US 9,649,903 B2 · Weapons platform, military vehicle comprising a weapons platform and method for operating a weapons platform

Abstract

A weapons platform including an undercarriage (11, 111) and a weapon (13, 113) that is positioned in a directable manner on the undercarriage (11, 111). The undercarriage (11, 111) may be supported in relation to the ground beneath by a supporting device (16, 116) that is damped in order to absorb firing recoil forces, the damping characteristics of the supporting device (16, 116) being adjustable in accordance with the firing recoil forces that are to be expected from the weapon (13, 113). The weapons platform (10, 110) may be mounted on a military vehicle (1). A method for operating such a weapons platform (10, 110) is also disclosed.

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Dependent claims

A weapons platform comprising an undercarriage (11, 111) and a weapon (13, 113) arranged in a directable manner with respect to the undercarriage (11, 111), wherein the undercarriage (11, 111) is supported with respect to the ground beneath by means of a supporting device (16, 116) of a damped design for absorbing firing reaction forces of the weapon, characterized in that damping characteristics of the supporting device (16, 116) are adjustable in dependence on the firing reaction forces of the weapon (13, 113) that are to be expected;

the supporting device including a plurality of supports, a selected one of the plurality of supports having a damping set relatively harder than at least one other of the plurality of supports in a first region in which relatively higher firing reaction forces are expected from the weapon.

A method for operating a weapons platform (10, 110) including an undercarriage (11, 111) and a weapon (13, 113) arranged in a directable manner with respect to the undercarriage (11, 111), wherein the undercarriage (11, 111) is supported with respect to ground beneath the undercarriage by means of a supporting device (16, 116) of a damped design for absorbing firing reaction forces,

the method comprising setting damping characteristics of a plurality of supports of the supporting device (16, 116) in dependence on firing reaction forces of the weapon (13, 113) that are to be expected by setting a damping of a selected one of the plurality of supports relatively harder than at least one other of the plurality of supports in a first region in which relatively higher firing reaction forces are expected from the weapon.

A weapons platform (10, 110) comprising:

an undercarriage (11, 111);
a weapon (13, 113) rotatably mounted on the undercarriage (11, 111);
a supporting device (16, 116) supporting the undercarriage (11, 111) with respect to the ground, the supporting device having a damped design for absorbing firing reaction forces, such that damping characteristics of the supporting device (16, 116) are set in dependence on expected firing reaction forces of the weapon (13, 113);
the supporting device including a plurality of supports, a selected one of the plurality of supports having a damping set relatively harder than at least one other of the plurality of supports in a first region in which relatively higher firing reaction forces are expected from the weapon.

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Weapons platform, military vehicle comprising a weapons platform and method for operating a weapons platform

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Weapons platform, military vehicle comprising a weapons platform and method for operating a weapons platform

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