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US 5,429,032 AGranted
Lightweight mortar and baseplate apparatus
AssigneeThe United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army
InventorSheldon Cytron
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Abstract
A portable lightweight mortar utilizes a triangularly-shaped canvas base te designed to withstand the high resolved tensile loading stresses generated by mortar firings and transmitted to it by three truss rods which are disposed in grommets located in the canvas corners on one end and are attached by pin/trunnion swivels on its other ends to a gimbaled collar located on the cannon tube.
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A portable lightweight mortar weapon system comprising a cannon means for firing mortar ammunition, said mortar weapon system further comprising:
- mount means for operatively supporting an upper section of said mortar weapon system;
- sighting scans removably connected to said mount means for aiming said mortar weapon system;
- said cannon means having an upper open end operatively connected to said sighting means and a lower closed end for holding propellant gases therein;
- gimbal collar means operatively attached intermediate said upper and lower ends of said cannon means for allowing said cannon means to be rotated;
- a plurality of truss means operatively connected to said gimbal collar means for supporting the lower end of said cannon means;
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- canvas means for holding said truss means and for distributing and minimizing any pressure loading transmitted to the ground in operation of said mortar weapon system by any recoil forces of said cannon means.
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