modes such as at least a burst mode and a sustained fire mode wherein said charges are fired repetitively, comprising an additional source of electric energy, switch means connected to the output of said additional source actuatable by said trigger for delivery of electrical energy from said additional source and firing mode selecting means for conducting said delivered electrical energy to said detonator for the second and each successive charge to be fired in said sustained fire and burst modes.
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