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US 8,381,634 B2Granted
Field gun carriage
AssigneeBAE SYSTEMS plc
InventorDavid Andrew Eaglestone
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Abstract
There is disclosed a field gun that may be converted between a firing condition and a travelling condition. In the firing condition, front legs and back legs rest on the ground and support the gun. In the travelling condition, the back legs are out of contact with the ground and the front legs are retracted towards the gun chassis. To facilitate conversion, a link joins a front leg to a back leg so that as the back leg is lifted off the ground, the front leg is retracted.
Claims13
A carriage for a field gun, the field gun being convertible between a travelling condition and a firing condition, the carriage comprising:
- a first component for occupying a first travelling configuration when the gun is in the travelling condition, and for occupying a first firing configuration when the gun is in the firing condition;
- a second component for occupying a second travelling configuration when the gun is in the travelling condition, and for occupying a second firing configuration when the gun is in the firing condition, the second component comprising an extensible front leg having a wheel for contacting the ground plane at a front ground contact point in both the second travelling configuration and the second firing configuration;
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- a link connecting the first and second component,
- wherein a manipulation of the first component from the first travelling configuration to the first firing configuration actuates a relocation of the second component between the second travelling configuration and the second firing configuration while maintaining contact between the wheel and the ground plane.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.