Projectile ramming device
AssigneeGiat Industries
InventorsDidier Thebault, Dominique Guesnet, Laurent Le Grand
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Abstract
The invention concerns a device (1) for artillery intended to ram a projectile (7) into the chamber of a weapon barrel, such device comprising an impulse jack (12) incorporating a mobile rod (25) driving a carriage (10) mounted able to slide with respect to a chute (11), the carriage (10) being able to drive the projectile towards the weapon chamber using drive means (9). This device comprises a loading tray (5) intended to receive the projectile, such loading tray with respect to which the carriage (10) may translate to drive the projectile (7) and wherein the impulse jack (12) is a dual-acting jack and it is the withdrawal movement of the mobile rod (25) that is used to drive the projectile.
Claims12
A ramming device for artillery intended to ram a projectile into the chamber of a weapon barrel, said device comprising an impulse jack incorporating a mobile rod driving a carriage mounted able to slide with respect to a chute, the carriage being able to drive the projectile towards the weapon chamber using drive means said device also comprising a loading tray for receiving the projectile, said loading tray with respect to which the carriage may translate to drive the projectile, a push plate integrated to the carriage, and a metal plate for positioning the projectile along an axis substantially parallel to the chute while avoiding friction between the projectile and the chute.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.